Scouting report: Maksim Samusenko (IM, RUS)

545 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (405 classical, 65 rapid, 75 blitz): 41% wins, 34% draws, 25% losses. FIDE rating 2454 standard, 2381 rapid, 2365 blitz. 195 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Maksim Samusenko

IM

Russiaborn 1997FIDE ID 4112253

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2340
2380
2420
2460
2427 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2454
2381
2365
2469peak, May 2021
545games
224wins, 41%
184draws, 34%
137losses, 25%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.0% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (67% in 81 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 45%)

Play against Samusenko's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 545 games

Openings

545 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e623 games, last played 5 months ago60.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 195 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.4%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
94.3%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
25%
34 err
21%
29 err
19%
26 err
15%
21 err
10%
13 err
10%
13 err
Critical moment
Move 62 avg
17%
1-15
17%
16-25
0%
26-35
17%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
Few
Many
e5
9
c4
6
c1
5
e3
5
g3
5
e5/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#40
xf8+?? vs Remizov
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#44
g6?? vs Ponkratov
Endgame · Rapid · 2025
#38
f2?? vs Kukhmazov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#44
g1?? vs Voskanyan
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#36
b7?? vs Oganian
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#142
d6?? vs Melnikov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Khripachenko, Alexander(2375)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 6 May 2026

½–½
Vastrukhin, Oleg(2352)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 5 May 2026

0–1
Alekseev, Evgeny(2510)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 4 May 2026

½–½
Palachev, Petr(2307)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 3 May 2026

1–0
Remizov, Yaroslav(2462)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 1 May 2026

1–0
Postnikov, Albert(2228)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 30 Apr 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
545 games in scope
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1a
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g
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273 games48%W31%D21%L
Move
1. e4
1885m
44%35%21
61%
1. d4
815m
56%2321
67%
1. f3
317y
67%33%
67%
1. c4
13y
100%
100%

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