Scouting report: Dimitar Mardov (IM, USA)

465 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (456 classical, 9 blitz): 47% wins, 29% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2490 standard, 2332 blitz. 221 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Dimitar Mardov

IM

United Statesborn 2008FIDE ID 30919495

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2400
2500
Peak2516
2457 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2490
2332
2516peak, Feb 2025
465games
219wins, 47%
137draws, 29%
109losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (70% in 72 games)

Play against Mardov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 465 games

Openings

465 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e610 games, last played last year90.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 221 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
94.3%
Endgame
95.5%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
26%
47 err
19%
34 err
17%
31 err
14%
26 err
14%
25 err
10%
19 err
Critical moment
Move 47 avg
0%
1-15
11%
16-25
28%
26-35
28%
36-45
33%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
8
9
Few
Many
f4
9
d5
8
b5
7
c4
7
e4
6
f4/d5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Zhou, Jianchao(2605)

Move 65 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.9a4??
Xie, Felix(2365)

Move 26 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−2.6g3??
Schnaider, Ilan(2392)

Move 52 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−3.1b2??
Li, Guohao(2331)

Move 38 · Middlegame · OTB · 2024

−4.2f4??
Bykov, Egor(2424)

Move 49 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−3.0xf4??
Kushagra Mohan(2367)

Move 59 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−3.4a4??
Rorrer, Grayson(2388)

Move 71 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−3.3b5??
Oro, Faustino(2357)

Move 52 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−15.0e2+??
Hardaway, Brewington(2427)

Move 119 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−4.9c4??
Matviishen, Viktor(2556)

Move 64 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−4.3xa3??

Recent games

Wang, Tianqi(2349)

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 24 May 2026

1–0
Petesch, Gabriel(2299)

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 24 May 2026

1–0
Kolli, Rishi(2014)

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 23 May 2026

1–0
Zhou, Jianchao(2605)

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 23 May 2026

1–0
Sam, Gabriel(2214)

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 22 May 2026

0–1
Raja Harshit(2472)

Saint Louis Masters · 28 Feb 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
465 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
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235 games51%W32%D17%L
Move
1. d4
941y
45%36%19
63%
1. e4
727m
53%35%
70%
1. ♞f3
424m
50%26%24
63%
1. c4
194m
63%26%
76%
1. b3
41y
75%25%
75%
1. g3
31y
67%33%
83%
1. ♞h3
13y
100%
100%

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