Scouting report: John M Burke (GM, USA)

506 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (458 classical, 19 rapid, 29 blitz): 46% wins, 37% draws, 16% losses. FIDE rating 2569 standard, 2574 blitz. 296 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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John M Burke

GM

United Statesborn 2001FIDE ID 2070901

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2540
2580
2620
Peak2604
2604 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2574
2569
2604peak, Sep 2023
506games
235wins, 46%
189draws, 37%
82losses, 16%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.3% average
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (69% in 239 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 40%)

Play against Burke's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 506 games

Openings

506 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e620 games, last played last year70.0%wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d635 games, last played last year65.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 296 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.2%
Middlegame
94.1%
Endgame
95.9%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
27%
49 err
18%
33 err
17%
32 err
16%
29 err
11%
20 err
11%
21 err
Critical moment
Move 46 avg
0%
1-15
33%
16-25
0%
26-35
17%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
8
8
8
Few
Many
c3
8
d6
8
e6
8
d4
6
e2
6
c3/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Deviprasath, Sharvesh(2420)

Move 21 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−2.3xa7??
Caruana, Fabiano(2805)

Move 65 · Endgame · OTB · 2024

−6.1c5??
Matviishen, Viktor(2561)

Move 39 · Middlegame · OTB · 2024

−2.8e6??
Li, George(2398)

Move 24 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−3.1d3??
Zierk, Steven(2475)

Move 70 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−5.0f4??
Daggupati, Balaji(2477)

Move 25 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−7.3b5??
Stearman, Josiah(2468)

Move 28 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−4.0c6??
Theodorou, Nikolas(2586)

Move 35 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−2.5a3??
Liang, Jason(2529)

Move 22 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−2.7d6??
Hardaway, Brewington(2279)

Move 17 · Middlegame · OTB · 2022

−2.5d5??

Recent games

Deviprasath, Sharvesh(2420)

34th Chicago Open 2025 · 26 May 2025

½–½
Harsha Bharathakoti(2532)

34th Chicago Open 2025 · 26 May 2025

1–0
Kostolansky, Sebastian Lukas(2402)

34th Chicago Open 2025 · 25 May 2025

½–½
Hilby, Craig(2412)

34th Chicago Open 2025 · 25 May 2025

0–1
Narayanan, Samrug(2432)

34th Chicago Open 2025 · 24 May 2025

½–½
Khanin, Semen(2576)

34th Chicago Open 2025 · 24 May 2025

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
506 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
251 games53%W32%D15%L
Move
1. e4
2391y
54%32%14
70%
1. c4
81y
50%25%25%
63%
1. d4
36y
67%33%
83%
1. ♞f3
17y
100%
50%

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