Scouting report: Mihnea Costachi (IM, ROU)

2,523 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (755 classical, 152 rapid, 1,616 blitz): 51% wins, 22% draws, 27% losses. FIDE rating 2459 standard, 2391 rapid, 2482 blitz. 215 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Mihnea Costachi

TitleInternational MasterFederationRomaniaBorn2000FIDE ID1217518

Classical2459
Rapid2391
Blitz2482
Games2,523
W · D · L51 / 22 / 27
Peak2484

Rating history

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Classical2459Rapid2391Blitz2482no games played
Accuracy by phase
96.1%Opening92.6%Middlegame95.1%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
High resilience (60%): 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)

Recent games

Coicev, Matei-Andrei(2358)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 11 Oct 2026

1–0
Vedmediuc, Artiom(2327)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 10 Oct 2026

1–0
Mazilu, Stefan Fabian(2133)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 9 Oct 2026

1–0
Balla, Tamas-Kristof(2321)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 8 Oct 2026

½–½
Soltanici, Ruslan(2245)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 7 Oct 2026

0–1

Play against Costachi's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,523 games

Openings

1,273 games as White · scores 64.3%

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 2 weeks ago76.9%wins

By family

open a family to see its lines
PRO
2,523 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 64.3%
24463.5%—
19963.6%—
13366.5%—
10756.5%−7.7 pts
9460.1%−4.2 pts
8572.9%+8.7 pts
6963.8%—
4454.5%−9.7 pts

Mistakes

Problematic pieces
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Critical moment
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Error heatmap · Critical squares
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Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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2,523 games in scope
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1,273 games53%W22%D25%L
Move
1. d4
8192w
48%27%25%
62%
1. e4
1921y
70%23
73%
1. ♞c3
1631y
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
24y
100%
0%
1. h4
15y
100%
100%
1. d3
15y
100%
100%
1. ♞h3
13y
100%
50%

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