Scouting report: Tal Shaked (GM, USA)

429 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (429 classical): 40% wins, 34% draws, 26% losses. FIDE rating 2468 standard. 13 games analyzed with Stockfish: 90% accuracy, 0.31 blunders per game.

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Tal Shaked

GM

United Statesborn 1978FIDE ID 2007991

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2468 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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2468
2468peak, Jan 2001
429games
171wins, 40%
145draws, 34%
113losses, 26%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 90.0% average
Very consistent (84%)
Very precise: only 0.3 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (64% in 161 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 43%)

Play against Shaked's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 429 games

Openings

429 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Winawer1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 b410 games, last played 28 years ago80.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 13 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
92.0%
Endgame
92.8%
Clutch factor
-1%
Winning (+2)
85%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
87%
Problematic pieces
32%
8 err
24%
6 err
24%
6 err
16%
4 err
4%
1 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 48 avg
0%
1-15
33%
16-25
0%
26-35
33%
36-45
33%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
Few
Many
f4
4
e4
3
d4
2
d5
2
a1
1
f4/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

3 errors
#20
d2f4?? vs Kasparov
OTB · 1997
#37
a1?? vs Portisch
Endgame · OTB
#86
a4+?? vs Shirov
Endgame · OTB

Recent games

Georgiev, Kiril(2650)

FIDE-Wch k.o · 4 Aug 1999

0–1
Georgiev, Kiril(2650)

FIDE-Wch k.o · 3 Aug 1999

0–1
Babula, Vlastimil(2567)

FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10 · 2 Aug 1999

½–½
Babula, Vlastimil(2567)

FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10 · 2 Aug 1999

1–0
Babula, Vlastimil(2567)

FIDE-Wch k.o · 1 Aug 1999

0–1
Babula, Vlastimil(2567)

FIDE-Wch k.o · 31 Jul 1999

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
429 games in scope
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1a
b
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217 games51%W26%D23%L
Move
1. e4
161May 1999
50%27%23
64%
1. d4
39Aug 1999
56%2123
67%
1. c4
17May 1999
47%29%24
62%

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