Scouting report: Luis Engel (GM, GER)

688 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (670 classical, 18 blitz): 51% wins, 29% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2592 standard, 2452 rapid, 2455 blitz. 279 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Luis Engel

GM

Germanyborn 2002FIDE ID 12961523

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2500
2600
Peak2594
2547 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2592
2455
2452
2594peak, Apr 2026
688games
350wins, 51%
198draws, 29%
136losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.9% average
High resilience (61%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 92%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (72% in 318 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 48%)

Play against Engel's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 688 games

Openings

688 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 d649 games, last played 2 months ago67.3%wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e623 games, last played 5 months ago65.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 279 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.2%
Middlegame
94.0%
Endgame
95.6%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
25%
47 err
21%
39 err
17%
32 err
15%
29 err
13%
24 err
10%
19 err
Critical moment
Move 36 avg
12%
1-15
12%
16-25
25%
26-35
25%
36-45
25%
46+
25% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
8
Few
Many
e4
9
f4
8
c4
7
d4
7
f6
7
e4/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#20
b7?? vs Parvanyan
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#13
xb4?? vs Gumularz
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#36
d6+?? vs Gaal
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#53
e6+?? vs von Mettenheim
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#24
d1?? vs Travadon
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#21
f3?? vs Finek
Middlegame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Donchenko, Alexander(2635)

97th DEM 2026 · 25 Jul 2026

0–1
Huschenbeth, Niclas(2586)

97th DEM 2026 · 24 Jul 2026

1–0
Kollars, Dmitrij(2634)

97th DEM 2026 · 23 Jul 2026

½–½
Hagner, Bennet(2451)

97th DEM 2026 · 22 Jul 2026

½–½
Svane, Rasmus(2624)

97th DEM 2026 · 21 Jul 2026

½–½
Braun, Georg, Dr.(2374)

97th DEM 2026 · 20 Jul 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
688 games in scope
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1a
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348 games57%W29%D14%L
Move
1. e4
3187w
57%30%13
72%
1. c4
161y
44%38%18
63%
1. d4
125y
82%
79%
1. f3
211m
100%
50%

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