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 (3,072 classical, 146 rapid, 88 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

TOP 50United Kingdomborn 1990FIDE ID 410608

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2676 · Sep 2023

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2665Classical

2613Rapid

2574Blitz

2712peak, Aug 2015

3,306games

1,803wins, 55%

857draws, 26%

646losses, 20%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2712 · Aug 2015

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.3% average

Solid conversion: 84%

Very consistent (87%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(83% in 268 games)

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Based on

3,306 games

Based on 3,306 games

Openings

3,306 gamesBased on 3,306 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Ruy Lopez: Berlin1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 ♞f624 games, last played 2 years ago45.8%losses

Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b529 games, last played 2 years ago41.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Vienna Game1.e4 e5 2.♞c3 ♞f610 games, last played 2 years ago80.0%wins

Scotch: Mieses1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.d4 exd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞xc610 games, last played 3 years ago70.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 379 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 379 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.6%

Middlegame

93.9%

Endgame

95.3%

Clutch factor

+4%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%146g

EqualEqual position

95%146g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%87g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

24%

91 err

20%

76 err

17%

65 err

14%

51 err

13%

48 err

11%

43 err

Critical moment

Move 41 avg

1-15

16%

16-25

19%

26-35

23%

36-45

39%

46+

39% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

105Errors mapped

d7 / c4Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1313 err

1111 err

1010 err

d7/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#39

♛d5?? vs Niemann

Endgame · OTB · 2025

#20

♝c8?? vs Bluebaum

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#32

♛f5?? vs Carlsen

Endgame · OTB · 2025

#47

♛d4?? vs Fier

Endgame · OTB · 2025

#60

♚c3?? vs Stremavicius

Endgame · OTB · 2024

#53

♚d5?? vs Cheng

Endgame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

3,306 games

Smeets, Jan(2562)

1st BL Pauli · 1 Mar 2026

½–½

Pavlidis, Antonios(2567)

1st BL Pauli · 28 Feb 2026

½–½

Lebedev, Artem S.(2198)

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

1–0

Tovmasian, Vardges(2358)

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

0–1

Seiger, Vidar(2158)

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

1–0

Gorovets, Andrey(2454)

Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 Aug 2025

1–0

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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Repertoire

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

1851y

48%37%15

67%

1. c4

1556m

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

31y

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 & statistics

Play style

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Deep analysis

Critical blunders

Recent games

Endgame statistics

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