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Salov, Valery

RUS RUS·Born 1964·FIDE #4100069·978 Games

Classical2644928 Games
Rapid37 Games
Blitz13 Games

Play against Salov, Valery's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

978

Wins

349

Draws

459

Losses

170
36%47%17%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.0% average
Very consistent (80%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (66% in 76 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 143 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
94.4%
Endgame
95.6%
Clutch Factor — Move accuracy when winning vs. equal vs. losing — does their level drop when the game turns against them?
+7%
Winning (+2 or more)
95%24g
Equal position
94%82g
Losing (-2 or more)
89%37g
Performance under pressure
Problematic Pieces — Which pieces cause most errors?
22%
46 errors
21%
44 errors
18%
37 errors
16%
34 errors
12%
26 errors
10%
21 errors
Critical Moment — When does the first serious error occur?
Move 32 average
31%
0%
23%
23%
23%
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
31% of blunders occur between move 1-15. Keep tension until that moment.
Error Heatmap — Where do most errors occur?
9
Few
Many
Critical squares
b5
9 err
c4
7 err
c6
7 err
c3
6 err
c5
6 err
b5/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

— exploit these lines

No significant weaknesses detected as White

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

— avoid these lines
White63.6%Wins
Sicilian: Open — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d411 Games · last played 29 years ago

No consistent strengths detected as Black

Critical Blunders

10 errors · Stockfish
d7??vs PolgarBlitz · 1998
Bb5??vs KorchnoiOTB · 1987
Kf3??vs ShirovOTB
b8d7??vs KarpovOTB
Kc1??vs IvanchukOTB
d7d4??vs KarpovOTB
e3g3??vs KarpovOTB
b6b7??vs KarpovOTB
Rg5??vs PolgarOTB
g7g8??vs KasparovOTB

Recent Games

L
Milos, Gilberto(2586)

FIDE-Wch k.o. · 4 Aug 1999

0-1
L
Milos, Gilberto(2586)

FIDE-Wch k.o. · 3 Aug 1999

1-0
L
Rausis, Igors(2508)

Chess Masters 3rd · 12 Mar 1999

0-1
D
Beliavsky, Alexander G(2650)

Chess Masters 3rd · 11 Mar 1999

½-½
D
Sadler, Matthew D(2667)

Chess Masters 3rd · 10 Mar 1999

½-½
D
Ponomariov, Ruslan(2609)

Chess Masters 3rd · 9 Mar 1999

½-½

Endgame Statistics

PRO21 endgame categories analyzed
Endgame Statistics
Reveal weaknesses →
Repertoire
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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
507 Games
40%47%13%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.d4
336
63%
1.Nf3
76
66%
1.e4
48
65%
1.c4
47
62%

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