Scouting report: Valentin Stoica (IM, ROU)

487 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (487 classical): 23% wins, 60% draws, 17% losses. FIDE rating 2457 standard. 3 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Valentin Stoica

IM

Romaniaborn 1950FIDE ID 1200070

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2457 · Sep 2023
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2457
2458peak, Jan 2001
487games
113wins, 23%
291draws, 60%
83losses, 17%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.9% average
Plays 6.0% better with white
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (60% in 238 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 41%)

Play against Stoica's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 487 games

Openings

Based on player games

No clear weaknesses!

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 3 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.1%
Middlegame
92.8%
Endgame
98.7%
Clutch factor
-5%
Winning (+2)
85%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
38%
3 err
38%
3 err
12%
1 err
12%
1 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 39 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
100%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
Few
Many
a3
2
d4
2
a4
1
b4
1
g8
1
a3/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

1 errors
#39
d4b4?? vs Karpov
OTB · 1972

Recent games

Strikovic, Aleksa(2450)

Kastela · 6 Oct 1988

½–½
Semkov, Semko(2470)

Kastela · 4 Oct 1988

0–1
Anitoaie, Dumitru(2215)

Sinaia · 20 Dec 1986

1–0
Martin Gonzalez, Angel(2420)

Dubai olm · 1 Nov 1986

0–1
Womacka, Mathias

Eforie Nord · 15 May 1984

½–½
Tischbierek, Raj(2450)

Eforie Nord · 12 May 1984

½–½

Repertoire

PRO
487 games in scope
8
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5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
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f
g
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246 games31%W57%D12%L
Move
1. e4
238Oct 1988
32%56%
60%
1. b3
5Mar 1976
2080%
60%
1. f3
3
100%
50%

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