What is Stuart Rachels's FIDE rating?

Stuart Rachels's FIDE rating is 2423 standard, 2417 rapid, 2368 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Stuart Rachels's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Stuart Rachels played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 243 over-the-board games by Stuart Rachels (237 classical, 4 rapid, 2 blitz), with 41% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Stuart Rachels's Chess Stalker profile.

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Open Stuart Rachels's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Stuart Rachels's style, before facing them.

Stuart Rachels

United Statesborn 1969FIDE ID 2000350

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2423Classical

2417Rapid

2368Blitz

2485peak, Jan 2001

243games

100wins, 41%

85draws, 35%

58losses, 24%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2485 · Jan 2001

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 92.9% average

Plays 2.7% better with white

Very consistent (89%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(68% in 120 games)

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Based on

243 games

Based on 243 games

Openings

243 gamesBased on 243 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Ruy Lopez: Morphy1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a612 games, last played 2 months ago66.7%wins

French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞d216 games, last played 2 years ago56.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 13 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 13 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

97.5%

Middlegame

92.9%

Endgame

93.8%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%3g

EqualEqual position

96%5g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

88%5g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

32%

7 err

18%

4 err

18%

4 err

18%

4 err

14%

3 err

0 err

Critical moment

Move 39 avg

1-15

16-25

26-35

100%

36-45

46+

100% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

16Errors mapped

c5 / f4Hotspot zone

Critical squares

33 err

11 err

c5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

1 errors · Stockfish

#31

g7f6?? vs Kasparov

OTB

Recent games

243 games

Shabalov, Alexander(2428)

ch-USA Seniors 2026 · 23 Jul 2026

0–1

Onischuk, Alexander(2640)

ch-USA Seniors 2026 · 22 Jul 2026

0–1

Benjamin, Joel(2471)

ch-USA Seniors 2026 · 21 Jul 2026

½–½

Novikov,I(2475)

ch-USA Seniors 2026 · 20 Jul 2026

½–½

Kraai, Jesse(2375)

ch-USA Seniors 2026 · 18 Jul 2026

0–1

Fishbein, Alexander(2408)

ch-USA Seniors 2026 · 17 Jul 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

7 endgames (53.8%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

53.8%

7 / 13

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in : only 0% win rate (0 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

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243 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

123 games50%W36%D14%L

123games in this linewon 50%, drew 36%, lost 14%

Move

1. e4

1207w

50%35%15

68%

1. ♞f3

2Jun 1983

100%

50%

1. d4

1—

100%

Scouting report: Stuart Rachels (IM, USA)

Stuart Rachels

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