Scouting report: Alexei Kornev (GM, RUS)

767 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (767 classical): 45% wins, 25% draws, 29% losses. FIDE rating 2500 standard, 2523 rapid, 2492 blitz. 29 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.17 blunders per game.

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Alexei Kornev

GM

Russiaborn 1976FIDE ID 4120949

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2540
2500 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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Oct
2026
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Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2523
2500
2492
2582peak, Jan 2004
767games
347wins, 45%
194draws, 25%
226losses, 29%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.5% average
Low resilience (25%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (62% in 229 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 36%)

Play against Kornev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 767 games

Openings

767 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: 2...c61.e4 c5 2.f3 c612 games, last played 17 years ago41.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
King's Indian1.d4 f6 2.c4 g623 games, last played 3 weeks ago65.2%wins
Catalan1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.g310 games, last played last year60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 29 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.0%
Middlegame
93.5%
Endgame
94.3%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
33%
10 err
17%
5 err
17%
5 err
13%
4 err
13%
4 err
7%
2 err
Critical moment
Move 51 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
33%
36-45
67%
46+
67% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
Few
Many
f5
3
b6
2
d5
2
e5
2
g1
2
f5/b6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

7 errors
#62
g8?? vs Giri
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#46
b7?? vs Martinez Alcantara
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#55
h6?? vs Firouzja
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#25
df8?? vs Movahed
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#65
b2?? vs Thorn
Endgame · OTB · 2021
#80
xf5+?? vs Smirnov
Endgame · OTB · 2020

Recent games

Preobrazhenskaya, Diana(2214)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

1–0
Alexander,Joshua(1999)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

1–0
Harriott, Tyrell(1933)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

1–0
Yeletsky, Ivan(2415)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

0–1
Muradli, Mahammad(2653)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

0–1
Logallo, Claudio(2059)

Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
767 games in scope
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389 games49%W26%D25%L
Move
1. d4
2292w
51%2227%
62%
1. e4
1212y
48%29%23
62%
1. c4
226y
41%41%18
61%
1. f3
155y
47%33%20
63%
1. g3
29y
100%
50%

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