Scouting report: Aleksandr Poluljahov (GM, RUS)

1,112 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,108 classical, 4 rapid): 40% wins, 41% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2503 standard, 2498 rapid. 6 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Aleksandr Poluljahov

GM

Russiaborn 1965FIDE ID 4112849

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2503 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2503
2498
2534peak, Apr 2003
1,112games
441wins, 40%
458draws, 41%
213losses, 19%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
Very consistent (95%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (70% in 88 games)

Play against Poluljahov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,112 games

Openings

1,112 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 e614 games, last played 14 years ago57.1%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 6 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.1%
Middlegame
92.6%
Endgame
94.7%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
91%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
85%
Problematic pieces
33%
1 err
33%
1 err
33%
1 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
1
1
Few
Many
b7
1
c6
1
h3
1
b7/c6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish
No blunders recorded

Recent games

Papin, Vasily(2561)

Doroshkevicha Mem Open 20... · 4 Dec 2012

0–1
Panarin, Mikhail(2563)

Doroshkevicha Mem Open 20... · 3 Dec 2012

½–½
Vastrukhin, Oleg(2336)

Doroshkevicha Mem Open 20... · 2 Dec 2012

1–0
Landa,K(2640)

Doroshkevicha Mem Open 20... · 1 Dec 2012

0–1
Bogachkov, Vladislav(2082)

Doroshkevicha Mem Open 20... · 30 Nov 2012

1–0
Mednikov, Gennadiy(2182)

Doroshkevicha Mem Open 20... · 29 Nov 2012

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,112 games in scope
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578 games47%W39%D14%L
Move
1. d4
28614y
46%40%14
66%
1. f3
11022y
43%39%18
62%
1. e4
9314y
47%35%18
65%
1. c4
8814y
51%39%
71%
1. g3
1
100%
100%

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