Player profile

Gagunashvili, Merab

Standard: 2513 Rapid: 2456 Blitz: 2462 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 13601652 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: GEO Sex: M Birth Year: 1985 Age: 41
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 160 Wins: 65 (41%) Draws: 71 (44%) Losses: 23 (14%) Other: 1
Dossier

154 of 160 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 94.1%
Opened d4: 43/48Opened c4: 2/48Opened e4: 2/48Opened Nf3: 1/48
Castled kingside: 83Same-side castling: 73Did not castle: 8Opposite-side castling: 6Castled queenside: 5
Played in the center: 34Fianchettoed kingside: 28Played on the queenside: 28Fianchettoed queenside: 25Played on the kingside: 19
Active pieces: 69Sacrificed material: 52Initiated exchanges: 52Kept the bishop pair: 47Space advantage: 45Backward pawn: 44Isolated pawn: 42Avoided exchanges: 17Accepted short draws: 11Played gambits: 9
Openings

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As White 51 games 25W 19D 7L
Queen's Gambit Declined 11 games 5W 5D 1L
Queen's Knight Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Harrwitz Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Fianchetto Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Positional Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tartakower Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Makogonov Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Cambridge Springs Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogoljubow Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Orthodox Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 8 games 4W 2D 2L
Fianchetto Variation 6 games 2W 2D 2L
Immediate Fianchetto 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Uhlmann-Szabo System 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Panno Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sämisch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Orthodox Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bayonet Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 7 games 4W 3D 0L
Classical Variation 6 games 3W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Noa Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Keres Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Berlin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Gligoric System, Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Slav Defense 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Exchange Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Symmetrical Line 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Czech Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Dutch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Grünfeld Defense 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Russian Variation 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Hungarian Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Stoltz Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Accelerated Move Order 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
English Opening 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Semi-Leningrad Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sicilian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Horwitz Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Lasker Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Winawer Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Delayed Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kangaroo Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Wade-Smyslov Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
As Black 51 games 14W 27D 10L
Queen's Gambit Declined 6 games 2W 4D 0L
Charousek Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Neo-Orthodox Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 5 games 1W 4D 0L
Closed 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Flohr System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Martinez Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Morphy Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Anderssen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Berlin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Berlin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 4 games 2W 0D 2L
Rossolimo Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with e6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Accelerated London System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Slav Defense 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Soultanbeieff Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Czech Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Carlsbad Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sicilian Defense 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Kan Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Wing Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Wing Attack, Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Taimanov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Italian Game 4 games 0W 2D 2L
Classical Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Giuoco Pianissimo 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Giuoco Pianissimo 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Semi-Slav Defense 4 games 0W 2D 2L
Accelerated Meran Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Meran Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Wade Variation, Kaidanov Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Opening 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Agincourt Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Neo-Catalan Declined 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's English Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Pachman System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Double Fianchetto 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Keres Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Spanish Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Rubinstein Variation Accepted 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Pirc Defense 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Petrov's Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Classical Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Staunton Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Vienna Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Falkbeer Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Schmidt Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
London System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Poisoned Pawn Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benoni Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Geller's System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ponziani Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 414

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2023.02.06 · 60... Kc7 (−41.4% win chance) 0-1
Merab Gagunashvili
Branko Damljanovic
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2026.08.30 · 34... Kg7 (−38% win chance) 1-0
Gagunashvili, Merab
Unuk, Laura
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2023.02.06 · 62... Kc7 (−37.4% win chance) 0-1
Merab Gagunashvili
Branko Damljanovic
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2026.10.08 · 58... Rc5 (−36.3% win chance) 1-0
Gagunashvili, Merab
Markus, Robert
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