Scouting report: Markus Ragger (GM, AUT)

3,211 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,851 classical, 178 rapid, 206 blitz): 43% wins, 38% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2573 standard, 2605 rapid, 2575 blitz. 603 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Markus Ragger

GM

Austriaborn 1988FIDE ID 1610856

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2500
2540
2580
2620
2615 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2605
2575
2573
2703peak, Feb 2017
3,211games
1,380wins, 43%
1,235draws, 38%
595losses, 19%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.6% average
Solid conversion: 96%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (68% in 687 games)

Play against Ragger's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 3,211 games

Openings

3,211 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benko Gambit1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b510 games, last played last year80.0%wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e647 games, last played 8 months ago70.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 603 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.1%
Middlegame
94.0%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
24%
88 err
17%
61 err
17%
60 err
16%
59 err
14%
52 err
12%
43 err
Critical moment
Move 41 avg
0%
1-15
8%
16-25
22%
26-35
41%
36-45
30%
46+
41% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
15
14
13
12
Few
Many
f6
15
f5
14
e4
13
f4
12
e6
11
f6/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#35
♜xf7?? vs Rumyantsev
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#55
g2+?? vs Ivanytska
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#45
♜fg7+?? vs Haug
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#45
♜d3?? vs Indjic
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#37
♞c7+?? vs Piliposyan
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#27
♜fd1?? vs Luong Phuong Hanh
Middlegame · OTB · 2026

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
3,211 games in scope
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1,605 games49%W36%D15%L
Move
1. e4
6884w
45%45%
68%
1. d4
6652m
51%30%19
66%
1. ♞f3
2355w
51%29%20
66%
1. c4
172y
47%47%
71%

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