Scouting report: Sam Schmakel (IM, USA)

1,073 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (999 classical, 38 rapid, 36 blitz): 54% wins, 12% draws, 34% losses. FIDE rating 2450 standard, 2327 rapid, 2356 blitz. 178 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.12 blunders per game.

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Sam Schmakel

IM

United Statesborn 1996FIDE ID 2039311

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2400
2500
Peak2457
2457 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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2025
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Jul
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2450
2356
2327
2457peak, Sep 2023
1,073games
579wins, 54%
125draws, 12%
369losses, 34%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
Low resilience (30%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (63% in 183 games)

Play against Schmakel's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,073 games

Openings

1,073 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
French: Advance1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5only 9 games, last played last year55.6%losses
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e618 games, last played 2 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e510 games, last played last year80.0%wins
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c513 games, last played last year69.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 178 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
92.5%
Endgame
94.3%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
20%
50 err
20%
51 err
19%
48 err
17%
44 err
12%
31 err
12%
31 err
Critical moment
Move 40 avg
0%
1-15
20%
16-25
27%
26-35
33%
36-45
20%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
10
12
10
Few
Many
d5
12
f5
10
f6
10
g4
9
b7
8
d5/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#29
♛b3?? vs Baker
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#29
♛xe4?? vs Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#23
♜b1?? vs Oro
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#36
♚f6?? vs Bluebaum
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#71
♜a6?? vs Chirilov
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#19
♝b2?? vs Andersen
Middlegame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Liang, Awonder(2718)

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 25 May 2026

0–1
Zhou, Jianchao(2605)

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 22 May 2026

0–1
Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali(2354)

35th annual North American Open · 28 Dec 2025

0–1
Xie, Bryan(2348)

35th annual North American Open · 27 Dec 2025

1–0
Ehsan Ghaemmaghami(2427)

35th annual North American Open · 27 Dec 2025

0–1
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan(2427)

35th North American Open · 27 Dec 2025

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,073 games in scope
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534 games56%W12%D32%L
Move
1. e4
2161y
54%1531%
62%
1. d4
1834m
58%34%
63%
1. ♞f3
971y
54%36%
59%
1. c4
361y
61%28%
67%
1. b3
23y
100%
100%

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