Scouting report: Brandon G I Clarke (IM, ENG)

826 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (818 classical, 8 rapid): 55% wins, 22% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2480 standard, 2385 rapid, 2448 blitz. 337 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Brandon G I Clarke

IM

United Kingdomborn 1995FIDE ID 400319

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
2520
Peak2500
2492 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2480
2448
2385
2500peak, May 2024
826games
454wins, 55%
184draws, 22%
186losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Solid conversion: 91%
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (69% in 392 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 40%)

Play against Clarke's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 826 games

Openings

826 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
French: Advance1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e515 games, last played last year46.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Italian: Two Knights1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 f612 games, last played last year75.0%wins
French: Classical1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f612 games, last played 4 years ago75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 337 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
95.2%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
21%
63 err
20%
62 err
17%
52 err
16%
49 err
14%
42 err
12%
35 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
5%
1-15
18%
16-25
32%
26-35
27%
36-45
18%
46+
32% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
13
11
12
Few
Many
d4
13
f4
12
e4
11
b5
10
g4
10
d4/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#46
bxa3?? vs Janik
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#37
d1+?? vs Vijayakumar
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#39
h3?? vs Shearsby
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#48
b5?? vs Fava
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#15
xf2?? vs Khoury
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#25
xa2?? vs Shamatava
Middlegame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Fernandez, Daniel Howard(2524)

4NCL 2025-26 · 4 May 2026

0–1
Balaji, Aaravamudhan(2297)

4NCL 2025-26 · 3 May 2026

1–0
Maciol, Ryszard(2051)

4NCL 2025-26 · 2 May 2026

1–0
Fava, Lorenzo(2364)

4NCL Division 1 2025-2026 · 8 Feb 2026

½–½
Macak, Stefan(2304)

Round 5: Clarke, Brandon ... · 7 Feb 2026

1–0
Travesset Sagre, Jan(2308)

XXVI Open Internacional d... · 31 Aug 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
826 games in scope
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1a
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416 games58%W22%D20%L
Move
1. e4
3934m
58%2220
69%
1. d4
107y
80%
85%
1. f3
51y
2040%40%
40%
1. e3
314y
67%33%
83%
1. c4
110y
100%
100%
1. c3
12y
100%
50%
1. b3
116y
100%
0%
1. g3
13y
100%
100%
1. f4
17m
100%
100%

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