Scouting report: Roman Ovetchkin (GM, RUS)

1,690 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,648 classical, 34 rapid, 8 blitz): 48% wins, 25% draws, 27% losses. FIDE rating 2450 standard, 2366 rapid, 2341 blitz. 57 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.16 blunders per game.

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Roman Ovetchkin

GM

Russiaborn 1973FIDE ID 4119991

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2400
2500
2518 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2450
2366
2341
2573peak, Oct 2002
1,690games
807wins, 48%
430draws, 25%
453losses, 27%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.1% average
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (72% in 81 games)

Play against Ovetchkin's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,690 games

Openings

1,690 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Modern Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6only 9 games, last played 2 years ago55.6%losses
Sicilian: Kan1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 a615 games, last played 2 years ago46.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e637 games, last played 2 years ago67.6%wins
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b540 games, last played 3 years ago62.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 57 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
92.3%
Endgame
94.5%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
31%
27 err
21%
18 err
16%
14 err
15%
13 err
13%
11 err
5%
4 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
67%
26-35
0%
36-45
33%
46+
67% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
10
11
Few
Many
f4
11
f5
10
d4
6
e5
5
h5
5
f4/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#20
♝f5?? vs Vinter-Schou
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#51
♛f2?? vs Maksimenko
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#33
♜dg6?? vs Ruiz Aguilar
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#37
♝xd4+?? vs Zemlyanskii
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#64
♝xh5?? vs Martinez Alcantara
Middlegame · OTB · 2023
#33
♛d1?? vs Kezin
Middlegame · Rapid · 2023

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,690 games in scope
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836 games52%W24%D24%L
Move
1. d4
4372y
53%1730%
61%
1. e4
3042y
51%30%19
66%
1. ♞f3
812y
52%41%
72%
1. c4
133y
46%38%16
65%
1. d3
16y
100%
0%

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