Scouting report: Vladimir Lazarev (GM, FRA)

1,652 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,634 classical, 18 rapid): 44% wins, 39% draws, 17% losses. FIDE rating 2481 standard, 2408 rapid. 37 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.05 blunders per game.

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Vladimir Lazarev

GM

Franceborn 1964FIDE ID 4113250

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2380
2420
2460
2500
2481 · Sep 2023
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2025
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2026
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2481
2408
2536peak, Apr 2004
1,652games
719wins, 44%
645draws, 39%
288losses, 17%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Plays 2.8% better with white
Solid conversion: 88%
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (68% in 772 games)

Play against Lazarev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,652 games

Openings

1,652 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benko Gambit1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b538 games, last played 5 years ago68.4%wins
Dutch: Fianchetto1.d4 f5 2.g3 ♞f623 games, last played 9 years ago65.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 37 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
+7%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
87%
Problematic pieces
29%
8 err
25%
7 err
18%
5 err
14%
4 err
11%
3 err
4%
1 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
100%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
Few
Many
e5
3
c6
2
d5
2
f5
2
h5
2
e5/c6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Laurent-Paoli, Pierre(2552)

Move 39 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−6.9gg1??
Gharamian, Tigran(2601)

Move 29 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−3.1c5??
Hirth, Julien(2072)

Move 37 · Middlegame · OTB · 2022

−3.4e5??
Raja Rithvik R(2433)

Move 38 · Middlegame · OTB · 2021

−97.2f5??
Pikula, Dejan(2380)

Move 58 · Endgame · OTB · 2021

−3.4c6??

Recent games

Sharif, Mehrshad(2330)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 11 Jun 2023

½–½
Jossien, Remy(2231)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 10 Jun 2023

½–½
Donchenko, Alexander(2667)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 9 Jun 2023

0–1
Kuhn, Clement(2313)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 8 Jun 2023

1–0
Bluebaum, Matthias(2672)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 7 Jun 2023

½–½
Laurent-Paoli, Pierre(2552)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 5 Jun 2023

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,652 games in scope
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842 games48%W38%D14%L
Move
1. d4
7723y
50%37%13
68%
1. ♞f3
473y
30%62%
61%
1. c4
1812y
39%33%28%
56%
1. e4
518y
40%40%20
60%

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