Scouting report: Safal Bora (GM, USA)

322 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (322 classical): 46% wins, 30% draws, 24% losses. FIDE rating 2510 standard, 2389 rapid, 2411 blitz. 131 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Safal Bora

GM

United Statesborn 1998FIDE ID 2066149

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2350
2450
2550
Peak2510
2476 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2510
2411
2389
2510peak, Aug 2026
322games
147wins, 46%
97draws, 30%
78losses, 24%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.6% average
Solid conversion: 90%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♚ (63% in 65 games)

Play against Bora's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 322 games

Openings

322 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Reti: Reversed London1.f3 d5 2.g3 c610 games, last played 5 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 131 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
94.6%
Endgame
96.2%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
29%
25 err
16%
14 err
16%
14 err
15%
13 err
13%
11 err
11%
10 err
Critical moment
Move 23 avg
0%
1-15
67%
16-25
33%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
67% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
4
4
4
4
Few
Many
e5
5
b4
4
c4
4
f4
4
g5
4
e5/b4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#66
c4?? vs Sarkar
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#55
4g6?? vs Paul
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#26
d5?? vs Liang
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#36
h1?? vs Chasin
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#57
a6?? vs Minzer
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#32
f7?? vs Dotzer
Endgame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Kotelva, Lev M(2299)

Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

1–0
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Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

0–1
Tikhonov, Viacheslav(2148)

Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

1–0
Banerjee, Supratit(2347)

Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

0–1
Omariev, Maksim(2304)

Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

1–0
Sarana, Alexey(2664)

Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
322 games in scope
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7
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5
4
3
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1a
b
c
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e
f
g
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161 games44%W36%D20%L
Move
1. f3
952m
46%28%26%
61%
1. d4
277w
37%44%19
59%
1. e4
257w
36%52%
62%
1. c4
87w
50%50%
75%
1. b3
12y
100%
100%
1. c3
12y
100%
50%
1. a3
12y
100%
50%
1. g3
12y
100%
100%
1. b4
12y
100%
100%
1. f4
17w
100%
100%

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