Scouting report: Michael Bodek (IM, USA)

285 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (285 classical): 40% wins, 32% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2434 standard, 2393 rapid, 2399 blitz. 44 games analyzed with Stockfish: 91% accuracy, 0.23 blunders per game.

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Michael Bodek

IM

United Statesborn 1997FIDE ID 2043858

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2434 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2434
2399
2393
2434peak, Jan 2023
285games
114wins, 40%
92draws, 32%
79losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.4% average
Plays 3.6% better with white
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (59% in 109 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 32%)

Play against Bodek's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 285 games

Openings

285 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e610 games, last played 4 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 44 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.4%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
94.2%
Clutch factor
+12%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
82%
Problematic pieces
25%
13 err
20%
10 err
20%
10 err
20%
10 err
10%
5 err
6%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 37 avg
0%
1-15
12%
16-25
62%
26-35
0%
36-45
25%
46+
62% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
Few
Many
e4
4
c8
3
e5
3
f8
3
a6
2
e4/c8 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#29
a8?? vs Della Morte
Endgame · Blitz · 2021
#30
xd8?? vs Bobkov
Middlegame · Blitz · 2021
#28
e3?? vs Iturrizaga Bonelli
Middlegame · Blitz · 2021
#19
f8?? vs Petriashvili
Middlegame · Blitz · 2021
#45
b1?? vs Vlassov
Endgame · Blitz · 2021
#55
b7?? vs Khater
Endgame · Blitz · 2021

Recent games

Legenia, Artem(2092)

Titled Tuesday Early · 26 Nov 2024

1–0
Thomas, Anysia(2144)

Titled Tuesday Early · 26 Nov 2024

1–0
Hoffmann, Asa(2185)

Titled Tuesday Early · 26 Nov 2024

1–0
Dixit, Arun(2279)

Titled Tuesday Early · 26 Nov 2024

1–0
Karimova, Guldona(2115)

Titled Tuesday Early · 26 Nov 2024

0–1
Shurakov, Denis(2085)

Titled Tuesday Early · 26 Nov 2024

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
285 games in scope
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1a
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141 games43%W30%D27%L
Move
1. e4
1092y
40%37%23
59%
1. c4
294y
52%41%
55%
1. g3
113y
100%
50%
1. d4
14y
100%
100%
1. f3
12y
100%
100%

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