What is Nikolai Kurenkov's FIDE rating?

Nikolai Kurenkov's FIDE rating is 2442 standard. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Nikolai Kurenkov's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Nikolai Kurenkov played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 324 over-the-board games by Nikolai Kurenkov (324 classical), with 41% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Nikolai Kurenkov's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Nikolai Kurenkov?

Open Nikolai Kurenkov's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Nikolai Kurenkov's style, before facing them.

Nikolai Kurenkov

Russiaborn 1985FIDE ID 4131134

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2420

2460

2442 · Sep 2023

Oct

2024

Apr

Jul

Oct

2025

Apr

Jul

Oct

2026

Apr

Jul

Oct

Sep 2023Oct 2026

2442Classical

2455peak, Apr 2005

324games

134wins, 41%

85draws, 26%

105losses, 32%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2455 · Apr 2005

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Plays 93.1% better with black

Very consistent (96%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(64% in 149 games)

Vulnerable to 1.d4

(only 41%)

Play against Kurenkov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Practice against a bot that uses their real openings and playing style

Based on

324 games

Based on 324 games

Openings

324 gamesBased on 324 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 2 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 2 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.7%

Middlegame

92.9%

Endgame

95.3%

Clutch factor

-7%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

85%0g

EqualEqual position

94%1g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

92%1g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

0 err

Critical moment

Move 30 avg

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Insufficient data

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

No blunders recorded

Recent games

324 games

Kazancev, Valerij M(2317)

4th Open A · Moscow RUS · 9 Feb 2008

1–0

Benza, Artem(2333)

4th Open A · Moscow RUS · 8 Feb 2008

0–1

Kaidanov, Gregory(2604)

4th Open A · Moscow RUS · 8 Feb 2008

0–1

Potapov, Alexey(2320)

4th Open A · Moscow RUS · 7 Feb 2008

1–0

Pisakov, Ilia(2344)

4th Open A · Moscow RUS · 6 Feb 2008

½–½

Andrianov, Vyacheslav(2165)

Tula RUS · 26 Dec 2007

½–½

Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

324 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

162 games49%W28%D23%L

162games in this linewon 49%, drew 28%, lost 23%

Move

1. e4

14919y

51%26%23%

64%

1. d4

1119y

27%45%28%

50%

1. c4

1—

100%

50%

1. ♞f3

121y