What is Boris Gelfand's FIDE rating?

Boris Gelfand's FIDE rating is 2641 standard, 2624 rapid, 2582 blitz, world #78. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Boris Gelfand's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Boris Gelfand played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 4,384 over-the-board games by Boris Gelfand (3,095 classical, 584 rapid, 729 blitz), with 30% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Boris Gelfand's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Boris Gelfand?

Open Boris Gelfand'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 Boris Gelfand's style, before facing them.

Boris Gelfand

Israelborn 1968FIDE ID 2805677

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2641Classical

2624Rapid

2582Blitz

2777peak, Nov 2013

4,384games

1,336wins, 30%

2,206draws, 50%

841losses, 19%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2777 · Nov 2013

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.8% average

Very consistent (85%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(63% in 151 games)

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Based on

4,384 games

Based on 4,384 games

Openings

4,384 gamesBased on 4,384 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e612 games, last played 3 years ago50.0%losses

Benko Gambit1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b510 games, last played 11 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 1,075 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 1,075 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

97.0%

Middlegame

93.8%

Endgame

95.2%

Clutch factor

+4%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%93g

EqualEqual position

96%298g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

91%109g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

23%

71 err

21%

65 err

18%

57 err

14%

43 err

13%

40 err

11%

33 err

Critical moment

Move 41 avg

1-15

17%

16-25

21%

26-35

25%

36-45

33%

46+

33% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

91Errors mapped

g5 / e5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1515 err

1010 err

99 err

88 err

g5/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#44

♚g7?? vs Predke

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#48

♝f5?? vs Abdisalimov

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#30

♝c6?? vs Steinberg

Middlegame · Rapid · 2026

#27

♞a4?? vs Keymer

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#60

♜g3?? vs Praggnanandhaa R

Endgame · OTB · 2025

#41

♝f6?? vs Erigaisi Arjun

Endgame · Rapid · 2025