What is Brian Kelly's FIDE rating?

Brian Kelly's FIDE rating is 2480 standard. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Brian Kelly's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Brian Kelly played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 496 over-the-board games by Brian Kelly (496 classical), with 39% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Brian Kelly's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Brian Kelly?

Open Brian Kelly'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 Brian Kelly's style, before facing them.

Brian Kelly

Irelandborn 1978FIDE ID 2500795

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2480Classical

2504peak, Jul 2005

496games

191wins, 39%

204draws, 41%

101losses, 20%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2504 · Jul 2005

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Plays 89.6% better with black

Very consistent (90%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 as

(67% in 114 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4

(only 43%)

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Based on

496 games

Based on 496 games

Openings

496 gamesBased on 496 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Reti vs King's Indian1.♞f3 ♞f6 2.c4 g6only 9 games, last played 27 years ago55.6%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

King's Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-O 6.♝e2 e516 games, last played 20 years ago56.3%wins

English: g3 System1.c4 e5 2.g3 ♞f618 games, last played 23 years ago55.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 2 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 2 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

95.2%

Middlegame

91.4%

Endgame

100.0%

Clutch factor

-5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

85%0g

EqualEqual position

85%0g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%2g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

50%

1 err

50%

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

2Errors mapped

a5 / g6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

11 err

a5/g6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

No blunders recorded

Recent games

496 games

Noah, A .H. Al-Ali(2338)

38th Olympiad · Dresden G... · 25 Nov 2008

½–½

Khatanbaatar, Bazar(2375)

38th Olympiad · Dresden G... · 22 Nov 2008

1–0

Pelletier, Yannick(2557)

38th Olympiad · Dresden G... · 21 Nov 2008

½–½

Mohamed Abdel Hay Baba(2220)

38th Olympiad · Dresden G... · 20 Nov 2008

1–0

Esenov, Annaberdi(2319)

38th Olympiad · Dresden G... · 17 Nov 2008

½–½

Predojevic, Borki(2615)

38th Olympiad · Dresden G... · 16 Nov 2008

0–1

Repertoire

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496 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

257 games41%W47%D12%L

257games in this linewon 41%, drew 47%, lost 12%

Move

1. c4

11418y

41%52%

67%

1. d4

11018y

42%44%14

64%

1. ♞f3

3223y

38%41%21%

58%

1. e4

1—

100%

50%

Scouting report: Brian Kelly (IM, IRL)