Scouting report: Eduard Gorovykh (GM, RUS)

364 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (362 classical, 2 rapid): 34% wins, 35% draws, 31% losses. FIDE rating 2488 standard, 2466 rapid. 12 games analyzed with Stockfish: 91% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Eduard Gorovykh

GM

Russiaborn 1990FIDE ID 4176847

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2520
2488 · Sep 2023
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2488
2466
2488peak, Jan 2012
364games
123wins, 34%
129draws, 35%
112losses, 31%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.4% average
Plays 4.2% better with white
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♚ (73% in 11 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♔ (only 23%)

Play against Gorovykh's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 364 games

Openings

364 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
French: Winawer1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 b4only 9 games, last played 16 years ago44.4%losses
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e614 games, last played 16 years ago42.9%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann1.e4 c6 2.d4 d512 games, last played 5 years ago58.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 12 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.5%
Middlegame
90.3%
Endgame
95.5%
Clutch factor
+8%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
87%
Problematic pieces
46%
6 err
23%
3 err
15%
2 err
8%
1 err
8%
1 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 24 avg
0%
1-15
100%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
Few
Many
b2
2
b5
1
d3
1
d7
1
d8
1
b2/b5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

2 errors
#31
h5?? vs Khairullin
Middlegame · OTB · 2021
#24
xf7?? vs Nepomniachtchi
Middlegame · OTB

Recent games

Khalifman, Alexander(2608)

I Blechzin Memorial 2021 · 14 Apr 2021

½–½
Khairullin, Ildar(2615)

I Blechzin Memorial 2021 · 14 Apr 2021

0–1
Romanov, E.(2599)

I Blechzin Memorial 2021 · 14 Apr 2021

½–½
Romanov, Evgeny(2599)

I Blechzin Memorial 2021 · 14 Apr 2021

½–½
Shimanov, Aleksandr(2597)

I Blechzin Memorial 2021 · 14 Apr 2021

½–½
Yevseev, Denis(2474)

I Blechzin Memorial 2021 · 14 Apr 2021

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
364 games in scope
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177 games36%W34%D30%L
Move
1. e4
1325y
38%35%27%
55%
1. f3
165y
38%31%31%
53%
1. d4
1516y
33%33%34%
50%
1. c4
1116y
27%64%
23%
1. b3
220y
50%50%
25%
1. g3
1
100%
100%

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