Scouting report: Vladimir Belous (GM, RUS)

1,557 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,343 classical, 69 rapid, 145 blitz): 48% wins, 28% draws, 24% losses. FIDE rating 2481 standard, 2612 rapid, 2465 blitz. 249 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Vladimir Belous

GM

Russiaborn 1993FIDE ID 4174003

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2500
2600
2521 · Sep 2023
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2024
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Oct
2025
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Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2612
2481
2465
2587peak, May 2017
1,557games
746wins, 48%
436draws, 28%
375losses, 24%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Solid conversion: 93%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (69% in 160 games)

Play against Belous's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,557 games

Openings

1,557 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
English: Reversed Sicilian1.c4 e5 2.c3 c614 games, last played 5 years ago64.3%wins
Reti: KIA1.f3 d5 2.g3 f610 games, last played 4 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 249 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.7%
Middlegame
93.2%
Endgame
95.6%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
25%
52 err
23%
48 err
16%
34 err
15%
32 err
11%
23 err
11%
23 err
Critical moment
Move 34 avg
7%
1-15
36%
16-25
7%
26-35
29%
36-45
21%
46+
36% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
9
10
8
8
Few
Many
f4
10
d5
9
e5
9
d3
8
h4
8
f4/d5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#47
f3?? vs Stearman
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#53
g5?? vs Keleberda
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#36
e4?? vs Corrales Jimenez
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#37
b7?? vs Doknjas
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#58
xc4?? vs Tanenbaum
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#41
e6?? vs Fernandez De La Vara
Middlegame · OTB · 2022

Recent games

Xue, Haowen(2553)

54th Annual World Open · 5 Jul 2026

0–1
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54th Annual World Open · 5 Jul 2026

1–0
Zhou, Jianchao(2612)

54th Annual World Open · 4 Jul 2026

0–1
Yoo, Christopher Woojin(2605)

54th Annual World Open · 4 Jul 2026

1–0
Park, Evan(2434)

54th Annual World Open · 3 Jul 2026

½–½
Huston, Gus(2345)

54th Annual World Open · 3 Jul 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,557 games in scope
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784 games52%W27%D21%L
Move
1. c4
3763m
54%2323
66%
1. d4
2073m
47%32%21
63%
1. f3
1607m
56%27%17
69%
1. e4
322y
41%47%
64%
1. g3
96m
67%22
78%

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