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Naiditsch, Arkadij

Standard: 2572 Rapid: 2521 Blitz: 2558 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 4650891 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: BUL Sex: M Birth Year: 1985 Age: 41
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 224 Wins: 92 (41%) Draws: 65 (29%) Losses: 64 (29%) Other: 3
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Dossier

217 of 224 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 91.1%
Opened e4: 71/81Opened Nf3: 10/81
Castled kingside: 126Same-side castling: 102Did not castle: 28Opposite-side castling: 20Castled queenside: 9
Played on the kingside: 54Fianchettoed kingside: 48Played in the center: 39Played on the queenside: 37Fianchettoed queenside: 22
Initiated exchanges: 113Active pieces: 104Sacrificed material: 99Backward pawn: 96Isolated pawn: 89Kept the bishop pair: 82Space advantage: 81Missed tactics: 30Avoided exchanges: 25Played gambits: 17
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As White 84 games 38W 28D 17L
Sicilian Defense 32 games 12W 10D 9L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 8 games 4W 3D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Gurgenidze Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Najdorf Variation 5 games 1W 1D 3L
Zagreb Variation 3 games 0W 1D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Moscow Variation 5 games 1W 2D 2L
Main Line 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Haag Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Closed 4 games 3W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Chameleon Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Alapin Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Stoltz Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
with e6 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Kramnik Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Taimanov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bastrikov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
French Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Old Sicilian 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 1 game 0W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 11 games 6W 4D 1L
Berlin Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Rio Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Morphy Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Anderssen Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Wormald Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Martinez Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Marshall Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Game 11 games 3W 6D 2L
Spanish Variation 11 games 3W 6D 2L
(unspecified) 5 games 2W 1D 2L
Rubinstein Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Rubinstein Variation Accepted 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Double Spanish 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 8 games 4W 4D 0L
Advance Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Short Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Panov Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Modern Defense, Mieses Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 7 games 3W 1D 3L
Sicilian Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Double Fianchetto 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Spassky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Defense 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blackburne Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Winawer Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation, with h4 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Sicilian Invitation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bishop's Opening 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Vienna Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Paulsen Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Philidor Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Lion Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alekhine Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Larsen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Three Knights Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzowitsch 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
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Petrov's Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Slav Formation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 86 games 27W 24D 33L
Sicilian Defense 30 games 14W 4D 10L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 8 games 4W 0D 3L
(unspecified) 8 games 4W 0D 3L
Najdorf Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
English Attack 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Alapin Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Smith-Morra Declined 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Stoltz Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kupreichik Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Moscow Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sokolsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Godiva Variation 2 games 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 1L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Modern Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Closed 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with Nf6 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Old Sicilian 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Velimirovic Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with e6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 12 games 1W 7D 4L
Berlin Defense 7 games 1W 4D 2L
Anti-Berlin Variation 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Rio Gambit Accepted 2 games 0W 2D 0L
l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Closed 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Martinez Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Keres Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Open Berlin Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
l'Hermet Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
English Opening 7 games 3W 2D 2L
Agincourt Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
King's English Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Drill Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 7 games 2W 1D 4L
Orthodox Variation 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Glek Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Positional Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Larsen Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Karpov System 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Queen's Gambit Declined 5 games 1W 4D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Positional Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Semi-Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Barmen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Italian Game 5 games 2W 1D 2L
Two Knights Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Modern Bishop's Opening 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo, with h6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anderssen Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Indian Defense 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Przepiorka Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anti-Grünfeld 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alekhine Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Retreat Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Pseudo-Catalan 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Barry Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grünfeld Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Classical Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Modern Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Benoni Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scotch Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Schmidt Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bishop's Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Vienna Hybrid 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
French Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Steinitz Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Boleslavsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Four Knights Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Spanish Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
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This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2025.12.30 · 40. a8=Q (−74.1% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Mendonca, Leon Luke
Naiditsch, Arkadij
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2025.12.28 · 48... Rh6 (−54.6% win chance) 0-1
Naiditsch, Arkadij
Ohanyan, Emin
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2026.02.26 · 59. Ke3 (−50.9% win chance) 1-0
Garma, Chito
Naiditsch, Arkadij
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2026.09.21 · 36... Kf8 (−47.5% win chance) 0-1
Naiditsch, Arkadij
Kovalenko, Igor
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Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves