Scouting report: Maxim Turov (GM, RUS)

2,043 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,653 classical, 164 rapid, 226 blitz): 46% wins, 41% draws, 13% losses. FIDE rating 2484 standard, 2407 rapid, 2407 blitz. 131 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Maxim Turov

GM

Russiaborn 1979FIDE ID 4120086

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2350
2450
2550
2552 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2484
2407
2407
2667peak, May 2012
2,043games
930wins, 46%
845draws, 41%
268losses, 13%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.8% average
High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 89%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (72% in 426 games)

Play against Turov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,043 games

Openings

2,043 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 f6 2.c4 c510 games, last played 7 years ago90.0%wins
French: Advance1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e518 games, last played 4 months ago61.1%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 131 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
93.6%
Endgame
94.7%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
28%
17 err
23%
14 err
17%
10 err
15%
9 err
10%
6 err
7%
4 err
Critical moment
Move 40 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
100%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
Few
Many
f4
6
e7
4
f3
4
g6
3
d1
2
f4/e7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#65
xa7?? vs Khripachenko
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#37
xf4?? vs Pshmakhov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#41
g7?? vs Smirnov_Pavel
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#24
c5?? vs Galaktionov
Middlegame · Rapid · 2025
#29
g2?? vs Ivanov
Endgame · Rapid · 2025
#40
e7?? vs Inarkiev
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Buyanov, Gleb(2118)

TCh-RUS HL 2026 · 6 May 2026

½–½
Skatchkov, Valery(2243)

TCh-RUS HL 2026 · 5 May 2026

1–0
Tyurin, Artem(2305)

TCh-RUS HL 2026 · 4 May 2026

½–½
Zhirkov, Vladislav(2170)

TCh-RUS HL 2026 · 3 May 2026

1–0
Alekseev, Evgeny(2510)

TCh-RUS HL 2026 · 30 Apr 2026

½–½
Ivanov, Maxim(2176)

TCh-RUS HL 2026 · 29 Apr 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,043 games in scope
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1a
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1,017 games52%W37%D11%L
Move
1. d4
42611m
56%33%
72%
1. e4
4234m
46%41%13
66%
1. c4
1037y
55%36%
73%
1. f3
598m
58%34%
75%
1. g3
35y
67%33%
83%
1. d3
119y
100%
100%
1. b3
14y
100%
100%
1. e3
1
100%
50%

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