Scouting report: Ermes Espinosa Veloz (GM, CUB)

1,057 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (526 classical, 3 rapid, 528 blitz): 44% wins, 27% draws, 29% losses. FIDE rating 2447 standard, 2466 rapid, 2360 blitz. 238 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Ermes Espinosa Veloz

TitleGrandmasterFederationCubaBorn1987FIDE ID3507424

Classical2447▼ 13
Rapid2466
Blitz2360
Games1,057
W · D · L44 / 27 / 29
Peak2544

Rating history

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Classical2447Rapid2466Blitz2360no games played
Accuracy by phase
96.7%Opening93.4%Middlegame95.5%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
High resilience (62%): Dangerous even when losing
Very consistent (85%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (61% in 470 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 31%)

Recent games

Gong, Daniel Hanwen(2248)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 27 Sept 2026

0–1
Michaelides, Konstantinos(2227)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 26 Sept 2026

0–1
Mhango, Banele(2354)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 25 Sept 2026

1–0
Elier, Ali(2210)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 24 Sept 2026

0–1
Sameh Mohamed, Abdalrahman(2322)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 23 Sept 2026

½–½

Play against Espinosa Veloz's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,057 games

Openings

516 games as White · scores 61.6%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Italian: Giuoco Piano1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♝c511 games, last played last year54.5%losses
Scotch Game1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.d429 games, last played 2 years ago44.8%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6107 games, last played last month56.1%wins
French: Classical1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♞f618 games, last played last month61.1%wins

By family

open a family to see its lines
PRO
1,057 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 61.6%
22063.9%—
5560.0%—
5261.5%—
4053.8%−7.9 pts
3961.5%—
2050.0%−11.6 pts
1957.9%—
950.0%—

Mistakes

Problematic pieces
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Critical moment
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Error heatmap · Critical squares
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Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,057 games in scope
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516 games48%W26%D26%L
Move
1. e4
4705w
49%25%26%
61%
1. d4
346w
47%38%15
66%
1. ♞f3
63y
33%50%17
58%
1. c4
54m
40%60%
70%
1. f3
16y
100%
0%

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