GM

Van Wely, Loek

NED NED·Born 1972·FIDE #1000268·5,267 Games

Classical26364,554 Games
Rapid2544430 Games
Blitz2553283 Games

Statistics

5267

Total

2324

Wins

1801

Draws

1141

Losses

44%34%22%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.7% average
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (85%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nc3 ♚ (86% in 11 games)
Vulnerable to 1.g3 ♚ (only 46%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 643 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.3%
Middlegame93.4%
Endgame95.0%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
168 Games
Equal position95%
176 Games
Losing (-2 or more)89%
156 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖
23%
118 errors
♙
18%
94 errors
♕
17%
88 errors
♗
14%
72 errors
♔
14%
73 errors
♞
14%
75 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 41average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
31% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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14
13
14
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Many
Few
Critical squares
c518 err
d516 err
e516 err
d715 err
f515 err
c5/d5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Gloeckler, Christian2497

18th BPB Limburg Open · 25 May 2026

½-½
D
Zwirs, Nico2434

18th BPB Limburg Open · 25 May 2026

½-½
W
Lahaye, Rick2387

18th BPB Limburg Open · 24 May 2026

0-1
W
Van Batenburg, Mees2266

18th BPB Limburg Open · 24 May 2026

1-0
W
Yekeler, Kerem Sarp2220

18th BPB Limburg Open · 23 May 2026

1-0
D
Kurt, Sascha2325

18th BPB Limburg Open · 23 May 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
King's Indian: Main Line
65.2%
187 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O

King's Indian: Classical
65.1%
152 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5

Black
Catalan
81.8%
11 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3

Sicilian: e6 Systems
49.7%
298 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#34Kf1??
Tactics
vs Teclaf
OTB·2025
▶
#37Bc2??
Tactics
vs Schoorl
OTB·2025
▶
#32Bxa4??
Tactics
vs Grooten
OTB·2025
▶
#46Bb6??
Endgame
vs Van den Doel
OTB·2025
▶
#27Qxd5??
Tactics
vs Bok
OTB·2025
▶
#26d5??
Tactics
vs Vrolijk
OTB·2025
▶
#18Nf5??
Tactics
vs Van Batenburg
OTB·2025
▶
#35Qc4??
Tactics
vs Grooten
OTB·2025
▶
#23Rxc4??
Tactics
vs Eugene
OTB·2025
▶
#52Qe2??
Endgame
vs Wafa
Rapid·2025
Endgame StatisticsPRO
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Starting Position
2617 Games
49%34%17%
1.d4
67%
2039
1.Nf3
60%
298
1.c4
64%
241
1.e4
79%
35
1.g3
67%
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50%
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