Scouting report: Marius Manolache (GM, ROU)

2,046 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,989 classical, 43 rapid, 14 blitz): 49% wins, 29% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2421 standard, 2369 rapid, 2376 blitz. 354 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Marius Manolache

GM

Romaniaborn 1973FIDE ID 1201530

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2340
2380
2420
2460
2399 · Sep 2023
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2421
2376
2369
2561peak, Mar 2012
2,046games
1,010wins, 49%
596draws, 29%
439losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.4% average
High resilience (57%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 88%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (68% in 982 games)

Play against Manolache's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,046 games

Openings

2,046 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Nimzo-Indian: Fischer1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞c3 ♝b4 4.e3 b6only 9 games, last played last year44.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Trompowsky Attack1.d4 ♞f6 2.♝g5 e630 games, last played 3 years ago70.0%wins
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e650 games, last played 2 months ago66.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 354 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.6%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
25%
81 err
19%
59 err
18%
56 err
14%
45 err
13%
40 err
12%
37 err
Critical moment
Move 48 avg
0%
1-15
5%
16-25
18%
26-35
14%
36-45
64%
46+
64% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
13
16
14
Few
Many
g5
16
f3
14
g6
13
f8
11
g4
11
g5/f3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#40
♛g6?? vs Lacan Rus
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#46
♜xb1?? vs Bluebaum
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#34
♜a6?? vs Santos Latasa
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#82
♚e6?? vs Voicu
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#32
e5?? vs Zlate-Ion
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#46
♜f6?? vs Campean
Endgame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Pankiv, Maksym(2302)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

½–½
Livaic, Leon(2567)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

0–1
Obada, Ema(2183)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

1–0
Vedmediuc, Artiom(2333)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

1–0
Ovezdurdyyeva, Jemal(2220)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

1–0
Barbu, Simon-Alexandru(2027)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,046 games in scope
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1a
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1,029 games53%W28%D19%L
Move
1. d4
9827w
54%28%18
68%
1. e4
262y
38%1943%
48%
1. ♞f3
192y
32%63%
63%
1. ♞c3
15y
100%
50%
1. d3
12y
100%
100%

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