What is Marc Esserman's FIDE rating?

Marc Esserman's FIDE rating is 2438 standard, 2438 rapid. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Marc Esserman's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Marc Esserman played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 377 over-the-board games by Marc Esserman (377 classical), with 37% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Marc Esserman's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Marc Esserman?

Open Marc Esserman's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Marc Esserman's style, before facing them.

Marc Esserman

United Statesborn 1983FIDE ID 2018616

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2438 · Sep 2023

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2438Classical

2438Rapid

2474peak, Apr 2016

377games

139wins, 37%

122draws, 32%

116losses, 31%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2474 · Apr 2016

Play style

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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%)

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Based on

377 games

Based on 377 games

Openings

Based on player games

No clear weaknesses!

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 3 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 3 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.5%

Middlegame

94.6%

Endgame

93.8%

Clutch factor

-8%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

85%0g

EqualEqual position

95%2g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

93%1g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

100%

1 err

0 err

Critical moment

Move 30 avg

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

1Errors mapped

g6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

11 err

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

No blunders recorded

Recent games

377 games

Gandrud, Vegar Koi(2346)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 31 Jan 2018

½–½

De Haan, Eric(2304)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 30 Jan 2018

0–1

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

Gupta, Abhijeet(2610)

Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 26 Jan 2018

0–1

Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

377 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

188 games43%W30%D27%L

188games in this linewon 43%, drew 30%, lost 27%

Move

1. e4

1479y

42%33%25%

59%

1. d4

289y

46%18%36%

55%

1. c4

99y

33%33%34%

50%

1. ♞f3

49y

50%25%25%

63%

Scouting report: Marc Esserman (IM, USA)