Scouting report: Pascal Charbonneau (GM, CAN)

917 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (892 classical, 5 rapid, 20 blitz): 44% wins, 29% draws, 26% losses. FIDE rating 2513 standard, 2519 blitz. 10 games analyzed with Stockfish: 90% accuracy, 0.3 blunders per game.

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Pascal Charbonneau

GM

Canadaborn 1983FIDE ID 2602504

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2505 · Sep 2023
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2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2519
2513
2517peak, Mar 2011
917games
408wins, 44%
267draws, 29%
242losses, 26%

Play style

before facing them
Very high accuracy: 89.8% average
Plays 3.3% better with white
Very consistent (81%)
Very precise: only 0.3 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (63% in 434 games)

Play against Charbonneau's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 917 games

Openings

917 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Scotch: Mieses1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d4 exd4 4.xd4 f6 5.xc6only 9 games, last played 17 years ago55.6%losses
Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 g712 games, last played 13 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.d216 games, last played 15 years ago87.5%wins
Sicilian: 2...c61.e4 c5 2.f3 c657 games, last played 14 years ago61.4%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 10 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
91.9%
Endgame
89.9%
Clutch factor
+12%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
97%
Losing (−2)
83%
Problematic pieces
38%
5 err
31%
4 err
23%
3 err
8%
1 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 17 avg
50%
1-15
50%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 1-15. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
Few
Many
e3
2
b2
1
c5
1
d3
1
e5
1
e3/b2 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

4 errors
#24
e8?? vs Saric
Middlegame · OTB · 2019
#53
e5?? vs Caruana
Endgame · OTB · 2017
#32
f2?? vs Korchnoi
Middlegame · OTB · 2006
#37
xh4?? vs Ivanchuk
Middlegame · OTB · 2005

Recent games

Noritsyn, Nikolay(2484)

PRO League Group Stage · 7 Mar 2019

0–1
Thavandiran, Shiyam(2410)

PRO League Group Stage · 6 Mar 2019

½–½
Saric, Ivan(2690)

PRO League Group Stage · 6 Mar 2019

0–1
Sai Krishna G V(2409)

PRO League Group Stage · 6 Mar 2019

1–0
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel(2563)

PRO League Group Stage · 24 Feb 2018

0–1
Libiszewski, Fabien(2530)

PRO League Group Stage · 24 Feb 2018

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
917 games in scope
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473 games51%W26%D23%L
Move
1. e4
4349y
50%26%24
63%
1. d4
1510y
60%2020
70%
1. f3
148y
43%29%28%
57%
1. c4
1010y
60%30%
75%

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