Scouting report: Arnaldo Fernandez De La Vara (IM, CUB)

429 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (429 classical): 50% wins, 16% draws, 33% losses. FIDE rating 2461 standard, 2387 blitz. 87 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.15 blunders per game.

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Arnaldo Fernandez De La Vara

IM

Cubaborn 1999FIDE ID 3518388

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
2455 · Sep 2023
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2025
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2026
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2461
2387
2501peak, Sep 2018
429games
216wins, 50%
70draws, 16%
143losses, 33%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.0% average
Low resilience (33%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (63% in 147 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 38%)

Play against Fernandez De La Vara's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 429 games

Openings

429 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Reti: Double Fianchetto1.f3 f6 2.g3 g613 games, last played 4 years ago76.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 87 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
24%
23 err
18%
17 err
18%
17 err
16%
16 err
13%
13 err
11%
11 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
50%
26-35
25%
36-45
25%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
7
Few
Many
e5
7
d2
5
c6
4
d5
4
e3
4
e5/d2 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#65
d4+?? vs Burke
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#33
e1?? vs Nakamura
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#29
d8?? vs Firouzja
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#56
h3?? vs Firouzja
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#28
c2?? vs Dubov
Middlegame · OTB · 2022
#52
f7?? vs Bluebaum
Endgame · OTB · 2022

Recent games

Bellahcene, Bilel(2509)

33rd North American Open · 30 Dec 2023

½–½
Zhou, Jianchao(2562)

33rd North American Open · 29 Dec 2023

½–½
Antipov, Mikhail Al.(2607)

33rd North American Open · 28 Dec 2023

0–1
Burke, John M(2584)

33rd North American Open · 27 Dec 2023

0–1
Belous, Vladimir(2517)

32nd North American Open · 29 Dec 2022

0–1
Antipov, Mikhail Al.(2600)

32nd North American Open · 28 Dec 2022

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
429 games in scope
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215 games55%W15%D30%L
Move
1. f3
1474y
59%34%
63%
1. e4
364y
42%33%25%
58%
1. c4
205y
45%2035%
55%
1. d4
123y
58%42%
79%

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