Scouting report: Mihnea Costachi (IM, ROU)

2,514 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,264 classical, 134 rapid, 137 blitz): 51% wins, 22% draws, 27% losses. FIDE rating 2459 standard, 2385 rapid, 2482 blitz. 215 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Mihnea Costachi

IM

Romaniaborn 2000FIDE ID 1217518

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
2476 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2482
2459
2385
2484peak, Oct 2018
2,514games
1,293wins, 51%
550draws, 22%
670losses, 27%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
High resilience (61%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 88%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (73% in 191 games)

Play against Costachi's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,514 games

Openings

2,514 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
1.c3 d5 2.d4 f61.c3 d5 2.d4 f653 games, last played last year43.4%losses
London System1.c3 d5 2.d4 f6 3.f453 games, last played last year43.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
1.c3 f6 2.e4 e51.c3 f6 2.e4 e515 games, last played last year80.0%wins
Italian: Giuoco Piano1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 c513 games, last played 10 months ago76.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 215 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.1%
Middlegame
92.6%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
22%
49 err
21%
47 err
18%
40 err
17%
37 err
16%
35 err
7%
16 err
Critical moment
Move 47 avg
0%
1-15
7%
16-25
21%
26-35
29%
36-45
43%
46+
43% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
10
8
9
9
Few
Many
d6
10
d4
9
e4
9
b5
8
e7
7
d6/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#23
d5?? vs Kukelko
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#96
c8+?? vs Plat
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#36
d6?? vs Wojtaszek
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#32
e7?? vs Cruz de la Osa
Middlegame · Rapid · 2025
#68
h2?? vs David
Endgame · Rapid · 2025
#52
fxe4?? vs Nakamura
Endgame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Craciun, Sasha-Matei(2263)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

½–½
Ratkovic, Petar(2170)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

1–0
Lupulescu, Constantin(2569)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

½–½
Nedelea, Ariton-Vasile(2187)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

1–0
Perunovic, Milos(2500)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 2 Aug 2026

0–1
Balaban-Voia, Alexandru(2106)

Alba Grand Prix Rapid · 1 Aug 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,514 games in scope
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1,268 games53%W22%D25%L
Move
1. d4
8146w
49%27%24
62%
1. e4
1921y
70%23
73%
1. c3
16312m
55%1332%
61%
1. f3
313y
55%26%19
68%
1. c4
182y
61%39%
81%
1. b3
123y
67%25%
71%
1. b4
73y
57%29%14
71%
1. a3
65y
67%1716
75%
1. f4
63y
83%17
83%
1. f3
55y
2080%
20%
1. c3
35y
100%
100%
1. g4
25y
50%50%
50%
1. a4
25y
100%
100%
1. e3
24y
100%
100%
1. g3
23y
100%
0%
1. h4
15y
100%
100%
1. d3
15y
100%
100%
1. h3
13y
100%
50%

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