Scouting report: Vitaly Zaltsman (IM, USA)

247 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (247 classical): 28% wins, 38% draws, 34% losses. FIDE rating 2445 standard. 7 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Vitaly Zaltsman

IM

United Statesborn 1941FIDE ID 2000504

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
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2460
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2445
2445peak, Jan 2001
247games
68wins, 28%
95draws, 38%
84losses, 34%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Plays 2.3% better with white
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♚ (55% in 39 games)
Vulnerable to 1.e4 ♚ (only 38%)

Play against Zaltsman's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 247 games

Openings

247 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 · 7 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
96.0%
Endgame
92.5%
Clutch factor
-7%
Winning (+2)
85%
Equal
98%
Losing (−2)
92%
Problematic pieces
33%
3 err
33%
3 err
33%
3 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 30 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
Few
Many
a6
2
e5
2
b3
1
f6
1
f8
1
a6/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish
No blunders recorded

Recent games

Cooke, Eric

Manhattan · 1 Jan 1991

½–½
Hoffmann

Manhattan · 1 Jan 1991

1–0
Shirazi, Kamran(2390)

Manhattan · 1 Jan 1991

½–½
Shipman, Walter(2315)

Manhattan · 1 Jan 1991

1–0
Reichstein, Boris(2240)

Philadelphia, PA USA · 1 Jan 1990

½–½
Friedman, Edward(2345)

Philadelphia, PA USA · 1 Jan 1989

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
247 games in scope
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119 games30%W41%D29%L
Move
1. d4
83Jan 1991
31%41%28%
52%
1. c4
22Mar 1979
27%50%23
52%
1. ♞f3
14Jan 1991
29%29%42%
43%

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