Player profile

Shabalov, Alexander

Standard: 2406 Rapid: 2467 Blitz: 2393 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 2008572 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: USA Sex: M Birth Year: 1967 Age: 59
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 160 Wins: 68 (43%) Draws: 47 (29%) Losses: 39 (24%) Other: 6
Dossier

148 of 160 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 90.9%
Opened e4: 34/52Opened Nf3: 10/52Opened d4: 7/52Opened c4: 1/52
Castled kingside: 87Same-side castling: 81Castled queenside: 11Opposite-side castling: 7Did not castle: 5
Played in the center: 36Fianchettoed queenside: 34Fianchettoed kingside: 33Played on the kingside: 28Played on the queenside: 27
Kept the bishop pair: 73Active pieces: 70Backward pawn: 65Space advantage: 62Sacrificed material: 59Initiated exchanges: 58Isolated pawn: 49Avoided exchanges: 23Missed tactics: 22Played gambits: 12
Openings

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As White 57 games 28W 13D 14L
Sicilian Defense 19 games 12W 3D 3L
Najdorf Variation 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Amsterdam Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Lipnitsky Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Maróczy Bind 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kan Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Moscow Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Taimanov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bastrikov Variation, English Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dragon Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 1 game 0W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 0L
Myers Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with a4 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scheveningen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tal Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 6 games 3W 2D 1L
Morphy Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Møller Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Wormald Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Steinitz Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Berlin Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Rio Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Berlin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Defense 5 games 3W 1D 1L
Advance Variation 4 games 2W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Euwe Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Steinitz Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Boleslavsky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Quiet System 3 games 1W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Petrov's Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Paulsen Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Three Knights Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Center Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Short Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scandinavian Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Mieses-Kotroc Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Slav Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Breyer Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Geller Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Game 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Mieses Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Potter Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's Indian Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Spassky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Double Fianchetto 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Open Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
English Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Agincourt Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Réti Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Slav Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Gurevich System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Standard Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Levitsky Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 0W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 0L
Philidor Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Janowski-Larsen Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Polish Opening, with d5 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 58 games 22W 22D 14L
Sicilian Defense 18 games 6W 9D 3L
Open 4 games 2W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 3 games 0W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Taimanov Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Bastrikov Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Najdorf Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Petronić Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Opocensky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Maróczy Bind 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Smith-Morra Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Godiva Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Prins Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 4 games 1W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack 3 games 0W 0D 3L
Keres Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Spassky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
French Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Morozevich Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
McCutcheon Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Lasker Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
St. Petersburg Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Agincourt Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogoljubow Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Indian Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Przepiorka Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Ragozin Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Zukertort Opening 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Polish Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kingside Fianchetto 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Pseudo-Austrian Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Standard Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Perrin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Orthodox Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Fianchetto 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Morphy Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Cozio Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Benoni Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzowitsch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Williams Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Semi-Leningrad Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Pseudo-Catalan 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Delayed Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Italian Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Janowski Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Variation Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack, with e6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 491

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

2025.11.27 · 34. Nxg6 (−56.6% win chance) 0-1
Moon, Benjamin
Shabalov, Alexander
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2024.05.27 · 22. Bf3 (−49.7% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Williams, Justus
Shabalov, Alexander
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2023.10.26 · 47. Bxc6 (−47.5% win chance) 1-0
Joel Isaac Valadez Sepulveda
Alexander Shabalov
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2024.11.19 · 16... Rb2 (−45.6% win chance) 0-1
Shabalov, Alexander
Berend, Fred
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