Scouting report: Maxim Vavulin (GM, GER)

893 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (756 classical, 48 rapid, 89 blitz): 47% wins, 21% draws, 32% losses. FIDE rating 2520 standard, 2487 rapid, 2528 blitz. 114 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Maxim Vavulin

GM

Germanyborn 1998FIDE ID 4169530

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2540
2580
2552 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2528
2520
2487
2604peak, Jan 2017
893games
419wins, 47%
191draws, 21%
283losses, 32%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (84%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (63% in 434 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 45%)

Play against Vavulin's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 893 games

Openings

893 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 a645 games, last played 9 months ago42.2%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Classical1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f611 games, last played last year72.7%wins
Sicilian: 2...c61.e4 c5 2.f3 c647 games, last played 7 months ago61.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 114 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.5%
Middlegame
92.9%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
+2%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
38%
33 err
16%
14 err
16%
14 err
13%
11 err
10%
9 err
6%
5 err
Critical moment
Move 46 avg
0%
1-15
25%
16-25
25%
26-35
25%
36-45
25%
46+
25% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
7
Few
Many
d5
7
a5
3
b2
3
d1
3
d3
3
d5/a5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#25
xg4?? vs Socko
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#92
c2?? vs Herbrig
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#41
b2?? vs Moritz
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#18
a5?? vs Stork
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#39
a4?? vs Zolfagharian
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#50
f2?? vs Moroni
Endgame · OTB · 2023

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½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
893 games in scope
8
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4
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1a
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456 games52%W25%D23%L
Move
1. e4
4345m
51%25%24
64%
1. d4
812y
63%37%
63%
1. f3
48y
50%50%
75%
1. b3
41y
75%25%
88%
1. g3
48m
50%50%
75%
1. f4
29m
100%
100%

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