Howell, David W L

ENG ENG·Born 1990·FIDE #410608·3,495 Games

Classical26653,232 Games

Rapid2613164 Games

Blitz257499 Games

Statistics

3495

Total

1889

Wins

931

Draws

675

Losses

54%27%19%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.3% average

High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 88%

Very consistent (87%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e3 ♔ (89% in 14 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 363 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.6%

Middlegame94.0%

Endgame95.3%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

140 Games

Equal position95%

144 Games

Losing (-2 or more)89%

79 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

25%

88 errors

♔

21%

72 errors

♕

15%

54 errors

♙

14%

48 errors

♞

13%

45 errors

♗

12%

42 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 42average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

40% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

d712 err

d611 err

c410 err

e410 err

e810 err

d7/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Smeets, Jan2562

1. BL Pauli · 1 Mar 2026

½-½

Pavlidis, Antonios2567

1. BL Pauli · 28 Feb 2026

½-½

Shuvalov, Evgenij1980

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

1-0

Tovmasian, Vardges2358

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

0-1

Seiger, Vidar2158

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

1-0

Cuellar Montes, Alejandro2155

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

0-1

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

Reti: Reversed London

50.0%

8 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6

Ruy Lopez: Berlin

45.8%

24 Games·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6

Black

English: Symmetrical

75.0%

8 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6

Strengths

AVOID

White

Reti: Double Fianchetto

76.9%

13 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5

Scotch: Mieses

70.0%

10 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6

Black

Sicilian: d6 Systems

92.9%

28 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Sicilian: e6 Systems

81.8%

11 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#60Kc3??

Endgame

vs Stremavicius

OTB·2024

▶

#53Kd5??

Endgame

vs Cheng

OTB·2024

▶

#27Qa3??

Tactics

vs Maroroa Jones

OTB·2024

▶

#39Ke2??

Tactics

vs Royal

OTB·2024

▶

#35Kg8??

Tactics

vs Jobava

OTB·2023

▶

#60Bg2??

Endgame

vs Erigaisi Arjun

OTB·2023

▶

#57Bc4??

Endgame

vs Supi

OTB·2023

▶

#63Rh1??

Endgame

vs Grandelius

OTB·2022

▶

#25Bg4??

Tactics

vs Gajewski

Blitz·2021

▶

#36Qb8??

Tactics

vs Sanal

Blitz·2021

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position

1781 Games

60%24%16%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	953	67%
1.d4 Strong	285	82%
1.Nf3	212	66%
1.c4 Strong	179	73%
1.g3 Strong	40	89%
1.b3 Strong	34	78%
1.f4 Strong	18	89%
1.e3 Strong	14	89%
1.c3 Strong	13	81%
1.Nc3 Strong	11	86%
1.b4 Strong	4	75%
1.a3 Strong	4	100%
1.d3 Strong	3	100%
1.h4 Strong	2	100%
1.Na3 Strong	2	100%
1.g4	2	50%
1.h3 Strong	2	100%
1.a4 Strong	1	100%
1.f3 Strong	1	100%
1.Nh3 Strong	1	100%

1.e4

67%

953

1.d4

82%

285

1.Nf3

66%

212

1.c4

73%

179

1.g3

89%

1.b3

78%

1.f4

89%

1.e3

89%

1.c3

81%

1.Nc3

86%

1.b4

75%

1.a3

100%

1.d3

100%

1.h4

100%

1.Na3

100%

1.g4

50%

1.h3

100%

1.a4

100%

1.f3

100%

1.Nh3

100%

Howell, David W L

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Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Reti: Reversed London

Ruy Lopez: Berlin

English: Symmetrical

Strengths

Reti: Double Fianchetto

Scotch: Mieses

Sicilian: d6 Systems

Sicilian: e6 Systems

Critical Blunders