Scouting report: Daniel J King (GM, ENG)

1,374 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,365 classical, 9 rapid): 39% wins, 40% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2466 standard. 20 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.2 blunders per game.

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Daniel J King

GM

United Kingdomborn 1963FIDE ID 400068

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2466 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2466
2543peak, Jan 2001
1,374games
541wins, 39%
555draws, 40%
278losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.8% average
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (65% in 394 games)
Vulnerable to 1.g3 ♚ (only 35%)

Play against King's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,374 games

Openings

1,374 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e634 games, last played 16 years ago55.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 20 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
92.8%
Endgame
93.5%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
88%
Problematic pieces
24%
8 err
24%
8 err
18%
6 err
15%
5 err
12%
4 err
9%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 37 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
33%
26-35
67%
36-45
0%
46+
67% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
Few
Many
e1
3
c6
2
d6
2
e4
2
f1
2
e1/c6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

4 errors
#31
e1f3?? vs Karpov
OTB · 1977
#40
c3b2?? vs Tal
OTB
#28
de1?? vs Larsen
Middlegame · OTB
#39
xa2?? vs Larsen
Endgame · OTB

Recent games

Al-Zendani, Zendan(2360)

4th AIMAG Men · 3 Jul 2013

½–½
Mah, Karl C C(2417)

4NCL 2009-10 · 3 May 2010

0–1
Taulbut, Shaun M(2388)

4NCL 2009-10 · 2 May 2010

1–0
Hammer, Jon Ludvig(2610)

4NCL 2009-10 · 1 May 2010

0–1
Hebden, Mark L(2548)

4NCL 2009-10 · 28 Mar 2010

½–½
Swanson, Stephen(2263)

4NCL 2009-10 · 27 Mar 2010

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,374 games in scope
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680 games44%W42%D14%L
Move
1. e4
39413y
46%39%15
65%
1. c4
82Feb 1998
41%52%
68%
1. g3
8119y
52%33%15
69%
1. f3
68Apr 2000
28%53%19
54%
1. d4
55Feb 2001
42%47%
66%

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