Scouting report: Burak Firat (GM, TUR)

1,491 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,478 classical, 2 rapid, 11 blitz): 44% wins, 29% draws, 27% losses. FIDE rating 2434 standard, 2369 rapid, 2392 blitz. 208 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.05 blunders per game.

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Burak Firat

GM

Türkiyeborn 1993FIDE ID 6305881

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2340
2380
2420
2460
2445 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2434
2392
2369
2503peak, Mar 2017
1,491games
652wins, 44%
431draws, 29%
408losses, 27%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (71% in 80 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 48%)

Play against Firat's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,491 games

Openings

1,491 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 a650 games, last played last month46.0%losses
Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝g711 games, last played 10 months ago45.5%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b519 games, last played 4 years ago73.7%wins
Petroff Defense1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞f611 games, last played 2 months ago72.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 208 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
95.4%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
25%
43 err
21%
37 err
15%
26 err
15%
26 err
12%
21 err
12%
21 err
Critical moment
Move 36 avg
0%
1-15
18%
16-25
36%
26-35
27%
36-45
18%
46+
36% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
10
Few
Many
g5
10
e5
9
e6
7
f3
7
d4
6
g5/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Haznedaroglu, Kivanc(2373)

Move 52 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−5.5d1??
Haznedaroglu, Kivanc(2373)

Move 24 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−2.8fe1??
Haznedaroglu, Kivanc(2373)

Move 61 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.6xg4??
Ioannidis, Evgenios(2491)

Move 32 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−2.9f2+??
Dudin, Gleb(2583)

Move 13 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−2.4e8??
Eliseev, Sergey(2254)

Move 33 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−2.8f5??
Mendonca, Leon Luke(2621)

Move 15 · Middlegame · OTB · 2024

−3.0f5??
Pietruszewski, Marcin(2216)

Move 37 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−5.8d8??
Fier, Alexandr(2599)

Move 37 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−4.0f6+??
Injac, Teodora(2365)

Move 31 · Middlegame · OTB · 2022

−3.9d5??

Recent games

Ahmad, Khagan(2487)

Turkish Team Championship Super ... · 15 Aug 2026

1–0
Goksel, Doga Cihan(2213)

Turkish Team Championship Super ... · 12 Aug 2026

1–0
Citak, Selim(2290)

Turkish Team Championship Super ... · 11 Aug 2026

0–1
Agdelen, Huseyin Can(2404)

Turkish Team Championship Super ... · 10 Aug 2026

½–½
Salepci, Osman Firat(2038)

Turkish Team Championship Super ... · 9 Aug 2026

0–1
Tanriverdi, Enes(2407)

Turkish Team Championship Super ... · 8 Aug 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,491 games in scope
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753 games46%W27%D27%L
Move
1. e4
54310m
46%27%27%
60%
1. ♞f3
807w
63%1819
71%
1. d4
711y
37%39%24
56%
1. c4
567w
41%27%32%
55%
1. g4
25y
100%
100%
1. h4
16y
100%
0%

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