Scouting report: Denis Khismatullin (GM, RUS)

2,503 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,919 classical, 279 rapid, 305 blitz): 48% wins, 29% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2493 standard, 2486 rapid, 2442 blitz. 172 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.09 blunders per game.

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Denis Khismatullin

GM

Russiaborn 1984FIDE ID 4142578

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2500
2600
2579 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2493
2486
2442
2714peak, Mar 2014
2,503games
1,209wins, 48%
736draws, 29%
558losses, 22%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.6% average
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (67% in 576 games)

Play against Khismatullin's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,503 games

Openings

2,503 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Reti: Double Fianchetto1.♞f3 ♞f6 2.g3 d512 games, last played 2 years ago83.3%wins
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c520 games, last played 3 years ago75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 172 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.1%
Middlegame
93.0%
Endgame
94.2%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
22%
34 err
21%
33 err
20%
31 err
13%
20 err
12%
18 err
12%
18 err
Critical moment
Move 46 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
27%
26-35
40%
36-45
33%
46+
40% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
7
6
6
Few
Many
d5
7
e7
6
g4
6
h4
6
a6
5
d5/e7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#24
♜ac8?? vs Lebedev
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#37
♞c4?? vs Tregubenko
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#37
♞f3?? vs Drygalov
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#38
♛d5?? vs Rumyantsev
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#25
♞d4?? vs Demidov
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#62
♚g2?? vs Zharkov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Demchenko, Maksim Dm(2214)

78th ch-RUS HL 2026 · 5 Jul 2026

0–1
Zemlyanskii,Ivan(2594)

78th ch-RUS HL 2026 · 4 Jul 2026

0–1
Kazmin, Semen(2267)

78th ch-RUS HL 2026 · 3 Jul 2026

1–0
Kleimenov, Nikolay(2335)

78th ch-RUS HL 2026 · 2 Jul 2026

0–1
Yurasov, Matfey(2403)

78th ch-RUS HL 2026 · 1 Jul 2026

½–½
Timoshin, Maxim(2443)

78th ch-RUS HL 2026 · 29 Jun 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,503 games in scope
8
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5
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3
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1a
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c
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1,259 games52%W28%D20%L
Move
1. d4
5763m
53%30%17
67%
1. c4
3503m
51%29%20
66%
1. ♞f3
1802m
48%25%27%
61%
1. e4
1142m
55%2421
67%
1. b3
233y
70%26%
72%
1. g3
1411y
43%2136%
54%
1. d3
211m
100%
100%

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