Scouting report: Ilya Gurevich (GM, USA)

418 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (409 classical, 7 rapid, 2 blitz): 44% wins, 30% draws, 26% losses. FIDE rating 2586 standard, 2559 rapid, 2571 blitz. 25 games analyzed with Stockfish: 90% accuracy, 0.24 blunders per game.

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Ilya Gurevich

GM

United Statesborn 1972FIDE ID 2000628

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2540
2580
2620
2586 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2586
2571
2559
2586peak, Jan 2001
418games
184wins, 44%
124draws, 30%
110losses, 26%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 90.1% average
Plays 4.8% better with white
Low resilience (24%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (63% in 197 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 42%)

Play against Gurevich's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 418 games

Openings

418 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Ruy Lopez: Exchange1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.xc612 games, last played last year83.3%wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e612 games, last played last year75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 25 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.7%
Middlegame
92.9%
Endgame
91.9%
Clutch factor
+11%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
85%
Problematic pieces
26%
15 err
24%
14 err
22%
13 err
19%
11 err
7%
4 err
2%
1 err
Critical moment
Move 39 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
67%
36-45
33%
46+
67% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
Few
Many
c7
4
e5
3
g4
3
a6
2
b5
2
c7/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

8 errors
#41
e8?? vs Tan
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#46
d5?? vs Pichot
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#36
a2?? vs Keymer
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#27
b5?? vs Amartuvshin
Middlegame · Rapid · 2025
#56
xg4?? vs Gan-Erdene
Endgame · Rapid · 2025
#38
e5?? vs Orozbaev
Endgame · Rapid · 2025

Recent games

D`Costa, Lorin(2370)

FIDE World Blitz Team Pool C · 14 Jun 2025

½–½
Momunaliev, Ruslan(2214)

FIDE World Blitz Team Pool C · 14 Jun 2025

1–0
Kogan, Arthur(2475)

FIDE World Blitz Team Pool C · 14 Jun 2025

1–0
Tan, Justin(2512)

FIDE World Blitz Team Pool C · 14 Jun 2025

0–1
Keymer, Vincent(2730)

FIDE World Blitz Team Pool C · 14 Jun 2025

0–1
Duarte, Lucio Costa(2370)

FIDE World Blitz Team Pool C · 14 Jun 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
418 games in scope
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202 games48%W31%D21%L
Move
1. e4
1971y
48%30%22
63%
1. d4
2
100%
50%
1. f3
21y
50%50%
75%
1. c4
1
100%
100%

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