GM

Sheng, Joshua

USA USA·Born 2000·FIDE #2057360·604 Games

Classical2498593 Games
Rapid25110 Games
Blitz238011 Games

Statistics

604

Total

266

Wins

187

Draws

146

Losses

44%31%24%

Play Style

What you need to know 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
Opening96.7%
Middlegame93.8%
Endgame95.0%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+8%
Winning (+2 or more)94%
125 Games
Equal position94%
92 Games
Losing (-2 or more)86%
45 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♔
20%
42 errors
♕
20%
43 errors
♖
20%
43 errors
♙
16%
34 errors
♞
12%
25 errors
♗
11%
23 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 41average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
39% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

5
8
6
6
5
5
7
5
5
7
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
g68 err
e17 err
g37 err
e46 err
e56 err
g6/e1 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

W
Li, Rachael2325

Cornerstone Holidays 2025... · 4 Jan 2026

1-0
W
Colville, Julian2358

Round 7: Colville, Julian... · 4 Jan 2026

0-1
D
Jiang, Lucas2256

Cornerstone Holiday #2 GM · 4 Jan 2026

½-½
D
Gauri, Shankar2394

Round 5: Gauri, Shankar -... · 3 Jan 2026

½-½
W
Colville, Julian2301

Cornerstone Holidays 2025... · 3 Jan 2026

0-1
W
Lohia, Sohum2410

Cornerstone Holidays 2025... · 3 Jan 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
French: Winawer
72.7%
11 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

Sicilian: d6 Systems
61.5%
39 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Black
King's Indian
52.2%
23 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6

Sicilian: e6 Systems
48.8%
43 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#20f5??
Tactics
vs Grinev
OTB·2025
▶
#31Nd8??
Tactics
vs Fishbein
OTB·2025
▶
#28Nxd7??
Tactics
vs Lagunow
OTB·2025
▶
#61Kd2??
Endgame
vs Noritsyn
OTB·2025
▶
#44Qf6??
Endgame
vs Hevia Alejano
OTB·2024
▶
#35Qe2??
Tactics
vs Brodsky
OTB·2024
▶
#29Qd7??
Tactics
vs Sathish
OTB·2024
▶
#58d4??
Endgame
vs Vishruth Ajay Krishnan
OTB·2023
▶
#33Qc3??
Tactics
vs Yan
OTB·2023
▶
#27Rc1??
Tactics
vs Yan
OTB·2023
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
296 Games
49%26%25%
1.e4
63%
235
1.d4
55%
33
1.c4
60%
24
1.g3
100%
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1.b3
0%
1
1.Na3
100%
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