Scouting report: Alexey Grachev (IM, FID)

518 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (429 classical, 59 rapid, 34 blitz): 40% wins, 34% draws, 27% losses. FIDE rating 2468 standard, 2434 rapid, 2435 blitz. 228 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.01 blunders per game.

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Alexey Grachev

IM

FIDborn 2005FIDE ID 44153449

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
Peak2468
2386 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2468
2435
2434
2468peak, Sep 2026
518games
205wins, 40%
174draws, 34%
139losses, 27%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (63% in 200 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 34%)

Play against Grachev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 518 games

Openings

518 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e618 games, last played 10 months ago55.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 228 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.0%
Middlegame
93.7%
Endgame
94.9%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
23%
39 err
21%
35 err
19%
31 err
14%
24 err
13%
21 err
10%
16 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
33%
16-25
0%
26-35
33%
36-45
33%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
10
Few
Many
f3
10
e5
7
h5
7
c5
6
c6
5
f3/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#44
♝d5?? vs Najer
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#61
♜c3?? vs Kotsyuba
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#14
d6?? vs Nesterov
Middlegame · Rapid · 2025
#45
♚g6?? vs Egorov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#41
♜e6?? vs Gubajdullin
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#44
g4?? vs Popov
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Prokhorov, Aleksey(2270)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 6 May 2026

½–½
Najer, Evgeniy(2594)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 5 May 2026

½–½
Rozum,I(2452)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 4 May 2026

½–½
Matinian, Nikita(2389)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 3 May 2026

½–½
Zverev, Lev(2461)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 1 May 2026

½–½
Malakhov, Vladimir(2620)

Russian Team Championship Premie... · 29 Apr 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
518 games in scope
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254 games44%W34%D22%L
Move
1. e4
2005m
47%32%21
63%
1. c4
2810m
36%32%32%
52%
1. ♞f3
145m
29%50%21
54%
1. d4
127m
50%50%
75%

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