Scouting report: Sergey Makarichev (GM, RUS)

890 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (858 classical, 32 rapid): 32% wins, 53% draws, 15% losses. FIDE rating 2519 standard. 18 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Sergey Makarichev

TitleGrandmasterFederationRussiaBorn1953FIDE ID4100468

Classical2519
Rapid—
Blitz—
Games890
W · D · L32 / 53 / 15
Peak2520

Rating history

2500
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2024
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2025
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Classical2519no games played
Accuracy by phase
95.6%Opening95.0%Middlegame96.4%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Elite accuracy: 94.0% average
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (68% in 158 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 45%)

Recent games

Torre, Eugenio(2417)

Aeroflot Open Legends · 4 Mar 2026

½–½
De La Torre Rodriguez, Elizabeth(2064)

Aeroflot Open Legends · 4 Mar 2026

½–½
Balashov, Yuri S(2382)

Aeroflot Open Legends · 2 Mar 2026

0–1
Vaisser, Anatoly(2417)

Aeroflot Open Legends · 1 Mar 2026

1–0
Vaganian, Rafael A(2437)

Aeroflot Open Legends · 28 Feb 2026

1–0

Play against Makarichev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 890 games

Openings

449 games as White · scores 62.2%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Ruy Lopez: Morphy1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a614 games, last played 58 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

By family

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PRO
890 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 62.2%
15868.4%+6.1 pts
13360.5%—
2955.2%−7.1 pts
2848.2%−14.0 pts
2572.0%+9.8 pts
2062.5%—
1836.1%—
1159.1%—

Mistakes

Problematic pieces
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Critical moment
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Error heatmap · Critical squares
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Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
890 games in scope
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449 games37%W51%D12%L
Move
1. e4
2758m
35%49%16
59%
1. c4
158Jan 1994
42%53%
68%
1. d4
9—
2278%
61%
1. ♞f3
7Jan 1981
86%14
43%

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