Scouting report: Sergey Janovsky (GM, RUS)

293 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (277 classical, 16 rapid): 31% wins, 44% draws, 25% losses. FIDE rating 2489 standard. 2 games analyzed with Stockfish, 0 blunders per game.

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Sergey Janovsky

GM

Russiaborn 1960FIDE ID 4102711

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2496 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2489
2496peak, Oct 2004
293games
91wins, 31%
128draws, 44%
74losses, 25%

Play style

before facing them
Plays 97.7% better with black
Very consistent (98%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (57% in 142 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 43%)

Play against Janovsky's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 293 games

Openings

293 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Open1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4only 8 games, last played 19 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 2 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.3%
Middlegame
98.3%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
0%
Winning (+2)
85%
Equal
98%
Losing (−2)
85%
Problematic pieces
0%
0 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
Insufficient data

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish
No blunders recorded

Recent games

Gruenfeld, Yehuda(2367)

World Senior Teams +65 · 28 Apr 2026

0–1
Olafsson, Helgi(2439)

World Senior Teams +65 · 27 Apr 2026

½–½
Jussupow, Artur(2554)

World Senior Teams +65 · 26 Apr 2026

½–½
Sakaev, Konstantin(2633)

Nesis Rapid Cup · 22 May 2007

0–1
Khalifman, Alexander(2624)

Nesis Rapid Cup · 22 May 2007

½–½
Komarov, Dimitri(2539)

Nesis Rapid Cup · 22 May 2007

½–½

Repertoire

PRO
293 games in scope
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146 games35%W43%D22%L
Move
1. e4
1425m
36%42%22
57%
1. d4
4Jan 1987
100%
50%

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