Scouting report: Nikolaus Stanec (GM, AUT)

1,420 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,420 classical): 44% wins, 47% draws, 9% losses. FIDE rating 2460 standard. 178 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Nikolaus Stanec

GM

Austriaborn 1968FIDE ID 1601776

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2440
2480
2520
2466 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2460
2568peak, Oct 2005
1,420games
626wins, 44%
673draws, 47%
121losses, 9%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.0% average
High resilience (72%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 88%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (73% in 282 games)

Play against Stanec's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,420 games

Openings

1,420 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Slav Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 c619 games, last played 7 years ago57.9%wins
Ruy Lopez: Morphy1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a612 games, last played 4 years ago58.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 178 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
94.2%
Endgame
95.4%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
88%
Problematic pieces
20%
19 err
20%
19 err
18%
17 err
17%
16 err
14%
13 err
11%
10 err
Critical moment
Move 33 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
80%
26-35
20%
36-45
0%
46+
80% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
Few
Many
d5
6
c5
4
e6
4
e8
4
f6
4
d5/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Miazhynski, Michael(2276)

Move 34 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.8xh4??
Zakharchyn, Andriian(2148)

Move 43 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−4.1d1??
Hofer, Emilian(2244)

Move 41 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.5xc2??
Kundianok, Vladislav(2315)

Move 41 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−3.3e6??
Balint, Peter(2335)

Move 80 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−3.4xe6??
Froewis, Georg(2445)

Move 45 · Endgame · OTB · 2022

−2.9c5??
Steindl, Johannes(2327)

Move 31 · Endgame · OTB · 2022

−6.1d4??
Baumegger, Siegfried(2453)

Move 33 · Endgame · OTB · 2021

−3.4d8??
Soham Das(2336)

Move 29 · Middlegame · OTB · 2020

−4.3d2??
Vlcek, Stanislav(2265)

Move 25 · Middlegame · OTB · 2020

−2.9c5??

Recent games

Kolb, Tobias(2416)

Schach Tirol Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026

½–½
Raja Harshit(2504)

Schach Tirol Open 2026 · 28 Aug 2026

½–½
Kruckenhauser, Arthur(2374)

Schach Tirol Open 2026 · 27 Aug 2026

1–0
Kocharin, Timur(2361)

Schach Tirol Open 2026 · 26 Aug 2026

½–½
Benedikt, Noah(2187)

Schach Tirol Open 2026 · 25 Aug 2026

1–0
Hellerschmid, Andreas(2046)

Schach Tirol Open 2026 · 24 Aug 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,420 games in scope
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722 games49%W44%D7%L
Move
1. c4
2825w
51%43%
73%
1. d4
2065w
47%48%
71%
1. e4
1304w
43%48%
67%
1. ♞f3
881y
53%41%
74%
1. g3
152y
80%13
87%
1. d3
120y
100%
100%

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