Scouting report: Anton Shomoev (GM, RUS)

1,325 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,162 classical, 102 rapid, 61 blitz): 39% wins, 37% draws, 24% losses. FIDE rating 2461 standard, 2482 rapid, 2457 blitz. 110 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Anton Shomoev

GM

Russiaborn 1981FIDE ID 4135148

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2500
2501 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2482
2461
2457
2587peak, Apr 2014
1,325games
514wins, 39%
489draws, 37%
322losses, 24%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.7% average
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (80% in 28 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 48%)

Play against Shomoev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,325 games

Openings

1,325 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
French: Steinitz1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♞f6 4.e515 games, last played 11 years ago53.3%losses
Sicilian: Kan1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 a626 games, last played 4 years ago42.3%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Winawer1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♝b418 games, last played 4 years ago77.8%wins
Sicilian: Classical1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 ♞c610 games, last played 4 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 110 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
94.9%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
25%
23 err
24%
22 err
16%
15 err
15%
14 err
12%
11 err
9%
8 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
12%
1-15
12%
16-25
38%
26-35
12%
36-45
25%
46+
38% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
4
5
4
Few
Many
e7
5
f3
5
d2
4
g5
4
b5
3
e7/f3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#35
♞xa4?? vs Rodin
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#37
♞f1?? vs Caruana
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#24
♞f6?? vs Alekseev
Middlegame · Rapid · 2022
#46
♛h3+?? vs Nikolov
Endgame · Rapid · 2022
#27
♜xe3?? vs Fedorov
Middlegame · Rapid · 2022
#40
♜f2?? vs Timofeev
Endgame · Blitz · 2022

Recent games

Zakaryan,David(2310)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 5 May 2025

1–0
Esipenko, Andrey(2696)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 4 May 2025

½–½
Rychkov, Oleg(2379)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 3 May 2025

½–½
Rodin, Dmitrij(2292)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 2 May 2025

½–½
Faizrakhmanov, Ramil(2420)

Russian Team Championship HL 202... · 27 Apr 2025

½–½
Balashov, Yuri S(2382)

I Russian Team Men's Cup · 2 Dec 2023

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,325 games in scope
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663 games42%W38%D20%L
Move
1. e4
5001y
40%38%22
59%
1. d4
1113y
44%41%15
65%
1. c4
2810y
64%32%
80%
1. ♞f3
249y
33%33%34%
50%

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