Scouting report: Valery A Chekhov (GM, RUS)

1,295 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,288 classical, 7 rapid): 35% wins, 46% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2457 standard, 2443 rapid, 2411 blitz. 17 games analyzed with Stockfish: 90% accuracy, 0.35 blunders per game.

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Valery A Chekhov

TitleGrandmasterFederationRussiaBorn1955FIDE ID4100859

Classical2457
Rapid2443
Blitz2411
Games1,295
W · D · L35 / 46 / 19
Peak2509

Rating history

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Classical2457Rapid2443Blitz2411no games played
Accuracy by phase
97.1%Opening93.0%Middlegame92.5%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Very high accuracy: 89.7% average
Plays 5.0% better with black
Very precise: only 0.3 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (67% in 344 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 48%)

Recent games

Sveshnikov, Evgeny(2464)

Kupreichik Memorial GM 2018 · 23 Jun 2018

½–½
Oblamski, Vladimir(2083)

Kupreichik Memorial GM 2018 · 23 Jun 2018

½–½
Sveshnikov,E(2464)

Kupreichik Memorial GM 2018 · 23 Jun 2018

½–½
Tukmakov, Vladimir B(2540)

Kupreichik Memorial GM 2018 · 22 Jun 2018

1–0
Zhidkov, Valery S(2314)

Kupreichik Memorial GM 2018 · 22 Jun 2018

1–0

Play against Chekhov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,295 games

Openings

656 games as White · scores 64.1%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e611 games, last played 23 years ago54.5%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c523 games, last played 38 years ago69.6%wins
King's Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♝e242 games, last played 27 years ago57.1%wins

By family

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PRO
1,295 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 64.1%
16162.4%—
6170.5%+6.4 pts
5964.4%—
5563.6%—
5055.0%−9.1 pts
4464.8%—
3568.6%+4.5 pts
3158.1%−6.0 pts

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

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656 games42%W44%D14%L
Move
1. d4
3448y
45%43%
67%
1. ♞f3
1538y
36%55%
63%
1. e4
928y
37%39%24
57%
1. c4
598y
47%34%19
64%
1. g3
5Aug 1975
40%40%20
60%
1. f4
3—
33%67%
17%

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