Scouting report: Robert Ruck (GM, HUN)

2,644 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,339 classical, 147 rapid, 158 blitz): 33% wins, 52% draws, 15% losses. FIDE rating 2470 standard, 2455 rapid, 2499 blitz. 222 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.05 blunders per game.

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Robert Ruck

GM

Hungaryborn 1977FIDE ID 705713

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2520
2560
2533 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2499
2470
2455
2586peak, Jan 2015
2,644games
862wins, 33%
1,379draws, 52%
403losses, 15%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.7% average
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (64% in 793 games)
Vulnerable to 1.g3 ♔ (only 45%)

Play against Ruck's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,644 games

Openings

2,644 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5only 9 games, last played 7 years ago44.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c510 games, last played 22 years ago70.0%wins
English: Anglo-Indian1.c4 ♞f6 2.g3 g619 games63.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 222 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
93.8%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
22%
25 err
21%
23 err
17%
19 err
15%
17 err
12%
14 err
12%
14 err
Critical moment
Move 48 avg
11%
1-15
11%
16-25
11%
26-35
0%
36-45
67%
46+
67% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
7
6
Few
Many
f2
7
d1
6
c1
5
f3
5
c6
4
f2/d1 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Nigmatov, Ortik(2474)

Move 39 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−3.0d7??
Cieslak, Patryk(2442)

Move 53 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−5.5e3??
Shearsby, Jude(2160)

Move 61 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−4.1h1=Q??
Selboe, Oyvind W(2745)

Move 33 · Middlegame · Rapid · 2025

−4.7e1??
Le Tuan Minh (VIE)(2598)

Move 83 · Endgame · Rapid · 2025

−3.3b5??
Starostits, Ilmars(2360)

Move 49 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−102.9d1??
Gorovets, Andrey(2481)

Move 61 · Endgame · Blitz · 2023

−101.0h6??
Korobov, Anton(2601)

Move 47 · Endgame · Blitz · 2023

−2.8a6??
Hong, Andrew(2539)

Move 32 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2023

−7.7h5??
Omonov, Asrorjon(2224)

Move 33 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2023

−3.0d4??

Recent games

Bernadskiy, Vitaliy(2507)

14th Pontevedra Open 2026 · 30 Jul 2026

½–½
Modipalli Deekshitha(1985)

14th Pontevedra Open 2026 · 29 Jul 2026

1–0
Casalaspro, Mathias Andre(2340)

14th Pontevedra Open 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

0–1
Das, Sayantan(2408)

14th Pontevedra Open 2026 · 27 Jul 2026

1–0
Arpan,Das(2324)

14th Pontevedra Open 2026 · 26 Jul 2026

½–½
Fernandez Lopez, Ruben(2210)

14th Pontevedra Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,644 games in scope
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1,309 games38%W51%D11%L
Move
1. ♞f3
7932m
38%52%
64%
1. c4
2546y
40%48%
64%
1. d4
1393y
36%58%
65%
1. e4
1137m
42%40%18
62%
1. g3
10Sept 1999
70%20
45%

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