Scouting report: Stepan Hrbek (IM, CZE)

769 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (735 classical, 9 rapid, 25 blitz): 39% wins, 27% draws, 33% losses. FIDE rating 2458 standard, 2332 rapid, 2390 blitz. 386 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Stepan Hrbek

IM

Czechiaborn 2006FIDE ID 393479

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2000
2200
2400
2600
Peak2468
2425 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2458
2390
2332
2468peak, Jun 2026
769games
302wins, 39%
208draws, 27%
255losses, 33%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (62% in 55 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Hrbek's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 769 games

Openings

769 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
King's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g612 games, last played 11 months ago58.3%losses
Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 a612 games, last played 2 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Ruy Lopez: Morphy1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a610 games, last played 3 months ago70.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 386 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
96.1%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
27%
92 err
18%
61 err
17%
58 err
16%
54 err
13%
44 err
9%
30 err
Critical moment
Move 39 avg
0%
1-15
15%
16-25
31%
26-35
23%
36-45
31%
46+
31% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
15
13
14
Few
Many
d5
15
c4
14
g5
13
f4
11
e7
10
d5/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#16
O-O?? vs Navara
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#17
♜d8?? vs Beukema
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#26
♛d5?? vs Babula
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#49
♚f4?? vs Sahidi
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#42
♜h2?? vs Koelber
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#22
♝c7?? vs Grezels
Middlegame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Bharath Subramaniyam H(2591)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 21 Jul 2026

0–1
Kavutskiy, Kostya(2315)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 20 Jul 2026

1–0
Pap, Misa(2438)

Ceske Budejovice GM 2026 · 8 Jul 2026

1–0
Ermitsch, Magnus(2411)

Ceske Budejovice GM 2026 · 7 Jul 2026

0–1
Haring, Filip(2446)

Ceske Budejovice GM 2026 · 6 Jul 2026

½–½
Janous, Marek(2291)

Ceske Budejovice GM 2026 · 5 Jul 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
769 games in scope
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384 games41%W28%D31%L
Move
1. e4
1832m
39%31%30%
54%
1. d4
938m
41%2039%
51%
1. c4
552m
42%40%18
62%
1. ♞f3
354m
40%26%34%
53%
1. b3
88m
38%62%
38%
1. f4
42y
75%25%
75%
1. g3
32y
67%33%
67%
1. ♞c3
12y
100%
100%
1. e3
11y
100%
100%
1. a4
14y
100%
100%

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