Scouting report: Francisco Vallejo Pons (GM, ESP)

3,099 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,446 classical, 308 rapid, 345 blitz): 40% wins, 39% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2644 standard, 2638 rapid, 2584 blitz, world #73. 502 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Francisco Vallejo Pons

GM

Spainborn 1982FIDE ID 2205530

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2550
2650
2750
2712 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2644
2638
2584
2724peak, Jul 2011
3,099games
1,240wins, 40%
1,209draws, 39%
648losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.6% average
Very consistent (87%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (66% in 264 games)

Play against Vallejo Pons's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 3,099 games

Openings

3,099 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Steinitz1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f6 4.e516 games, last played last year87.5%wins
Sicilian: Classical1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 c611 games, last played 3 years ago72.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 502 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.4%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
94.8%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
25%
90 err
18%
66 err
16%
58 err
15%
54 err
13%
46 err
12%
44 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
4%
1-15
4%
16-25
33%
26-35
25%
36-45
33%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
10
12
11
10
Few
Many
c4
12
f4
11
d3
10
e6
10
c2
9
c4/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#26
c4?? vs Rodriguez Vila
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#17
b6?? vs Saric
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#50
b5?? vs Sadhwani
Endgame · Blitz · 2023
#27
d7?? vs Inarkiev
Middlegame · Blitz · 2023
#45
1e6+?? vs Lagno
Endgame · Blitz · 2023
#33
f2?? vs Tomashevsky
Endgame · Rapid · 2023

Recent games

Ivanchuk, Vasyl(2623)

TCh-ESP Div Honor 2025 · 14 Aug 2025

½–½
Shirov, Alexei(2620)

TCh-ESP Div Honor 2025 · 13 Aug 2025

½–½
Grandelius, Nils(2639)

TCh-ESP Div Honor 2025 · 12 Aug 2025

½–½
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel(2674)

TCh-ESP Div Honor 2025 · 11 Aug 2025

½–½
Gledura, Benjamin(2648)

TCh-ESP Div Honor 2025 · 10 Aug 2025

1–0
Kantor, Gergely(2569)

TCh-ESP Div Honor 2025 · 9 Aug 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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3,099 games in scope
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1,563 games45%W39%D16%L
Move
1. e4
10471y
45%37%18
64%
1. d4
2641y
46%39%15
66%
1. f3
1532y
39%47%14
62%
1. c4
733y
49%41%
70%
1. g3
126y
50%25%25%
63%
1. b3
102y
60%2020
70%
1. c3
312y
33%67%
67%
1. b4
1
100%
50%

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