Scouting report: Dimitar I. Donchev (GM, BUL)

562 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (562 classical): 32% wins, 52% draws, 16% losses. FIDE rating 2433 standard. 5 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Dimitar I. Donchev

GM

Bulgariaborn 1958FIDE ID 2900025

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2440
2433 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2433
2452peak, Jan 2001
562games
181wins, 32%
293draws, 52%
88losses, 16%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.5% average
Plays 6.0% better with white
Very consistent (84%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (62% in 177 games)

Play against Donchev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 562 games

Openings

562 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞d215 games, last played 39 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 5 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
92.7%
Endgame
97.2%
Clutch factor
+12%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
81%
Problematic pieces
40%
2 err
20%
1 err
20%
1 err
20%
1 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 17 avg
0%
1-15
100%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
1
1
1
1
1
Few
Many
c3
1
e5
1
g7
1
h6
1
h7
1
c3/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Anand, Viswanathan(2405)

Move 29 · Middlegame · OTB

−2.5xe5??
Tal, Mikhail(2600)

Move 17 · OTB

−2.6g7c3??

Recent games

Stoma, Pawel(2322)

19th Albena Open · 2 Jul 2011

1–0
Jaracz, Barbara(2275)

19th Albena Open · 30 Jun 2011

½–½
Bochev, Krasimir(2123)

19th Albena Open · 29 Jun 2011

1–0
Iskos, Alexandros(2105)

19th Albena Open · 28 Jun 2011

½–½
Vachev, Vladimir(2149)

19th Albena Open · 27 Jun 2011

½–½
Osman, Mihai(2134)

19th Albena Open · 26 Jun 2011

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
562 games in scope
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286 games37%W50%D13%L
Move
1. e4
17715y
38%49%13
62%
1. ♞f3
64Oct 1994
39%52%
65%
1. d4
3315y
27%55%18
55%
1. c4
8Jan 1985
50%1337%
56%
1. g3
2May 1985
100%
50%
1. b3
1—
100%
50%
1. e3
1Jan 1993
100%
50%

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