Scouting report: Joseph Girel (GM, FRA)

685 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (669 classical, 10 rapid, 9 blitz): 41% wins, 34% draws, 25% losses. FIDE rating 2508 standard, 2454 rapid, 2412 blitz. 404 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Joseph Girel

GM

Franceborn 2004FIDE ID 36033561

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2250
2350
2450
2550
Peak2508
2494 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2508
2454
2412
2508peak, Sep 2026
685games
280wins, 41%
234draws, 34%
170losses, 25%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (63% in 157 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 40%)

Play against Girel's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 685 games

Openings

685 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e518 games, last played 12 months ago61.1%wins
Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 a615 games, last played 2 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 404 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.8%
Middlegame
93.9%
Endgame
95.2%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
23%
71 err
20%
62 err
15%
48 err
15%
48 err
15%
46 err
12%
36 err
Critical moment
Move 44 avg
6%
1-15
12%
16-25
29%
26-35
12%
36-45
41%
46+
41% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
11
12
12
11
Few
Many
e4
12
e6
12
b6
11
e3
11
e5
9
e4/e6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#43
♝d8?? vs Katz
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#71
♛d5?? vs Coles
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#62
♚d6?? vs Roebers
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#57
♚d4?? vs Vlachos
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#73
♚f6?? vs Solodovnichenko
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#73
♜e1+?? vs Moussard
Endgame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Balaji, Aaravamudhan(2285)

VI Mindsports Int Open · 29 Aug 2026

½–½
Kovchan, Alexander(2462)

VI Mindsports Int Open · 29 Aug 2026

½–½
Sai Krishna G V(2461)

VI Mindsports Int Open · 28 Aug 2026

½–½
Decuigniere, Tom(2442)

VI Mindsports Int Open · 28 Aug 2026

½–½
Badacsonyi, Stanley(2320)

VI Mindsports Int Open · 27 Aug 2026

1–0
Lu, Maximillian(2427)

VI Mindsports Int Open · 26 Aug 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
685 games in scope
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1a
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342 games48%W31%D21%L
Move
1. d4
1582w
46%33%21
63%
1. e4
1543m
47%31%22
63%
1. c4
162w
56%31%13
72%
1. ♞f3
132w
69%1516
77%
1. f4
16y
100%
100%

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