Scouting report: Vitalii Kiselev (GM, ARG)

179 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (158 classical, 21 rapid): 49% wins, 23% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2507 standard, 2388 rapid, 2407 blitz. 20 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Vitalii Kiselev

GM

Argentinaborn 1988FIDE ID 4194128

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2350
2450
2550
2519 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2507
2407
2388
2563peak, Mar 2010
179games
88wins, 49%
41draws, 23%
50losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.7% average
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (76% in 25 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Kiselev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 179 games

Openings

179 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: Closed1.e4 c5 2.c3 c612 games, last played 2 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 20 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.3%
Middlegame
93.5%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
+2%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
92%
Problematic pieces
29%
6 err
29%
6 err
19%
4 err
10%
2 err
10%
2 err
5%
1 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
50%
26-35
50%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
2
2
2
Few
Many
a5
2
c4
2
e4
2
f3
2
g6
2
a5/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

5 errors
#26
xg5?? vs Hoffman
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#26
c1?? vs Lopez
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#44
xg6?? vs Nepomniachtchi
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#27
d3?? vs Afanasiev
Middlegame · Rapid · 2021
#41
d1?? vs Sukhareva
Endgame · Rapid · 2021

Recent games

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1–0
Ortiz, Jorge(1817)

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1–0
Ocampos, Ian(2233)

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1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
179 games in scope
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1a
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86 games60%W13%D27%L
Move
1. e4
586m
57%34%
61%
1. d4
256m
64%24
76%
1. f3
22y
100%
100%
1. g3
12y
100%
100%

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