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Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel

COL COL·Born 1997·FIDE #4400704·1,661 Games

Classical24811,527 Games
Rapid246556 Games
Blitz249178 Games

Play against Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

1661

Wins

868

Draws

381

Losses

412
52%23%25%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.1% average
High resilience (63%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 92%
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 ♔ (74% in 29 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 295 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
93.2%
Endgame
95.5%
Clutch Factor — Move accuracy when winning vs. equal vs. losing — does their level drop when the game turns against them?
+5%
Winning (+2 or more)
94%147g
Equal position
94%93g
Losing (-2 or more)
89%55g
Performance under pressure
Problematic Pieces — Which pieces cause most errors?
23%
59 errors
19%
47 errors
18%
45 errors
17%
43 errors
15%
37 errors
8%
21 errors
Critical Moment — When does the first serious error occur?
Move 44 average
0%
0%
43%
21%
36%
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
43% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.
Error Heatmap — Where do most errors occur?
15
Few
Many
Critical squares
g4
15 err
e4
9 err
e5
9 err
f3
9 err
f4
9 err
g4/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

— exploit these lines

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black83.3%Loses
Nimzo-Indian: Classical — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2
12 Games · last played 5 years agoPlay this line

Strengths

— avoid these lines
White71.4%Wins
Scotch: Classical — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc514 Games
White66.1%Wins
Ruy Lopez: Morphy — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a662 Games
Black56.8%Wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6185 Games
Black61.5%Wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e613 Games

Critical Blunders

10 errors · Stockfish
Kc7??vs Gonzalez ZamoraOTB · 2025
Rb7??vs MatviishenOTB · 2025
Ka5??vs Hidalgo DiazOTB · 2025
Bf4??vs QinOTB · 2025
g4??vs Albornoz CabreraBlitz · 2024
Bg8??vs OstrovskiyBlitz · 2024
e5??vs Ramos SilveraBlitz · 2024
Kd5??vs Orta RuzOTB · 2024
Qd4??vs NepomniachtchiOTB · 2024
Qe7??vs Valderrama QuicenoBlitz · 2024

Recent Games

W
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1-0
L
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W
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1-0
D
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½-½
W
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W
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Endgame Statistics

PRO23 endgame categories analyzed
Endgame Statistics
Reveal weaknesses →
Repertoire
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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
839 Games
57%22%21%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.e4
638
67%
1.b3Strong
99
72%
1.Nf3
68
68%
1.d4Strong
29
74%
1.c4
3
67%
1.g3Strong
2
100%

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