Player profile

Bora, Safal

Standard: 2511 Rapid: 2389 Blitz: 2411 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 2066149 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: USA Sex: M Birth Year: 1998 Age: 28
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 90 Wins: 46 (51%) Draws: 34 (38%) Losses: 7 (8%) Other: 3
Dossier

88 of 90 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 94.2%
Opened d4: 12/30Opened Nf3: 10/30Opened e4: 7/30Opened c4: 1/30
Castled kingside: 47Same-side castling: 42Opposite-side castling: 8Did not castle: 6Castled queenside: 6
Played in the center: 21Fianchettoed kingside: 19Played on the queenside: 18Played on the kingside: 14Fianchettoed queenside: 9
Kept the bishop pair: 42Initiated exchanges: 41Active pieces: 36Backward pawn: 35Sacrificed material: 32Space advantage: 30Isolated pawn: 27Avoided exchanges: 9Played gambits: 6Accepted short draws: 5
Openings

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As White 32 games 17W 13D 2L
English Opening 7 games 5W 2D 0L
Agincourt Defense 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Catalan Defense Accepted 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Formation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defensive System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 5 games 2W 3D 0L
Open Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Classical Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Sicilian Defense 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Najdorf Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sveshnikov Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Chigorin Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Slav Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Breyer Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Accelerated 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Benko Gambit Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Larsen Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Petrov's Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Stoltz Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Shabalov Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Spanish Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 29 games 18W 7D 4L
French Defense 6 games 4W 1D 1L
Tarrasch Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Chistyakov Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Steinitz Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Morphy Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Norwegian Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Modern Steinitz Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Cozio Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Positional Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 3 games 0W 3D 0L
London System 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Colle System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Traditional Colle 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Italian Game 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Two Knights Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Modern Bishop's Opening 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Bogo-Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Retreat Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Scotch Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bishop's Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Vienna Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Agincourt Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Réti Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Michel Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Spanish Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 204

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

2024.03.28 · 32... Kf7 (−37.7% win chance) 1-0
Bora, Safal
Dotzer, Lukas
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2023.09.19 · 34... Nxe7 (−36.1% win chance) 1-0
Bora, Safal
Ben Ari, Yannay
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2025.05.25 · 55... R4g6 (−34.7% win chance) 0-1
Bora, Safal
Paul, Justin
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2026.01.03 · 37... Nb2 (−33% win chance) 0-1
Bora, Safal
Gutnik, Aleksandr
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