Scouting report: Yuri Yakovich (GM, RUS)

1,663 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,610 classical, 45 rapid, 8 blitz): 40% wins, 44% draws, 16% losses. FIDE rating 2513 standard, 2477 rapid, 2426 blitz. 27 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Yuri Yakovich

GM

Russiaborn 1962FIDE ID 4100654

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2440
2480
2520
2560
2528 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2513
2477
2426
2600peak, Apr 2007
1,663games
666wins, 40%
734draws, 44%
263losses, 16%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 95.0% average
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (95%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (69% in 596 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 44%)

Play against Yakovich's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,663 games

Openings

1,663 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
King's Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♝e263 games, last played 6 years ago71.4%wins
Benko Gambit1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b512 games, last played 6 years ago75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 27 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
94.6%
Endgame
94.0%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
92%
Problematic pieces
25%
3 err
25%
3 err
25%
3 err
17%
2 err
8%
1 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 30 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
Few
Many
b5
2
d7
2
a6
1
b6
1
c5
1
b5/d7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

5 errors
#31
♞e4?? vs Shubin
Middlegame · Rapid · 2022
#28
f6?? vs Obolenskikh
Endgame · Blitz · 2022
#25
fxe4?? vs Bareev
Endgame · Rapid · 2019
#34
♞d4?? vs Ponkratov
Middlegame · Rapid · 2019
#38
♚d3?? vs Shirov
Endgame · Rapid · 2012

Recent games

Shubin, Kirill(2486)

Kurnosov Mem Rapid 2022 · 10 Sept 2022

½–½
Obolenskikh, Dmitry(2547)

Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz · 31 Mar 2022

0–1
Shomoev, Anton(2575)

Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz · 31 Mar 2022

0–1
Sasikiran, Krishnan(2647)

Rilton Winners Cup 2020 · 29 Dec 2020

½–½
Sasikiran, Krishnan(2647)

Rilton Winners Cup 2020 · 29 Dec 2020

½–½
Wiedenkeller, Michael(2445)

Rilton Winners Cup 2020 · 28 Dec 2020

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,663 games in scope
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867 games49%W39%D12%L
Move
1. d4
5964y
51%36%13
69%
1. e4
1984y
39%48%13
64%
1. c4
606y
60%28%
74%
1. ♞f3
137y
46%46%
69%

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