Scouting report: Benjamin Arvola Notkevich (GM, NOR)

821 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (821 classical): 45% wins, 22% draws, 34% losses. FIDE rating 2449 standard, 2379 rapid, 2446 blitz. 151 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.05 blunders per game.

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Benjamin Arvola Notkevich

GM

Norwayborn 1993FIDE ID 1506536

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
2475 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2449
2446
2379
2512peak, Mar 2019
821games
367wins, 45%
177draws, 22%
277losses, 34%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Solid conversion: 87%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (79% in 21 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 44%)

Play against Notkevich's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 821 games

Openings

821 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Caro-Kann1.e4 c6 2.d4 d516 games, last played 5 years ago62.5%losses
Ruy Lopez: Morphy1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a621 games, last played 5 years ago42.9%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 d636 games, last played 2 months ago63.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 151 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.9%
Middlegame
93.8%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
25%
33 err
20%
27 err
18%
24 err
15%
20 err
11%
15 err
11%
15 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
17%
1-15
0%
16-25
17%
26-35
17%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
5
5
5
5
6
Few
Many
f4
6
c6
5
d7
5
d8
5
f5
5
f4/c6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#38
h2?? vs Storme
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#50
b2?? vs Oye-Stromberg
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#14
d4?? vs Pranav
Middlegame · OTB · 2023
#34
b7?? vs Ostmoe
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#23
d8?? vs Kaasen
Middlegame · OTB · 2021
#52
xa6?? vs Laznicka
Endgame · OTB · 2021

Recent games

Mitusov, Semen(2479)

ch-NOR 2026 · 11 Jul 2026

½–½
Ingebretsen, Jens E(2433)

ch-NOR 2026 · 10 Jul 2026

½–½
Fiskaaen, Martin Holten(2368)

ch-NOR 2026 · 9 Jul 2026

½–½
Lie, Kjetil A.(2459)

ch-NOR 2026 · 8 Jul 2026

0–1
Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads(2388)

ch-NOR 2026 · 7 Jul 2026

1–0
Kvaloy, Aksel Bu(2483)

ch-NOR 2026 · 6 Jul 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
821 games in scope
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1a
b
c
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e
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g
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414 games50%W21%D29%L
Move
1. e4
2092m
52%1830%
61%
1. d4
1652m
42%28%30%
56%
1. f3
212m
71%1415
79%
1. c4
196y
68%1616
76%

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