Smagin, Sergey

RUS RUS·Born 1958·FIDE #4100425·1,245 Games

Classical25511,089 Games

Rapid228079 Games

Blitz223277 Games

Statistics

1245

Total

508

Wins

467

Draws

270

Losses

41%38%22%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.2% average

Plays 2.6% better with black

Low resilience (33%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very consistent (91%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 ♔ (67% in 44 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 10 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.2%

Middlegame91.7%

Endgame93.6%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+7%

Winning (+2 or more)97%

2 Games

Equal position94%

5 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

3 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♔

40%

4 errors

♞

40%

4 errors

♖

20%

2 errors

♗

0 errors

♙

0 errors

♕

0 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 30average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

c62 err

d42 err

d82 err

g32 err

h42 err

c6/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Kukhmazov, Arsen2442

RUS Ch Rapid 2025 · 15 Oct 2025

1-0

Savchenko, Boris2464

RUS Ch Rapid 2025 · 15 Oct 2025

½-½

Zakhartsov, Vladimir2461

RUS Ch Rapid 2025 · 15 Oct 2025

0-1

Tekeyev, Zaur2407

RUS Ch Blitz 2025 · 14 Oct 2025

1-0

Kozlov, Alexei2094

RUS Ch Blitz 2025 · 14 Oct 2025

1-0

Afanasiev, Nikita2511

RUS Ch Blitz 2025 · 14 Oct 2025

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

Sicilian: Classical

45.5%

11 Games·Loses

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6

Black

Slav: Semi-Slav

57.1%

14 Games·Loses

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3

Strengths

AVOID

White

No consistent strengths detected as White

Black

Scotch: Mieses

50.0%

10 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#62Rb5??

Endgame

vs Kukhmazov

Rapid·2025

▶

#49Qf3??

Endgame

vs Afanasiev

Blitz·2025

▶

#50Rd2??

Endgame

vs Kozlov

Blitz·2025

▶

#44bxa4??

Endgame

vs Strutinskaia

Blitz·2023

▶

#35g5??

Tactics

vs Sirotkina

Blitz·2023

▶

#49Re2??

Endgame

vs Ionov

Blitz·2023

▶

#37Rf4??

Tactics

vs Balashov

Blitz·2023

▶

#34Qf6+??

Tactics

vs Drygalov

Rapid·2023

▶

#24Rd4??

Tactics

vs Smirnov

Blitz·2023

▶

#42Kh6??

Endgame

vs Romanov

Blitz·2023

Endgame Statistics

21 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

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Starting Position

650 Games

47%35%18%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	591	64%
1.d4	44	67%
1.c4	10	55%
1.Nf3 Strong	5	80%

1.e4

64%

591

1.d4

67%

1.c4

55%

1.Nf3

80%

Smagin, Sergey

Play against Smagin, Sergey's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Sicilian: Classical

Slav: Semi-Slav

Strengths

Scotch: Mieses

Critical Blunders