What is Vinay Bhat's FIDE rating?

Vinay Bhat's FIDE rating is 2519 standard, 2538 rapid, 2501 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Vinay Bhat's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Vinay Bhat played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 902 over-the-board games by Vinay Bhat (886 classical, 4 rapid, 12 blitz), with 44% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Vinay Bhat's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Vinay Bhat?

Open Vinay Bhat'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 Vinay Bhat's style, before facing them.

Vinay Bhat

United Statesborn 1984FIDE ID 2011352

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2560

2519 · Sep 2023

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2538Rapid

2519Classical

2501Blitz

2549peak, Mar 2010

902games

399wins, 44%

247draws, 27%

256losses, 28%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2549 · Mar 2010

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Very high accuracy: 88.7% average

Low resilience (31%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(64% in 185 games)

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Based on

902 games

Based on 902 games

Openings

902 gamesBased on 902 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Sicilian: Closed1.e4 c5 2.♞c3 ♞c642 games, last played 22 years ago40.5%losses

Queen's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞f3 b612 games, last played 8 years ago41.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Caro-Kann1.e4 c6 2.d4 d515 games, last played 20 years ago73.3%wins

Italian: Two Knights1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♞f610 games, last played 16 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 17 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 17 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

95.9%

Middlegame

91.1%

Endgame

93.3%

Clutch factor

+4%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

92%5g

EqualEqual position

87%2g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

88%10g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

32%

11 err

18%

6 err

15%

5 err

12%

4 err

12%

4 err

12%

4 err

Critical moment

Move 42 avg

1-15

16-25

33%

26-35

33%

36-45

33%

46+

33% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

17Errors mapped

c5 / c7Hotspot zone

Critical squares

44 err

22 err

c5/c7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes

Stockfish

Xiong, Jeffery(2672)

Move 41 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−3.4f4??

Robson, Ray(2667)

Move 36 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−3.3d1??

Shevchenko, Kirill(2539)

Move 32 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−7.1c6??

So, Wesley(2765)

Move 55 · Endgame · OTB · 2019

−7.2f7??

Ghosh, Diptayan(2544)

Move 24 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−3.4xe4??

Petrosian, Tigran L.(2598)

Move 36 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−3.4c2??

Nakamura, Hikaru(2697)

Move 63 · Endgame · OTB · 2008

−3.8b7??

Recent games

902 games

Izoria, Zviad(2599)

Mechanics Institute Rapid · 2 May 2019

0–1

Caruana, Fabiano(2816)

Mechanics Institute Rapid · 2 May 2019

0–1

Rensch, Daniel(2402)

Mechanics Institute Rapid · 2 May 2019

0–1

Ismakov, Arthur(2125)

Mechanics Institute Rapid · 2 May 2019

0–1

Xiong, Jeffery(2672)

PRO League Group Stage · 27 Feb 2019

0–1

Nguyen, Emily(2262)

PRO League Group Stage · 27 Feb 2019

1–0

Endgame statistics

13 endgames (65%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

65%

13 / 20

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 : only 0% win rate (0 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

902 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

472 games48%W25%D27%L

472games in this linewon 48%, drew 25%, lost 27%

Move

1. e4

27811y

49%19%32%

58%

1. d4

1857y

46%34%20%

64%

1. c4

512y

60%20%20%

70%

1. ♞f3

312y

33%33%34%

50%

1. d3

120y

100%

Scouting report: Vinay Bhat (GM, USA)

Vinay Bhat

Rating & statistics

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

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Critical blunders

Recent games

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