Scouting report: Nitzan Steinberg (GM, ISR)

2,096 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,031 classical, 34 rapid, 31 blitz): 56% wins, 16% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2560 standard, 2517 rapid, 2488 blitz. 298 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.24 blunders per game.

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Nitzan Steinberg

GM

Israelborn 1998FIDE ID 2801795

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2540
2580
Peak2565
2543 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2560
2517
2488
2565peak, Nov 2024
2,096games
1,178wins, 56%
333draws, 16%
585losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.0% average
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (83% in 113 games)

Play against Steinberg's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,096 games

Openings

2,096 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
French: Classical1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♞f610 games, last played 2 months ago60.0%losses
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b521 games, last played 2 months ago47.6%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Reti: Double Fianchetto1.♞f3 ♞f6 2.g3 g618 games, last played 3 months ago83.3%wins
Italian: Giuoco Piano1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♝c511 games, last played 5 months ago81.8%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 298 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.0%
Middlegame
92.6%
Endgame
93.8%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
24%
107 err
22%
100 err
15%
66 err
14%
62 err
14%
62 err
12%
56 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
11%
16-25
26%
26-35
26%
36-45
37%
46+
37% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
18
21
18
Few
Many
f5
21
f4
18
f6
18
d4
16
h5
14
f5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Tifferet, Shakked(2366)

Move 57 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.4h7??
Avramidou, Anastasia(2310)

Move 68 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−15.0f6??
Haug, Havard(2422)

Move 35 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.8g4+??
Lazavik, Denis(2605)

Move 32 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.0d7??
Galchenko, Matvey(2435)

Move 43 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−6.0e4??
Pranav,V(2657)

Move 89 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.3f8??
Bortnyk, Olexandr(2604)

Move 45 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−15.0g3??
Shahinyan, Vladimir(2066)

Move 21 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−2.5d4??
Pidluznij, Gleb(2399)

Move 26 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−4.2bxc3??
Matinian, Nikita(2389)

Move 20 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.1ad1??

Recent games

Lyutsinger, Iren(2237)

1st 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

½–½
Nguyen Truong An Khang(1982)

1st 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

0–1
Benito Colmenares, Jose Fabian(2121)

1st 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0
Matlakov, Maxim(2596)

1st 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0
Sree Shaunak Chanda(2322)

1st 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

0–1
Andreikin, Dmitry(2714)

1st 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,096 games in scope
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1,067 games60%W17%D23%L
Move
1. e4
7951w
54%2026%
65%
1. ♞f3
1482m
76%15
80%
1. d4
1135w
81%15
83%
1. c4
118m
55%27%18
68%

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