What is Bart Michiels's FIDE rating?

Bart Michiels's FIDE rating is 2547 standard, 2550 rapid, 2565 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Bart Michiels's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Bart Michiels played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 875 over-the-board games by Bart Michiels (866 classical, 9 rapid), with 40% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Bart Michiels's Chess Stalker profile.

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Open Bart Michiels'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 Bart Michiels's style, before facing them.

Bart Michiels

Belgiumborn 1986FIDE ID 202967

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2520

2560

2547 · Sep 2023

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2565Blitz

2550Rapid

2547Classical

2572peak, Jan 2020

875games

346wins, 40%

344draws, 39%

185losses, 21%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2572 · Jan 2020

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 94.7% average

Solid conversion: 87%

Very consistent (93%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(67% in 144 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4

(only 46%)

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Based on

875 games

Based on 875 games

Openings

875 gamesBased on 875 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e615 games, last played 4 years ago66.7%wins

Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e633 games, last played 13 years ago57.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 57 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 57 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.8%

Middlegame

94.7%

Endgame

96.5%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%28g

EqualEqual position

96%22g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%7g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

33%

11 err

27%

9 err

18%

6 err

12%

4 err

2 err

1 err

Critical moment

Move 48 avg

1-15

20%

16-25

20%

26-35

36-45

60%

46+

60% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

17Errors mapped

c6 / d6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

22 err

c6/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

5 errors · Stockfish

#28

♞xg5?? vs Zwirs

Middlegame · OTB · 2023

#84

♝d6?? vs Sivuk

Endgame · OTB · 2022

#51

♜h2?? vs Schoppen

Endgame · OTB · 2022

#33

♜b5?? vs Zelbel

Endgame · OTB · 2020

#51

♝xf2+?? vs Gormally

Endgame · OTB · 2019

Recent games

875 games

Maerevoet, Sim(2412)

TCh-BEL 2022-23 · 30 Apr 2023

½–½

Van Kerkhof, David(2385)

Dutch League 2022-23 · 1 Apr 2023

1–0

Schoppen, Casper(2503)

TCh-BEL 2022-23 · 19 Mar 2023

½–½

Zwirs, Nico(2439)

TCh-BEL 2022-23 · 5 Mar 2023

½–½

Colijn, Stefan(2283)

TCh-BEL 2022-23 · 29 Jan 2023

1–0

Miezis, Normunds(2441)

TCh-BEL 2022-23 · 4 Dec 2022

½–½

Endgame statistics

35 endgames (61.4%) · force Queen vs Pieces (0%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

61.4%

35 / 57

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Queen vs Pieces: only 0% win rate (5 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

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875 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

447 games45%W39%D16%L

447games in this linewon 45%, drew 39%, lost 16%

Move

1. e4

28413y

44%37%19%

62%

1. d4

1443y

44%46%10

67%

1. c4

194y

68%21%11

79%

Scouting report: Bart Michiels (GM, BEL)