Scouting report: Evgeny Romanov (GM, MKD)

2,089 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,799 classical, 175 rapid, 115 blitz): 46% wins, 35% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2560 standard, 2517 rapid, 2492 blitz. 482 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Evgeny Romanov

GM

North Macedoniaborn 1988FIDE ID 4148843

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2540
2580
2620
2559 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
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Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2560
2517
2492
2662peak, Jun 2013
2,089games
953wins, 46%
725draws, 35%
411losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.1% average
High resilience (57%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 90%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (68% in 295 games)

Play against Romanov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,089 games

Openings

2,089 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞c3 ♝b4 4.e311 games, last played 2 months ago45.5%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Ruy Lopez: Morphy1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a624 games, last played 5 months ago70.8%wins
Slav Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 c613 games, last played last year69.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 482 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
94.1%
Endgame
95.8%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
24%
69 err
21%
60 err
20%
58 err
14%
41 err
13%
38 err
8%
24 err
Critical moment
Move 31 avg
9%
1-15
18%
16-25
27%
26-35
45%
36-45
0%
46+
45% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
11
10
9
9
Few
Many
e5
11
g5
10
d4
9
f4
9
d6
8
e5/g5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#37
♚g7?? vs Osmak
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#44
♜xf7?? vs Kochavi
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#50
♛h4?? vs Mendonca
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#47
b3?? vs Saric
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#30
♝a3?? vs Musayev
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#48
♜e8?? vs Van Foreest
Endgame · OTB · 2024

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,089 games in scope
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1,066 games51%W31%D18%L
Move
1. d4
3826w
52%30%18
67%
1. e4
2956w
52%33%15
68%
1. c4
2386w
45%36%19
63%
1. ♞f3
891y
55%29%16
70%
1. b3
283y
50%2129%
61%
1. g3
271y
56%30%14
70%
1. b4
612y
33%67%
33%
1. f4
110y
100%
50%

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