Scouting report: Manuel Rivas Pastor (GM, ESP)

1,125 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,108 classical, 17 rapid): 40% wins, 36% draws, 25% losses. FIDE rating 2541 standard. 32 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Manuel Rivas Pastor

GM

Spainborn 1960FIDE ID 2200058

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2520
2560
2541 · Sep 2023
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2541
2559peak, Sep 2011
1,125games
445wins, 40%
402draws, 36%
278losses, 25%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.6% average
Plays 2.7% better with white
Low resilience (24%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (69% in 127 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 46%)

Play against Rivas Pastor's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,125 games

Openings

1,125 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
English: Anglo-Indian1.c4 f6 2.c3 g610 games, last played 17 years ago70.0%wins
Slav Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 c618 games, last played 15 years ago61.1%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 32 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
94.1%
Middlegame
93.5%
Endgame
92.9%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
29%
14 err
27%
13 err
12%
6 err
12%
6 err
10%
5 err
10%
5 err
Critical moment
Move 37 avg
50%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 1-15. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
3
Few
Many
d1
3
e4
3
c4
2
d4
2
d7
2
d1/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

3 errors
#20
xe5?? vs Anand
Middlegame · OTB
#60
f8e8?? vs Tal
OTB
#14
d8?? vs Polgar
Middlegame · OTB

Recent games

Milchev, Nikolay(2436)

Spanish Team Championship CECLUB... · 11 Aug 2013

0–1
Fidalgo Fernandez, Javier(2299)

Spanish Team Championship CECLUB... · 8 Aug 2013

½–½
Delchev, Aleksander(2629)

Championship Spain (team) (div. ... · 26 Nov 2011

1–0
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel(2609)

Spanish Team Championship CECLUB... · 25 Nov 2011

1–0
Perez Candelario, Manuel(2558)

Spanish Team Championship CECLUB... · 24 Nov 2011

0–1
Edouard, Romain(2621)

Spanish Team Championship CECLUB... · 21 Nov 2011

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,125 games in scope
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564 games43%W36%D21%L
Move
1. d4
27313y
41%37%22
59%
1. c4
12715y
52%35%13
69%
1. e4
11715y
40%40%20
60%
1. f3
2018y
30%30%40%
45%
1. g3
1415y
36%1450%
43%
1. f4
415y
25%50%25%
50%
1. b3
216y
100%
100%
1. h3
216y
100%
100%
1. c3
117y
100%
50%
1. c3
116y
100%
100%
1. h3
1
100%
50%
1. d3
1Dec 2000
100%
100%
1. g4
1Jan 2000
100%
50%

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