Scouting report: Anatoly Bykhovsky (GM, ISR)

657 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (622 classical, 35 blitz): 47% wins, 22% draws, 31% losses. FIDE rating 2499 standard, 2540 blitz. 27 games analyzed with Stockfish: 90% accuracy, 0.19 blunders per game.

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Anatoly Bykhovsky

GM

Israelborn 1988FIDE ID 2806991

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2560
2496 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2540
2499
2536peak, Nov 2011
657games
308wins, 47%
145draws, 22%
204losses, 31%

Play style

before facing them
Very high accuracy: 89.8% average
Plays 2.8% better with black
Solid conversion: 87%
Very consistent (87%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (63% in 252 games)

Play against Bykhovsky's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 657 games

Openings

657 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
King's Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-O 6.♝e2 e513 games, last played 16 years ago53.8%losses
King's Indian: Main Line1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-O16 games, last played 4 years ago43.8%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 27 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
91.7%
Endgame
93.6%
Clutch factor
+7%
Winning (+2)
92%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
86%
Problematic pieces
26%
11 err
23%
10 err
16%
7 err
14%
6 err
12%
5 err
9%
4 err
Critical moment
Move 31 avg
0%
1-15
25%
16-25
50%
26-35
25%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
3
Few
Many
e4
3
h4
3
a4
2
a8
2
c2
2
e4/h4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

9 errors
#19
♞e4?? vs Giri
Middlegame · OTB · 2022
#38
♞e4?? vs Kalashian
Endgame · Blitz · 2020
#21
♞c6?? vs Esipenko
Middlegame · Blitz · 2020
#30
hxg3?? vs Sakorenko
Middlegame · Blitz · 2020
#21
♜fd8?? vs Motylev
Middlegame · Blitz · 2020
#23
♞d8?? vs Li
Middlegame · OTB · 2019

Recent games

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0–1
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1–0
Quesada Perez, Yasser(2584)

2025 Pan-Am Collegiate Ch... · 5 Jan 2025

½–½
Pan, Kevin(2333)

2025 Pan-Am Collegiate Ch... · 4 Jan 2025

1–0
Tiglon, Bryce(2530)

2025 Pan-Am Collegiate Ch... · 4 Jan 2025

½–½
Batsuren, Dambasuren(2523)

2025 Pan-Am Collegiate Ch... · 3 Jan 2025

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
657 games in scope
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3
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1a
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e
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g
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332 games52%W23%D25%L
Move
1. d4
2521y
52%2325%
63%
1. ♞f3
662y
55%2124
65%
1. e4
95y
2244%34%
44%
1. c4
513y
60%2020
70%

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