What is Douglas Root's FIDE rating?

Douglas Root's FIDE rating is 2436 standard. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Douglas Root's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Douglas Root played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 204 over-the-board games by Douglas Root (204 classical), with 48% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Douglas Root's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Douglas Root?

Open Douglas Root'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 Douglas Root's style, before facing them.

Douglas Root

United Statesborn 1963FIDE ID 2000490

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2436Classical

2470peak, Jan 2001

204games

97wins, 48%

61draws, 30%

46losses, 23%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2470 · Jan 2001

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 93.6% average

Very consistent (93%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(73% in 31 games)

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Based on

204 games

Based on 204 games

Openings

204 gamesBased on 204 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 30 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 30 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.4%

Middlegame

93.9%

Endgame

95.8%

Clutch factor

+2%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

93%10g

EqualEqual position

96%11g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

92%9g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

35%

6 err

18%

3 err

18%

3 err

12%

2 err

12%

2 err

1 err

Critical moment

Move 23 avg

1-15

100%

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

100% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

14Errors mapped

e5 / f6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

33 err

11 err

e5/f6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes

Stockfish

Kraai, Jesse(2356)

Move 64 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−2.8f6+??

Benjamin, Joel(2500)

Move 23 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−5.3xe1+??

Winslow, Elliott(2158)

Move 37 · Endgame · OTB · 2021

−3.4d2??

Cotreau, Kevin L

Move 20 · Middlegame · OTB · 2021

−3.6e8??

Recent games

204 games

Christiansen, Larry(2579)

US Senior Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024

½–½

Akopian, Vladimir(2583)

US Senior Championship 2024 · 24 Jul 2024

0–1

Novikov,I(2509)

US Senior Championship 2024 · 23 Jul 2024

1–0

Benjamin, Joel(2490)

US Senior Championship 2024 · 22 Jul 2024

0–1

Shabalov, Alexander(2460)

US Senior Championship 2024 · 20 Jul 2024

½–½

Khachiyan, Melikset(2414)

US Senior Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024

½–½

Endgame statistics

18 endgames (60%) · force Rook + Minor (22%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

60%

18 / 30

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 Rook + Minor: only 22% win rate (9 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

204 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

97 games48%W35%D17%L

97games in this linewon 48%, drew 35%, lost 17%

Move

1. d4

592y

44%37%19%

63%

1. e4

313y

58%29%13

73%

1. b3

5Aug 1983

40%60%

70%

1. ♞f3

2Jan 1985

50%50%

50%

Scouting report: Douglas Root (IM, USA)