Scouting report: Maksim Chigaev (GM, ESP)

5,589 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (4,515 classical, 485 rapid, 610 blitz): 53% wins, 25% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2629 standard, 2587 rapid, 2507 blitz, world #97. 1,066 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Maksim Chigaev

GM

Spainborn 1996FIDE ID 4108116

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2450
2550
2650
Peak2648
2615 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2629
2587
2507
2648peak, Jun 2024
5,589games
2,984wins, 53%
1,375draws, 25%
1,230losses, 22%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.4% average
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (73% in 534 games)

Play against Chigaev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 5,589 games

Openings

5,589 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e624 games, last played last year83.3%wins
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c522 games, last played last year81.8%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 1,066 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
93.2%
Endgame
94.8%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
23%
88 err
23%
88 err
16%
61 err
14%
56 err
12%
47 err
12%
48 err
Critical moment
Move 43 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
29%
26-35
32%
36-45
39%
46+
39% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
18
18
Few
Many
e4
18
e5
18
f5
13
d5
12
b4
11
e4/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#27
♝g5?? vs Priasmoro
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#23
♜xe3?? vs Bortnyk
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#29
♛f7?? vs Fedoseev
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#89
♝d5?? vs Lai
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#51
♝g4?? vs Piliposyan
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#44
♜f7+?? vs Averin
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Stickler, Florentin(2267)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

0–1
Storey, Charles H(2104)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

1–0
Plotnikov, Boris(2273)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

0–1
Bajaj Prakhar(2067)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

1–0
Voitovich, Vladislav(2256)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

1–0
Aswath, S(2540)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

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Repertoire

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5,589 games in scope
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2,848 games58%W24%D18%L
Move
1. e4
15762w
55%26%19
68%
1. d4
5343w
64%1818
73%
1. ♞f3
3874w
62%1919
71%
1. c4
2633w
55%27%18
68%
1. g3
333y
70%18
79%
1. f4
284y
46%25%29%
59%
1. b3
243y
58%1725%
67%
1. e3
15y
100%
100%
1. ♞c3
13y
100%
100%
1. a3
13y
100%
100%

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