Scouting report: Hagen Poetsch (GM, GER)

1,420 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,391 classical, 29 rapid): 49% wins, 34% draws, 16% losses. FIDE rating 2445 standard, 2523 rapid, 2520 blitz. 309 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Hagen Poetsch

GM

Germanyborn 1991FIDE ID 24615137

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2440
2480
2520
2560
2470 · Sep 2023
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2523
2520
2445
2531peak, Feb 2020
1,420games
698wins, 49%
487draws, 34%
234losses, 16%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.5% average
High resilience (66%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 89%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (71% in 669 games)

Play against Poetsch's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,420 games

Openings

1,420 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
French: Advance1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5only 9 games, last played 8 months ago44.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Italian: Evans Gambit1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 c5 4.b414 games, last played 6 months ago71.4%wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6106 games, last played 2 months ago58.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 309 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.0%
Middlegame
94.3%
Endgame
95.7%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
26%
45 err
21%
36 err
17%
30 err
16%
28 err
10%
18 err
9%
16 err
Critical moment
Move 37 avg
0%
1-15
17%
16-25
33%
26-35
33%
36-45
17%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
Few
Many
e5
9
c5
7
b4
6
d7
6
e4
6
e5/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#57
c3+?? vs Singh
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#37
b1?? vs Hinrichs
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#21
h4+?? vs Vingris
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#25
e4?? vs Aepfler
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#29
xe5?? vs Urkedal
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#34
xe3?? vs Braun
Middlegame · OTB · 2025

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,420 games in scope
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719 games55%W33%D12%L
Move
1. e4
6696w
55%32%13
71%
1. f3
203m
65%35%
83%
1. d4
196w
37%63%
68%
1. c4
44y
100%
100%
1. g3
311y
100%
100%
1. c3
28y
100%
100%
1. a4
211y
100%
100%

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