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Valery Kazakouski
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Valery Kazakouski

LithuaniaBorn 2000 (age 26)FIDE ID 13507443

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2550
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2555
Luft

Flair

Valery Kazakouski's classical flairs

0 of 19 earned over the last 12 months

  • TitanLuft classical rating averaging 2800+ over the last 4 years
  • Serial WinnerWon 2+ elite events in the last 12 months
  • UnderdogRegularly beats players rated 50+ higher
  • Fortress25+ games in a row without a loss
  • Black BeltDoes better with black than with white
  • IronmanPlayed 50+ games over the last 12 months
  • RisingAged 18 or under, Luft rating up 40+ over the last 12 months
  • Endgame SpecialistEndgame 90+: converting, saving and not throwing endgames
  • TacticianTactics 90+: sharp, tactical games they made sharp
  • LightningTop 20 at speed chess (mostly blitz, some rapid)
  • Hot StreakAt least 6 points from 7 straight games against strong opposition
  • SignatureSticks to one defence with black far more than most
  • ChameleonPlays a wide range of defences with black
  • WildcardBrilliant one event, off the next: hard to predict
  • ReliableConsistent across all top events
  • FighterRarely draws, and wins far more than they lose
  • AdaptableTactics and Positional both 90+
  • PositionalPositional 90+: slow, quiet games they steered
  • PodiumTop 3 in at least half of their elite events

No classical flair in the last year yet.

Trophy cabinet

No classical titles on record yet.

Attributes

Tactics 76Positional 77Endgame 81Openings 76Composure 75Defence 76Speed 73Consistency 84

Luft classical rating

2550No. 179

From 14 classical games in top events over the last year, playing at a 2614 level.

ResultsPlayed at a 2614 level, blended with their FIDE rating+8
Tournament winsNone in the last year0
FormThe last 3 months against the whole year−10
ConsistencyHow steady they are from event to event+2
Activity14 classical games in top events−5

Openings

Their most-played, from 53 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Sicilian Defense650%
English Opening475%
Italian Game350%
King's Indian Defense2100%
Four Knights Game275%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 6 games, won 1, drew 4, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Moscow Variation333%
Taimanov Variation275%
Lasker-Pelikan Variation150%

English Opening

With White: 4 games, won 2, drew 2, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
King's English Variation383%
Caro-Kann Defensive System150%

Italian Game

With White: 3 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation250%
Two Knights Defense150%

King's Indian Defense

With White: 2 games, won 2, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Normal Variation1100%
Karpov System1100%

Four Knights Game

With White: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Scotch Variation1100%
Naroditsky Variation150%

Italian Game

With Black: 4 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 2 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation225%
Giuoco Pianissimo150%
Paris Defense10%

Slav Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 2, drew 1, lost 0 · 83%

VariationGamesScore
Quiet Variation383%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 2, drew 1, lost 0 · 83%

VariationGamesScore
Alapin Variation1100%
Chekhover Variation1100%
Taimanov Variation150%

Ruy Lopez

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Berlin Defense250%
Morphy Defense150%

Zukertort Opening

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 1 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Old Indian Attack150%
Main line10%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
29th Open Bavarian Chess Championship4 Nov 20261/2−4−3
German Bundesliga 2026/2711 Oct 20261½/3−1−2
European Individual Chess Championship 202619 Apr 2026=5th+8+7
European Team Chess Championship 202514 Oct 20254½/9+3+4
German Bundesliga 2024/2526 Apr 20256½/14+15+11

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMK. Alekseenko8 Oct 2025 · European Team Chess Championship 20252679
GMN. Vitiugov21 Apr 2025 · grenke Chess Festival 20252670
GMS. Sargsyan15 Apr 2026 · European Individual Chess Championship 20262647
GMNarayanan S L.12 Jan 2025 · German Bundesliga 2024/252638
GMA. Donchenko13 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20242638

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMT. NguyenLast 10 Oct 2025 · European Team Chess Championship 20253021
GMS. MamedyarovLast 22 Feb 2025 · German Bundesliga 2024/252011
GMJ. DruskaLast 12 Apr 2026 · European Individual Chess Championship 20262110
GMN. VitiugovLast 7 Oct 2025 · European Team Chess Championship 20252110
GMS. SargsyanLast 15 Apr 2026 · European Individual Chess Championship 20262101

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.