Scouting report: Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu (IM, ROU)

940 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (858 classical, 62 rapid, 39 blitz): 47% wins, 25% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2475 standard, 2407 rapid, 2340 blitz. 425 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu

IM

Romaniaborn 2003FIDE ID 1238175

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2200
2300
2400
2500
2472 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2475
2407
2340
2481peak, Aug 2023
940games
446wins, 47%
232draws, 25%
262losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.4% average
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (67% in 231 games)

Play against Ghimpu's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 940 games

Openings

940 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Italian: Two Knights1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♞f610 games, last played last year70.0%wins
Nimzowitsch-Larsen1.b3 e5 2.♝b2 ♞c610 games, last played 2 years ago70.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 425 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
93.2%
Endgame
94.8%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
88%
Problematic pieces
26%
111 err
19%
83 err
17%
75 err
13%
56 err
12%
51 err
12%
53 err
Critical moment
Move 36 avg
10%
1-15
25%
16-25
22%
26-35
12%
36-45
30%
46+
30% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
22
Few
Many
e4
22
f4
16
d4
15
c6
13
e5
13
e4/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#21
f5?? vs Aghamir Alrobiai
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#59
h3?? vs Shmavonyan
Endgame · Rapid · 2025
#64
♞c6?? vs Sharan
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#49
♚e5?? vs Dobre
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#21
♜e1?? vs Vavric
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#37
♝d3?? vs Maria
Middlegame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Dirikolu, Deniz(2390)

TCh-TUR 1st League 2026 · 9 Aug 2026

1–0
Talibov, Shiroghlan(2470)

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½–½
Kalogeris, Ioannis(2450)

TCh-TUR 1st League 2026 · 7 Aug 2026

1–0
Schitco, Ivan(2482)

TCh-TUR 1st League 2026 · 7 Aug 2026

½–½
Buyukasik, Diyap(2275)

TCh-TUR 1st League 2026 · 6 Aug 2026

1–0
Quparadze, Giga(2475)

TCh-TUR 1st League 2026 · 5 Aug 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
940 games in scope
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476 games49%W27%D24%L
Move
1. e4
2315w
52%31%17
67%
1. d4
1358m
38%27%35%
52%
1. ♞f3
456w
51%2227%
62%
1. b3
334y
67%33%
67%
1. c4
1912m
42%42%16
63%
1. f4
106y
50%40%
55%
1. ♞c3
24y
100%
100%
1. g3
15y
100%
100%

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