Scouting report: Marat Makarov (GM, RUS)

1,032 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (975 classical, 38 rapid, 19 blitz): 30% wins, 54% draws, 16% losses. FIDE rating 2505 standard, 2422 rapid, 2419 blitz. 10 games analyzed with Stockfish: 96% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Marat Makarov

GM

Russiaborn 1963FIDE ID 4101103

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
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2505
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2419
2536peak, Jul 2008
1,032games
312wins, 30%
560draws, 54%
160losses, 16%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 95.8% average
Very consistent (97%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (67% in 295 games)

Play against Makarov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,032 games

Openings

1,032 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 10 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
95.9%
Endgame
96.8%
Clutch factor
+11%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
85%
Problematic pieces
100%
1 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 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
1
Few
Many
f3
1

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish
No blunders recorded

Recent games

Sharma, Dinesh K.(2295)

World Blitz 2018 · 30 Dec 2018

½–½
Zvjaginsev, Vadim(2642)

World Blitz 2018 · 30 Dec 2018

0–1
Al Turky, Fahad A(1836)

World Blitz 2018 · 30 Dec 2018

1–0
Piorun, Kacper(2634)

World Blitz 2018 · 30 Dec 2018

½–½
Pershin, Denis(2400)

World Blitz 2018 · 30 Dec 2018

0–1
Kabanov, Nikolai(2450)

World Blitz 2018 · 30 Dec 2018

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,032 games in scope
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527 games36%W53%D11%L
Move
1. f3
2958y
42%50%
67%
1. d4
1298y
31%56%13
59%
1. c4
5712y
26%54%20
54%
1. e4
398y
28%54%18
55%
1. g3
713y
1471%15
50%

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