Scouting report: Yago De Moura Santiago (GM, BRA)

1,775 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,720 classical, 26 rapid, 29 blitz): 54% wins, 23% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2455 standard, 2479 rapid, 2486 blitz. 484 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Yago De Moura Santiago

GM

Brazilborn 1992FIDE ID 2103877

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2500
2472 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2486
2479
2455
2513peak, Jul 2022
1,775games
964wins, 54%
413draws, 23%
396losses, 22%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.9% average
High resilience (64%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 92%
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (67% in 520 games)

Play against Santiago's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,775 games

Openings

1,775 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Taimanov1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞c6only 9 games, last played 5 years ago55.6%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e515 games, last played last month86.7%wins
King's Indian: Main Line1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-O12 games, last played 8 months ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 484 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.0%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
21%
92 err
21%
94 err
20%
91 err
14%
64 err
13%
60 err
10%
45 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
3%
1-15
10%
16-25
15%
26-35
36%
36-45
36%
46+
36% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
18
19
19
Few
Many
d4
19
f5
19
e5
18
f3
14
g4
14
d4/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#49
♜e5+?? vs Cori
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#35
♜c8?? vs Larrea
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#20
h3?? vs Dorneles
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#40
h5?? vs Pena Duran
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#32
♝xh7?? vs Mehta Naitik R
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#49
♚b1?? vs Wohlfahrt
Endgame · OTB · 2025

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,775 games in scope
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900 games56%W22%D22%L
Move
1. d4
5224w
56%2222
67%
1. e4
2432y
59%1823
68%
1. c4
672y
52%2226%
63%
1. ♞f3
596y
53%34%13
70%
1. b3
619y
33%33%34%
50%
1. h4
119y
100%
100%
1. f4
1—
100%
100%
1. d3
16y
100%
100%

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