Scouting report: Dov Zifroni (GM, ISR)

490 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (481 classical, 9 rapid): 33% wins, 44% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2450 standard, 2453 rapid, 2408 blitz. 77 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Dov Zifroni

GM

Israelborn 1976FIDE ID 2800659

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2380
2420
2460
2462 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2453
2450
2408
2552peak, Jul 2003
490games
164wins, 33%
215draws, 44%
111losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.3% average
High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (66% in 47 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 36%)

Play against Zifroni's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 490 games

Openings

490 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 77 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.1%
Middlegame
95.0%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
22%
11 err
20%
10 err
20%
10 err
14%
7 err
14%
7 err
10%
5 err
Critical moment
Move 44 avg
0%
1-15
50%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
Few
Many
d4
4
b4
3
d5
3
f5
3
c6
2
d4/b4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

5 errors
#56
exf5?? vs Levin
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#42
h5?? vs Oratovsky
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#68
d5?? vs Bitensky
Endgame · OTB · 2021
#20
c8?? vs Roiz
Middlegame · OTB · 2020
#32
a2?? vs Erenberg
Endgame · OTB · 2020

Recent games

Gruenfeld, Yehuda(2380)

Israeli Team Championship Bottom... · 19 Jun 2026

½–½
Bar, Roman(2444)

Israeli Team Championship Bottom... · 16 Jun 2026

1–0
Kochavi, Ori(2366)

Israeli Team Championship Bottom... · 13 Jun 2026

0–1
Gladyszev, Oleg(2348)

Israeli Team Championship Bottom... · 12 Jun 2026

½–½
Tzidkiya, Yeshaayahu(2485)

Round 7: Tzidkiya, Yeshaayahu - ... · 6 Feb 2026

0–1
Linker, Mikhail(2242)

Israeli Team Championship Group ... · 31 Jan 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
490 games in scope
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233 games40%W41%D19%L
Move
1. e4
903y
34%40%26%
54%
1. d4
508m
40%48%
64%
1. f3
473m
45%43%
66%
1. c4
458m
47%31%22
62%
1. b3
1
100%
50%

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