SwitzerlandSUI
ID: 1310925

Igor Kupalov

FIDE ratings

1,928Classical
1,908Rapid
2,020Blitz

Performance

50 games
50% Win
32% Draw
18% Loss

Igor Kupalov's playing style

Strong overall score:66%25W 16D 9L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:73%in 22 games
In great form:78%14W 3D 3L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alapin Gambit
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Grünfeld Formation
100%
2g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Sørensen Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Polugaevsky Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: London System
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with e3
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kramnik Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

24 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Kupalov, Igor as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
58%
33%
8%
Move
22 · 92%
55%
36%
9%
2 · 8%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 21, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Maleki, Manuel
L—
May 26, 2022
OTB - TWIC
GMBauer, Christian(2596)
L—
May 26, 2022
OTB - TWIC
GMBauer, Christian(2596)
L—
Mar 13, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Wehrli, Tobias(1766)
W—
Mar 13, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Wehrli, Tobias(1766)
W—
Feb 28, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sadeghi, Purya(1777)
W—
Feb 28, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Sadeghi, Purya(1777)
W—
Feb 21, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Maulet, Manuel(1752)
W—
Feb 21, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Maulet, Manuel(1752)
W—
Feb 7, 2020
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Schmid, Pablo(2210)
D—

Research Igor Kupalov’s games and opening repertoire

Igor Kupalov is rated 1928 in standard, 1908 in rapid, 2020 in blitz by FIDE. Igor Kupalov plays for Switzerland.

Igor Kupalov has FIDE ID 1310925.

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