Scouting report: Rail Makhmutov (IM, RUS)

334 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (325 classical, 9 rapid): 36% wins, 37% draws, 27% losses. FIDE rating 2447 standard, 2381 rapid, 2365 blitz. 55 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Rail Makhmutov

IM

Russiaborn 1995FIDE ID 4122151

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2340
2380
2420
2460
2447 · Sep 2023
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2447
2381
2365
2471peak, Mar 2015
334games
120wins, 36%
123draws, 37%
91losses, 27%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
High resilience (61%): Dangerous even when losing
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♚ (66% in 64 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 33%)

Play against Makhmutov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 334 games

Openings

334 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
King's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g616 games, last played 5 years ago43.8%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 55 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.9%
Endgame
95.9%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
26%
11 err
24%
10 err
17%
7 err
14%
6 err
12%
5 err
7%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 28 avg
0%
1-15
50%
16-25
50%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
Few
Many
b4
3
c4
2
e3
2
e5
2
h6
2
b4/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Tsoi, Dmitry(2315)

Move 25 · Middlegame · OTB · 2020

−3.6h6??
Sattarov, Bobir(2462)

Move 34 · Endgame · OTB · 2020

−7.0d3??
Mikhnenko, Alexander(2095)

Move 22 · Middlegame · OTB · 2020

−4.2b6??
Bryakin, Mikhail(2428)

Move 91 · Endgame · Rapid · 2019

−35.8d5??
Pranizin, Gennady(2232)

Move 26 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−2.7xd2??
Stupak, Kirill(2561)

Move 15 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−3.3xc5??
Sarana, Alexey(2636)

Move 68 · Endgame · Rapid · 2019

−2.8e6??
Nepomniachtchi, Ian(2714)

Move 26 · Middlegame · OTB · 2015

−3.4c7??

Recent games

Tregubov, Pavel V.(2560)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 9 May 2021

½–½
Fedoseev, Vladimir(2687)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 8 May 2021

1–0
Zvjaginsev, Vadim(2614)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 7 May 2021

½–½
Babakekhyan, Artem(2236)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 3 May 2021

½–½
Afanasiev, Nikita(2522)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 2 May 2021

0–1
Riazantsev, Alexander(2631)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 1 May 2021

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
334 games in scope
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165 games39%W36%D25%L
Move
1. d4
965y
38%41%21
58%
1. e4
457y
44%33%23
61%
1. ♞f3
167y
44%1937%
53%
1. c4
79y
1443%43%
36%
1. b3
18y
100%
0%

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