Scouting report: Daniel Forcen Esteban (GM, ESP)

950 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (927 classical, 23 rapid): 54% wins, 24% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2526 standard, 2517 rapid, 2532 blitz. 175 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Daniel Forcen Esteban

GM

Spainborn 1994FIDE ID 2288230

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2560
2600
2575 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2532
2526
2517
2580peak, Aug 2022
950games
516wins, 54%
231draws, 24%
203losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.4% average
High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (71% in 306 games)

Play against Forcen Esteban's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 950 games

Openings

950 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Kan1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 a614 games, last played 2 years ago42.9%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: Closed1.e4 c5 2.c3 c612 games, last played 13 years ago83.3%wins
French: Winawer1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 b412 games, last played 5 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 175 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.6%
Middlegame
93.2%
Endgame
95.2%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
23%
42 err
21%
39 err
17%
32 err
15%
28 err
14%
26 err
10%
19 err
Critical moment
Move 43 avg
0%
1-15
8%
16-25
23%
26-35
23%
36-45
46%
46+
46% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
7
6
7
6
7
7
7
6
7
Few
Many
d4
7
d6
7
e5
7
f4
7
g3
7
d4/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#47
d4?? vs Mompel Ferruz
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#16
d7?? vs Gonzalez De La Torre
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#37
f5?? vs Del Rio De Angelis
Endgame · Rapid · 2024
#38
b1?? vs Onate Mendez
Endgame · Rapid · 2024
#31
xe4+?? vs Laiz Ibanez
Endgame · Rapid · 2024
#59
e7?? vs Suarez Gomez
Endgame · Rapid · 2024

Recent games

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0–1
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La Palma Island Open 2026 · 13 Aug 2026

1–0
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La Palma Island Open 2026 · 12 Aug 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
950 games in scope
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7
6
5
4
3
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1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
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478 games60%W23%D17%L
Move
1. e4
3064w
59%25%16
71%
1. d4
911w
63%1819
71%
1. f3
401w
53%28%19
66%
1. c4
392y
77%13
83%
1. g3
23y
50%50%
75%

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