Sakaev, Konstantin

RUS RUS·Born 1974·FIDE #4104226·1,142 Games

Classical25351,052 Games

Rapid245753 Games

Blitz263237 Games

Statistics

1142

Total

452

Wins

550

Draws

140

Losses

40%48%12%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.0% average

Very consistent (92%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (71% in 33 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 18 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening97.3%

Middlegame93.4%

Endgame95.0%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+3%

Winning (+2 or more)92%

4 Games

Equal position96%

11 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

3 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♙

33%

6 errors

♖

22%

4 errors

♔

17%

3 errors

♞

17%

3 errors

♗

1 errors

♕

1 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 53average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

100% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

b33 err

c42 err

e52 err

f42 err

c21 err

b3/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Pavlov, Danila2408

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 4 Mar 2026

1-0

Khayrullin, Danil1603

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 4 Mar 2026

1-0

Sklokin, Sergey2414

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 3 Mar 2026

½-½

Yeletsky, Ivan2414

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 2 Mar 2026

½-½

Ivanov, Oleg V2379

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 2 Mar 2026

1-0

Bardyk, Artem2390

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 1 Mar 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

King's Indian: Main Line

58.6%

29 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O

Nimzo-Indian: Classical

60.0%

10 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2

Black

Sicilian: Scheveningen

45.5%

11 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

2 errors

▶

#26b3??

Tactics

vs Korchnoi

OTB·2001

▶

#53Kd1??

Endgame

vs Ivanchuk

OTB

Endgame Statistics

10 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

☰ All

♟ Classical

⚡ Rapid

🔥 Blitz

PRO

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Starting Position

589 Games

47%44%9%

Move	Games	%
1.d4	519	69%
1.Nf3 Strong	33	71%
1.e4	27	65%
1.c4 Strong	9	89%
1.b3 Weak	1	0%

1.d4

69%

519

1.Nf3

71%

1.e4

65%

1.c4

89%

1.b3