Scouting report: Mikhael Garakov (IM, RUS)

483 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (482 classical, 1 rapid): 48% wins, 15% draws, 37% losses. FIDE rating 2447 standard, 2436 rapid, 2347 blitz. 6 games analyzed with Stockfish: 87% accuracy, 1.33 blunders per game.

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Mikhael Garakov

IM

Russiaborn 1987FIDE ID 4169034

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2320
2360
2400
2440
2480
2447 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2447
2436
2347
2448peak, May 2013
483games
233wins, 48%
72draws, 15%
178losses, 37%

Play style

before facing them
Very high accuracy: 87.4% average
Plays 3.6% better with black
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (62% in 234 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 25%)

Play against Garakov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 483 games

Openings

483 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Scotch Game1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.d4only 8 games, last played 2 years ago50.0%losses
Ruy Lopez: Exchange1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a6 4.♝xc623 games, last played last year47.8%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c410 games, last played last year80.0%wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d646 games, last played last year76.1%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 6 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
84.8%
Endgame
90.8%
Clutch factor
-15%
Winning (+2)
74%
Equal
85%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
30%
7 err
22%
5 err
22%
5 err
22%
5 err
4%
1 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 32 avg
0%
1-15
25%
16-25
50%
26-35
25%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
2
Few
Many
d4
2
f4
2
h4
2
a4
1
b4
1
d4/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Hambleton, Aman(2420)

Move 36 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−2.7h7??
Rozman, Levy(2348)

Move 40 · Middlegame · OTB · 2024

−7.2xe5+??
Nakamura, Hikaru(2787)

Move 36 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−2.9h8??
Nakamura, Hikaru(2775)

Move 27 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−7.0a4??
Bocharov, Dmitry(2516)

Move 33 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−4.6d4??
Nepomniachtchi, Ian(2445)

Move 35 · Middlegame · OTB

−6.3d3??

Recent games

Chen, Ryo(2395)

Titled Tuesday Early · 12 Aug 2025

0–1
Rustemov, Alexander(2525)

Titled Tuesday Early · 12 Aug 2025

1–0
Alvarado,C(2032)

Titled Tuesday Early · 12 Aug 2025

1–0
Lopez, Henry(2001)

Titled Tuesday Early · 12 Aug 2025

1–0
Gabrielian, Artur(2407)

Titled Tuesday Early · 12 Aug 2025

1–0
Kirillov, Andrey(2352)

Titled Tuesday Early · 12 Aug 2025

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
483 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
243 games53%W16%D31%L
Move
1. e4
2341y
53%1631%
62%
1. d4
43y
50%50%
50%
1. c4
2—
50%50%
50%
1. ♞f3
2—
100%
50%
1. e3
13y
100%
0%

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