Scouting report: David Gavrilescu (GM, ROU)

1,827 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,533 classical, 178 rapid, 168 blitz): 48% wins, 27% draws, 24% losses. FIDE rating 2527 standard, 2517 rapid, 2504 blitz. 632 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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David Gavrilescu

GM

Romaniaborn 2003FIDE ID 1227190

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2560
Peak2560
2534 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2527
2517
2504
2560peak, Jun 2025
1,827games
880wins, 48%
499draws, 27%
447losses, 24%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.9% average
Solid conversion: 87%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (65% in 852 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 47%)

Play against Gavrilescu's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,827 games

Openings

1,827 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Ruy Lopez: Closed1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a6 4.♝a4 ♞f6 5.O-O ♝e7only 8 games, last played 3 years ago50.0%losses
French: Classical1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♞f6only 9 games, last played last month44.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Advance1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e550 games, last played 3 months ago76.0%wins
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e516 games, last played 2 months ago75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 632 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.8%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
94.9%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
20%
81 err
19%
77 err
17%
70 err
16%
64 err
14%
56 err
14%
56 err
Critical moment
Move 47 avg
8%
1-15
15%
16-25
15%
26-35
31%
36-45
31%
46+
31% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
13
13
13
16
Few
Many
f3
16
d4
13
f5
13
h5
13
d2
12
f3/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#56
♚d7?? vs Tabatabaei
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#34
♞h4?? vs Narayanan S L
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#28
♜xf5?? vs Obada
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#35
♜xd2+?? vs Gharibyan
Middlegame · Blitz · 2025
#40
♝f6?? vs Suleimen
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#28
g6+?? vs Robson
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad(2374)

19th Arad Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026

½–½
Daakshin Arun(2335)

19th Arad Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026

1–0
Ramoutar, Alan-Safar(2318)

19th Arad Open 2026 · 7 Aug 2026

½–½
Psyk, Radoslaw(2492)

19th Arad Open 2026 · 6 Aug 2026

0–1
Mohamed Anees M(2413)

19th Arad Open 2026 · 6 Aug 2026

½–½
Avinash Ramesh(2345)

19th Arad Open 2026 · 5 Aug 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,827 games in scope
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1a
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942 games52%W26%D22%L
Move
1. e4
8535w
52%26%22
65%
1. d4
686m
50%35%15
68%
1. ♞f3
84m
63%1324
69%
1. ♞c3
73y
57%43%
57%
1. c4
51y
2060%20
50%
1. e3
11y
100%
100%

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