Scouting report: Daan Brandenburg (GM, NED)

763 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (756 classical, 7 rapid): 42% wins, 37% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2449 standard. 7 games analyzed with Stockfish: 91% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Daan Brandenburg

GM

Netherlandsborn 1987FIDE ID 1011014

Rating & statistics

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2449
2538peak, Jul 2011
763games
317wins, 42%
280draws, 37%
166losses, 22%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.3% average
Plays 3.8% better with white
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (65% in 376 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 48%)

Play against Brandenburg's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 763 games

Openings

763 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 a629 games, last played 15 years ago41.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞d245 games, last played 10 years ago57.8%wins
Scandinavian Defense1.e4 d5 2.exd5 ♛xd512 games, last played 15 years ago58.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 7 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
92.0%
Endgame
96.2%
Clutch factor
-5%
Winning (+2)
85%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
50%
3 err
17%
1 err
17%
1 err
17%
1 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 30 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
Error heatmap · Critical squares
1
1
1
1
1
1
Few
Many
b2
1
b8
1
c3
1
f6
1
g5
1
b2/b8 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish
No blunders recorded

Recent games

Beerdsen, Thomas(2483)

Dutch Championship Knockout 2021 · 16 Oct 2021

½–½
Beerdsen, Thomas(2483)

Dutch Championship Knockout 2021 · 15 Oct 2021

1–0
Dambacher, Martijn(2491)

Dutch League 2017-18 · 10 Mar 2018

0–1
De Jong, Jan-Willem(2453)

Dutch League 2017-18 · 3 Feb 2018

½–½
Lai, Hing Ting(2448)

Dutch League 2017-18 · 16 Dec 2017

0–1
Kuipers, Stefan(2434)

Dutch League 2017-18 · 4 Nov 2017

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
763 games in scope
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384 games46%W37%D17%L
Move
1. e4
37610y
47%37%16
65%
1. ♞f3
69y
33%33%34%
50%
1. c4
25y
50%50%
25%

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