Scouting report: Boris Grachev (GM, RUS)

2,879 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,039 classical, 332 rapid, 520 blitz): 43% wins, 42% draws, 15% losses. FIDE rating 2586 standard, 2592 rapid, 2485 blitz. 255 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Boris Grachev

GM

Russiaborn 1986FIDE ID 4129199

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2540
2580
2620
2585 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2592
2586
2485
2705peak, Mar 2012
2,879games
1,229wins, 43%
1,209draws, 42%
441losses, 15%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 95.0% average
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (75% in 138 games)

Play against Grachev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,879 games

Openings

2,879 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Open1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4only 8 games, last played 4 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
English: Agincourt1.c4 ♞f6 2.♞c3 e610 games, last played 9 years ago70.0%wins
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e635 games, last played last year62.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 255 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
94.1%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
23%
32 err
22%
31 err
19%
27 err
14%
19 err
11%
16 err
11%
15 err
Critical moment
Move 47 avg
0%
1-15
25%
16-25
25%
26-35
12%
36-45
38%
46+
38% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
Few
Many
e5
9
d5
7
f5
7
e3
6
h4
5
e5/d5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Sindarov, Javokhir(2674)

Move 56 · Endgame · Blitz · 2024

−2.4b6??
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar(2733)

Move 66 · Endgame · Blitz · 2024

−3.5xe5??
Bocharov, Dmitry(2516)

Move 59 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−3.1f5??
Chumaevskiy, Arseniy(1901)

Move 43 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−4.7xb6??
Khripachenko, Alexander(2219)

Move 47 · Endgame · Blitz · 2022

−3.9b6??
Afanasiev, Nikita(2568)

Move 47 · Endgame · Blitz · 2022

−4.8c4??
Tsydypov, Zhamsaran(2534)

Move 57 · Endgame · OTB · 2022

−3.7f2??
Zakhartsov, Vladimir(2531)

Move 41 · Endgame · OTB · 2022

−3.0xg2??
Bocharov, Dmitry(2516)

Move 36 · Endgame · Rapid · 2022

−3.5d4??
Nikolov, Nikolay Petrov(2537)

Move 47 · Endgame · Rapid · 2022

−3.1b6??

Recent games

Zarubitski, Viachaslau(2398)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 5 May 2025

0–1
Zakharov, Alexey O.(2166)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 4 May 2025

½–½
Kulaev, Maxim(2355)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 2 May 2025

½–½
Gilfanov, Marat I(2379)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 30 Apr 2025

1–0
Volkov, Maksim(2388)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 29 Apr 2025

0–1
Ponkratov, Pavel(2547)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 27 Apr 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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2,879 games in scope
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1,442 games48%W40%D12%L
Move
1. d4
9861y
48%39%13
67%
1. ♞f3
2293y
48%44%
70%
1. c4
1384y
54%42%
75%
1. e4
875y
36%37%27%
54%
1. g3
112y
100%
100%
1. b3
15y
100%
0%

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