Rivas Pastor, Manuel

ESP ESP·Born 1960·FIDE #2200058·1,113 Games

Classical25411,096 Games

Rapid—17 Games

Blitz—0 Games

Statistics

1113

Total

446

Wins

397

Draws

270

Losses

40%36%24%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 91.6% average

Plays 2.7% better with white

Low resilience (24%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (69% in 127 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 45%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 31 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening94.2%

Middlegame93.5%

Endgame92.9%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

3 Games

Equal position94%

14 Games

Losing (-2 or more)89%

14 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♙

29%

14 errors

♖

27%

13 errors

♞

12%

6 errors

♗

10%

5 errors

♔

10%

5 errors

♕

10%

5 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 37average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

50% of blunders occur between move 1-15. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

d13 err

e43 err

c42 err

d42 err

d72 err

d1/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Milchev, Nikolay2436

TCh-ESP CECLUB Div2 · 11 Aug 2013

0-1

Fidalgo Fernandez, Javier2299

TCh-ESP CECLUB Div2 · 8 Aug 2013

½-½

Delchev, Aleksander2629

Ch Spain (team) (div. Hon... · 26 Nov 2011

1-0

Illescas Cordoba, Miguel2609

TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor ... · 25 Nov 2011

0-1

Perez Candelario, Manuel2558

TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor ... · 24 Nov 2011

0-1

Edouard, Romain2621

TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor ... · 21 Nov 2011

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

French: Winawer

55.6%

9 GamesLow sample·Loses

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

Strengths

AVOID

White

English: Anglo-Indian

66.7%

12 Games·Wins

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6

Slav Defense

63.2%

19 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6

Black

Sicilian: d6 Systems

57.1%

14 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

3 errors

▶

#20Bxe5??

Tactics

vs Anand

OTB

▶

#14Rd8??

Tactics

vs Polgar

OTB

▶

#60f8e8??

Endgame

vs Tal

OTB

Endgame Statistics

10 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

☰ All

♟ Classical

⚡ Rapid

🔥 Blitz

PRO

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Starting Position

557 Games

43%36%21%

Move	Games	%
1.d4	264	60%
1.c4	127	69%
1.e4	120	60%
1.Nf3	19	47%
1.g3	14	50%
1.f4	4	50%
1.h3 Strong	2	100%
1.b3 Strong	2	100%
1.Nc3	1	50%
1.c3 Strong	1	100%
1.Nh3	1	50%
1.g4	1	50%
1.d3 Strong	1	100%

1.d4

60%

264

1.c4

69%

127

1.e4

60%

120

1.Nf3

47%

1.g3

50%

1.f4

50%

1.h3

100%

1.b3

100%

1.Nc3

50%

1.c3

100%

1.Nh3

50%

1.g4

50%

1.d3

100%

Rivas Pastor, Manuel

Play against Rivas Pastor, Manuel's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

French: Winawer

Strengths

English: Anglo-Indian

Slav Defense

Sicilian: d6 Systems

Critical Blunders