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GM

Sheng, Joshua

USA USA·Born 2000

FIDE OTB · #2057360 · 604 Games

Classical2498593 g
Rapid25110 g
Blitz238011 g

Play against Sheng's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

604

Wins

266

Draws

187

Losses

146
44%31%24%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
High resilience (56%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (84%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 ♔ (63% in 234 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 43%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 262 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
93.8%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch Factor
+8%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
86%
Problematic Pieces
20%
42 err
20%
43 err
20%
43 err
16%
34 err
12%
25 err
11%
23 err
Critical Moment
Move 41 avg
0%
1-15
4%
16-25
30%
26-35
26%
36-45
39%
46+
39% of blunders after move 46 — keep the tension until then.
Error Heatmap
8
7
7
Few
Many
g6
8 err
e1
7 err
g3
7 err
e4
6 err
e5
6 err
g6/e1 account for most of the errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

604 Games

Weaknesses

— exploit these

No significant weaknesses detected as white

No significant weaknesses detected as black

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite72.7%Wins
French: Winawer — 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
11 Games · last played 4 years ago
aswhite61.5%Wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6
39 Games · last played 7 months ago
asblack52.2%Wins
King's Indian — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
23 Games · last played 7 months ago
asblack48.8%Wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6
43 Games · last played 9 months ago

Critical Blunders

10 errors
f5??vs GrinevOTB · 2025
Nd8??vs FishbeinOTB · 2025
Nxd7??vs LagunowOTB · 2025
Kd2??vs NoritsynOTB · 2025
Qf6??vs Hevia AlejanoOTB · 2024
Qe2??vs BrodskyOTB · 2024
Qd7??vs SathishOTB · 2024
d4??vs Vishruth Ajay KrishnanOTB · 2023
Qc3??vs YanOTB · 2023
Rc1??vs YanOTB · 2023

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Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
296 Games
49%26%25%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.e4
235
63%
1.d4
33
55%
1.c4
24
60%
1.g3Strong
2
100%
1.b3Weak
1
0%
1.Na3Strong
1
100%

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