Scouting report: Marcel Kanarek (GM, POL)

1,129 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,013 classical, 88 rapid, 28 blitz): 48% wins, 26% draws, 26% losses. FIDE rating 2478 standard, 2359 rapid, 2339 blitz. 167 games analyzed with Stockfish: 91% accuracy, 0.15 blunders per game.

  • Opening repertoire of Marcel Kanarek as White and Black, with results per line — free.
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  • Recent over-the-board games and endgame statistics.
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Marcel Kanarek

GM

Polandborn 1993FIDE ID 1126822

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2400
2500
2503 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2478
2359
2339
2548peak, Jul 2016
1,129games
544wins, 48%
288draws, 26%
297losses, 26%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.3% average
Solid conversion: 81%
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (64% in 419 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Kanarek's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,129 games

Openings

1,129 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 a654 games, last played last year40.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Classical1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 dxe4 4.♞xe4 ♝f516 games, last played 3 years ago75.0%wins
Sicilian: Classical1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 ♞c621 games, last played last year71.4%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 167 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
92.4%
Endgame
94.5%
Clutch factor
+7%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
86%
Problematic pieces
25%
56 err
19%
43 err
16%
36 err
15%
33 err
14%
30 err
10%
23 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
0%
1-15
10%
16-25
43%
26-35
38%
36-45
10%
46+
43% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
8
10
10
8
8
Few
Many
f4
10
f5
10
e6
8
g1
8
g4
8
f4/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#43
♜g2?? vs Mickiewicz
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#32
♜f2?? vs Heberla
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#23
♜xe5?? vs Fridman
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#30
♜e2?? vs Rudnev
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#27
♝c5?? vs Gbiorczyk
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#26
♞e1?? vs Kokoszczynski
Middlegame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Hardaway, Brewington(2510)

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2026 · 21 Jun 2026

½–½
Antoniewski, Rafal(2446)

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2026 · 20 Jun 2026

½–½
Michalak, Leon(1609)

Niepodleglosci 2025 · 11 Nov 2025

1–0
Izafatava, Kira(1969)

Niepodleglosci 2025 · 11 Nov 2025

1–0
Mickiewicz, Piotr(2251)

Niepodleglosci 2025 · 11 Nov 2025

0–1
Kubicka, Anna(2232)

Jana Maciei Mem 2025 · 7 Jul 2025

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,129 games in scope
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557 games52%W24%D24%L
Move
1. e4
41910m
53%2324
64%
1. d4
923m
52%2325%
64%
1. ♞f3
245y
33%46%21
56%
1. c4
208y
50%25%25%
63%
1. g3
219y
100%
100%

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