Scouting report: Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal (GM, VEN)

1,110 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,090 classical, 13 rapid, 7 blitz): 48% wins, 21% draws, 31% losses. FIDE rating 2454 standard, 2414 rapid, 2455 blitz. 140 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal

GM

Venezuelaborn 1995FIDE ID 3902463

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
2520
2475 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2455
2454
2414
2498peak, Aug 2017
1,110games
533wins, 48%
229draws, 21%
348losses, 31%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.7% average
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (74% in 31 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 41%)

Play against Gascon Del Nogal's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,110 games

Openings

1,110 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
French: Advance1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5only 8 games, last played 2 years ago62.5%losses
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c411 games, last played 10 years ago54.5%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 d660 games, last played last year65.0%wins
Reti: KIA1.f3 d5 2.g3 f610 games, last played 2 weeks ago70.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 140 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
92.6%
Endgame
94.5%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
23%
36 err
18%
28 err
17%
26 err
15%
23 err
14%
21 err
13%
20 err
Critical moment
Move 54 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
25%
26-35
17%
36-45
58%
46+
58% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
6
6
7
Few
Many
f3
7
c8
6
d4
6
g5
6
c3
5
f3/c8 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#32
h8?? vs Tierraseca Montero
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#30
c8?? vs Mamedov
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#33
d1?? vs Kozak
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#21
g5?? vs Lee
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#23
d4?? vs Theodorou
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#73
d1?? vs Cabezas Ayala
Endgame · Rapid · 2024

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,110 games in scope
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1a
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552 games53%W20%D27%L
Move
1. e4
3642w
52%2028%
62%
1. d4
822w
55%2025%
65%
1. f3
712w
51%1732%
59%
1. c4
314y
61%26%13
74%
1. e3
27y
100%
100%
1. c3
12y
100%
100%
1. g3
112y
100%
50%

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