What is Vivek Rao's FIDE rating?

Vivek Rao's FIDE rating is 2435 standard. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Vivek Rao's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Vivek Rao played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 107 over-the-board games by Vivek Rao (107 classical), with 37% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Vivek Rao's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Vivek Rao?

Open Vivek Rao'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 Vivek Rao's style, before facing them.

Vivek Rao

United Statesborn 1970FIDE ID 2000989

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2435Classical

2435peak, Jan 2001

107games

40wins, 37%

28draws, 26%

39losses, 36%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2435 · Jan 2001

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Plays 94.9% better with white

Very consistent (96%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Vulnerable to 1.e4

(only 38%)

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Based on

107 games

Based on 107 games

Openings

107 gamesBased on 107 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 · 2 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 2 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

97.9%

Middlegame

97.3%

Endgame

93.5%

Clutch factor

-9%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

85%0g

EqualEqual position

96%1g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

94%1g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

50%

3 err

33%

2 err

17%

1 err

0 err

Critical moment

Move 30 avg

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

6Errors mapped

a5 / b6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

11 err

a5/b6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

No blunders recorded

Recent games

107 games

Ziada, Abdel Rahman

Calcutta IND · 1 Jan 1994

1–0

McCarthy

Philadelphia, PA USA · 1 Jan 1993

½–½

Aldrich, Jeff(1947)

Dearborn, MI · 27 Dec 1992

0–1

Hobart, Steve

Philadelphia, PA USA · 1 Jan 1992

½–½

Yoos, Jack

Chicago, IL USA · 1 Jan 1991

1–0

Gulko, Boris(2575)

World Open · 1 Jan 1991

½–½

Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

107 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

53 games38%W32%D30%L

53games in this linewon 38%, drew 32%, lost 30%

Move

1. d4

51Jan 1993

39%31%30%

55%

1. e4

2Jan 1972

50%50%

25%

Scouting report: Vivek Rao (IM, USA)