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Narayanan, Samrug

USA USA·Born 2004·FIDE #30914051·525 Games

Classical2433481 Games
Rapid—0 Games
Blitz231744 Games

Statistics

525

Total

188

Wins

159

Draws

177

Losses

36%30%34%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.4% average
Solid conversion: 89%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 ♔ (66% in 25 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 36%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 273 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.8%
Middlegame93.6%
Endgame95.4%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%
Winning (+2 or more)94%
94 Games
Equal position95%
87 Games
Losing (-2 or more)91%
92 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♙
23%
56 errors
♖
20%
50 errors
♗
16%
39 errors
♞
15%
38 errors
♕
15%
36 errors
♔
11%
27 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 43average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
36% of blunders occur between move 36-45. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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7
7
12
10
7
10
7
9
8
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
e512 err
d611 err
e410 err
f510 err
b39 err
e5/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

W
Harsha Bharathakoti2538

Saint Louis Masters · 1 Mar 2026

1-0
D
Tiglon, Bryce2550

Saint Louis Masters · 28 Feb 2026

½-½
W
Heimann, Mark2513

Saint Louis Masters · 28 Feb 2026

0-1
D
Bok, Benjamin2592

Saint Louis Masters · 27 Feb 2026

½-½
D
Warmerdam, Max2580

Saint Louis Masters · 27 Feb 2026

½-½
W
Sargsyan, Anna M.2372

Saint Louis Masters · 26 Feb 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White
French: Tarrasch
50.0%
10 Games·Loses

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

Sicilian: Rossolimo
46.2%
13 Games·Loses

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

Black
Ruy Lopez: Berlin
60.0%
15 Games·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6

French: Tarrasch
52.6%
19 Games·Loses

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

Strengths

AVOID
White
Ruy Lopez: Marshall
90.9%
11 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5

Black

No consistent strengths detected as Black

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#42Kg3??
Endgame
vs Rodrigue-Lemieux
OTB·2025
▶
#44Kh2??
Endgame
vs Moksh Amit Doshi
OTB·2025
▶
#49Kh3??
Endgame
vs Stribuk
Blitz·2025
▶
#125Ba5??
Endgame
vs Grebnev
Blitz·2025
▶
#36c4??
Tactics
vs Iniyan
OTB·2025
▶
#52Bd3??
Endgame
vs Isanzhulov
OTB·2025
▶
#31Kxh6??
Tactics
vs Akhmedinov
OTB·2025
▶
#22g5??
Tactics
vs Tian
OTB·2025
▶
#36Rd5??
Tactics
vs Abrahamyan
OTB·2025
▶
#35Bxa2??
Tactics
vs Matviishen
OTB·2025
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
260 Games
42%30%28%
1.e4
56%
234
1.d4
66%
25
1.e3
0%
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