Scouting report: Valentin Dragnev (GM, AUT)

2,106 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,733 classical, 174 rapid, 242 blitz): 44% wins, 27% draws, 29% losses. FIDE rating 2544 standard, 2467 rapid, 2491 blitz. 648 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Valentin Dragnev

GM

Austriaborn 1999FIDE ID 1634852

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2500
2600
2585 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2544
2491
2467
2593peak, May 2023
2,106games
936wins, 44%
566draws, 27%
601losses, 29%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.6% average
Solid conversion: 85%
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (74% in 31 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Dragnev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,106 games

Openings

2,106 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Alekhine Defense1.e4 ♞f6 2.e5 ♞d510 games, last played last year50.0%losses
Scandinavian Defense1.e4 d5 2.exd5 ♛xd5only 8 games, last played last year50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e615 games, last played 8 months ago60.0%wins
Ruy Lopez: Closed1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a6 4.♝a4 ♞f6 5.O-O ♝e746 games, last played 8 months ago56.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 648 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
22%
89 err
21%
86 err
17%
69 err
16%
65 err
14%
56 err
11%
46 err
Critical moment
Move 44 avg
9%
1-15
9%
16-25
18%
26-35
21%
36-45
42%
46+
42% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
15
18
17
Few
Many
f5
18
f3
17
e5
15
f2
12
c4
11
f5/f3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#34
♜c7?? vs Karacsonyi
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#17
fxe4?? vs Livaic
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#31
♛xf5?? vs Baranciuc
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#46
♛d7+?? vs Bosiocic
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#47
g5?? vs Van Foreest
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#56
♜b8?? vs Pichot
Middlegame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Krejci, Jan(2506)

Czech Team Championship 1 Liga V... · 15 Feb 2026

½–½
Svanda, Ondrej(2368)

Czech Team Championship 1 Liga V... · 1 Feb 2026

1–0
Fargac, Martin(2396)

Czech Team Championship 1 Liga V... · 18 Jan 2026

1–0
Graf, Alexander(2503)

SBL Deggendorf · 11 Jan 2026

1–0
Baidetskyi, Valentin(2500)

German Bundesliga 2025-26 · 10 Jan 2026

½–½
Idani, Pouya(2611)

Austrian Bundesliga 2025-26 · 14 Dec 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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2,106 games in scope
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1,049 games49%W26%D25%L
Move
1. e4
7077m
48%27%25%
61%
1. d4
22410m
50%2228%
62%
1. ♞f3
7910m
53%2423
64%
1. c4
311y
58%32%
74%
1. b3
63y
33%33%34%
50%
1. g3
112y
100%
0%
1. g4
12y
100%
100%

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