What is David W L Howell's FIDE rating?

David W L Howell's FIDE rating is 2665 standard, 2613 rapid, 2574 blitz, world #47. Chess Stalker tracks it together with David W L Howell's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has David W L Howell played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 3,306 over-the-board games by David W L Howell (2,036 classical, 242 rapid, 1,028 blitz), with 55% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on David W L Howell's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against David W L Howell?

Open David W L Howell's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates David W L Howell's style, before facing them.

David W L Howell

TitleGrandmasterRankTOP 50FederationUnited KingdomBorn1990FIDE ID410608

Classical2665

Rapid2613

Blitz2574

Games3,306

W · D · LWon · Drawn · Lost55 / 26 / 20

Peak2712Aug 2015

Rating history

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2025

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2026

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Oct 2023Nov 2026

Classical2665Rapid2613Blitz2574no games played

Accuracy by phase

96.6%Opening93.9%Middlegame95.3%Endgame

Clutch factor

Insufficient data

Play style

Elite accuracy: 93.3% average

Solid conversion: 81%

Very consistent (87%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(83% in 268 games)

Recent games

Smeets, Jan(2562)

1st BL Pauli · 1 Mar 2026

½–½

Pavlidis, Antonios(2567)

1st BL Pauli · 28 Feb 2026

½–½

Shuvalov, Evgenij(1980)

Titled Tuesday Early · 19 Aug 2025

1–0

Rogov, Matfey(2348)

Titled Tuesday Early · 19 Aug 2025

0–1

Gorovets, Andrey(2454)

Titled Tuesday Early · 19 Aug 2025

1–0

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Openings

1,686 games as White · scores 71.9%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Ruy Lopez: Berlin1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 ♞f624 games45.8%losses

Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b529 games41.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Vienna Game1.e4 e5 2.♞c3 ♞f610 games80.0%wins

Scotch: Mieses1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.d4 exd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞xc610 games70.0%wins

By family

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PROTime controls · Years · Events

3,306 games in scope

LineECOGamesLast playedWins · draws · lossesScorevs 71.9%

B20–B503501y

55%24%21%

67.3%−4.6 pts

A00–A043351y

64%23%13

75.1%+3.2 pts

A10–A301558m

56%34%10

73.2%—

C001321y

60%1723%

68.6%−3.3 pts

C23–C461071y

57%25%18

69.6%—

C60–C70981y

46%29%25%

60.2%−11.7 pts

A45–E11841y

79%18

87.5%+15.6 pts

B10–B15832y

48%33%19

64.5%−7.4 pts

Mistakes

Problematic pieces

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Critical moment

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Critical blunders

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Endgame statistics

257 endgames (58.7%) · force Opposite Bishops + Major Pieces (9%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

58.7%

257 / 438

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Opposite Bishops + Major Pieces: only 9% win rate (22 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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PROTime controls · Years · Events

3,306 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

1,686 games60%W24%D16%L

1,686games in this linewon 60%, drew 24%, lost 16%

Move

1. e4

9281y

55%23%22%

67%

1. d4

2681y

74%19%

83%

1. ♞f3

1852y

48%37%15

67%

1. c4

1558m

56%34%10

73%

1. g3

381y

87%10

88%

1. b3

341y

71%1514

78%

1. f4

181y

89%11

89%

1. e3

141y

86%

89%

1. c3

131y

77%815

81%

1. ♞c3

111y

82%99

86%

1. b4

41y

75%25%

75%

1. a3

42y

100%

1. d3

32y

100%

1. h4

24y

100%

1. h3

21y

100%

1. ♞a3

24y

100%

1. g4

24y

50%50%

50%

1. a4

15y

100%

1. f3

15y

100%

1. ♞h3

14y

100%

Scouting report: David W L Howell (GM, ENG)

David W L Howell

Rating history

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

By family

Mistakes

Critical blunders

Endgame statistics

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