Scouting report: Alexander Riazantsev (GM, RUS)

2,698 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,685 classical, 464 rapid, 549 blitz): 39% wins, 41% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2590 standard, 2503 rapid, 2522 blitz. 155 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Alexander Riazantsev

GM

Russiaborn 1985FIDE ID 4125029

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2450
2550
2650
2616 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2590
2522
2503
2720peak, Jul 2012
2,698games
1,056wins, 39%
1,114draws, 41%
528losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.9% average
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (65% in 1269 games)
Vulnerable to 1.b3 ♚ (only 42%)

Play against Riazantsev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,698 games

Openings

2,698 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Nimzo-Indian: Capablanca1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞c3 ♝b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♝d318 games, last played 4 months ago66.7%wins
Benko Gambit1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b519 games, last played 5 years ago63.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 155 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
92.9%
Endgame
94.7%
Clutch factor
+7%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
23%
25 err
22%
24 err
16%
18 err
15%
16 err
13%
14 err
12%
13 err
Critical moment
Move 36 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
50%
26-35
50%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
5
6
Few
Many
d5
6
b5
5
e7
5
a6
4
d1
4
d5/b5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#30
♜e8?? vs Kretov
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#40
♞gf4?? vs Galaktionov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#31
♜f3?? vs Gontcharov
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#37
♛b1?? vs Rostovtsev
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#53
e3?? vs Smirnov_Pavel
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#45
♛e1?? vs Korchmar
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Dreev, Aleksey(2584)

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 6 May 2026

½–½
Timoshin, Maxim(2439)

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 5 May 2026

½–½
Morozevich, Alexander(2653)

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 4 May 2026

½–½
Zubritskiy, Artyom(2367)

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 3 May 2026

½–½
Volodin, Alexandr E.(2389)

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 1 May 2026

1–0
Usov, Aleksandr E.(2427)

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 28 Apr 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,698 games in scope
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1a
b
c
d
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1,370 games45%W39%D16%L
Move
1. d4
12694m
45%40%15
65%
1. e4
456m
49%36%15
67%
1. ♞f3
446m
57%34%
74%
1. c4
124m
33%58%
63%

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