Scouting report: Marc Esserman (IM, USA)

377 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (374 classical, 3 rapid): 37% wins, 32% draws, 31% losses. FIDE rating 2438 standard, 2438 rapid. 3 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Marc Esserman

TitleInternational MasterFederationUnited StatesBorn1983FIDE ID2018616

Classical2438
Rapid2438
Blitz—
Games377
W · D · L37 / 32 / 31
Peak2474

Rating history

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Oct 2023Nov 2026
Classical2438Rapid2438no games played
Accuracy by phase
96.5%Opening94.6%Middlegame93.8%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Elite accuracy: 94.4% average
Plays 2.4% better with white
Very consistent (96%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (59% in 147 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 40%)

Recent games

Gandrud, Vegar Koi(2346)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 31 Jan 2018

½–½
De Haan, Eric(2304)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 30 Jan 2018

1–0
Hemant,S2(2348)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 29 Jan 2018

½–½
Huschenbeth, Niclas(2587)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 28 Jan 2018

½–½
Perez, Flavio(2279)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 27 Jan 2018

1–0

Play against Esserman's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 377 games

Openings

Based on player games

No clear weaknesses!

By family

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PRO
377 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 57.7%
5760.5%—
1747.1%—
1741.2%—
1671.9%—
1467.9%—
1163.6%—
983.3%—
950.0%—

Mistakes

Problematic pieces
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Critical moment
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Error heatmap · Critical squares
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Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

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Repertoire

PRO
377 games in scope
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188 games43%W30%D27%L
Move
1. e4
1479y
42%33%25%
59%
1. d4
289y
46%1836%
55%
1. c4
99y
33%33%34%
50%
1. ♞f3
49y
50%25%25%
63%

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