Scouting report: Joerg Hickl (GM, GER)

1,471 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,469 classical, 2 rapid): 40% wins, 42% draws, 18% losses. FIDE rating 2545 standard. 18 games analyzed with Stockfish: 91% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Joerg Hickl

GM

GERGermanyborn 1965FIDE ID 4600118

2545Classical
Rapid
Blitz

Statistics

1,471games
591 wins · 40%618 draws · 42%262 losses · 18%

Joerg Hickl's playing style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.3% average
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.g3 as ♔ (68% in 439 games)

Play against Hickl's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,471 games

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical · 18 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
94.1%
Middlegame
93.0%
Endgame
91.3%
Clutch Factor
+2%
Winning (+2)
92%
Equal
92%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic Pieces
24%
6 err
20%
5 err
20%
5 err
16%
4 err
12%
3 err
8%
2 err
Critical Moment
Move 48 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
50%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error Heatmap
3
Few
Many
d5
3 err
c4
2 err
d7
2 err
a1
1 err
a6
1 err
d5/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings of Joerg Hickl

1,471 games

Weaknesses

· exploit these

No significant weaknesses detected as white

asblack62.5%losses
English vs 1...e5 · 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6
8 games · low samplePlay this line

Strengths

· avoid these
aswhite59.5%wins
1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 · 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg774 g
aswhite60.6%wins
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 · 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c633 g
asblack47.1%wins
Pirc Defense · 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g634 g

How to beat Joerg Hickl: weaknesses & blunders

5 errors
Ke2??vs NakamuraOTB · 2004
Bd5??vs PortischOTB · 2001
Qg5??vs PortischOTB
b6b8??vs KarpovOTB
Qd5??vs ReshevskyOTB

Recent games of Joerg Hickl

Menezes, Christoph(2391)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 19-20 · 8 Dec 2019

1-0W
Khenkin, Igor(2543)

Bundesliga 2018-19 · 16 Dec 2018

½-½D
Hansen, Sune Berg(2583)

Bundesliga 2018-19 · 15 Dec 2018

1-0L
Froewis, Georg(2441)

TCh-SUI 2017 · 15 Oct 2017

½-½D
Pelletier, Yannick(2540)

TCh-SUI 2017 · 14 Oct 2017

0-1L
Jussupow, Artur(2583)

TCh-SUI 2017 · 3 Sept 2017

½-½D

Joerg Hickl's endgames

Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events
1,471 games in scope
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Move arrowsmost-played moves
SF18
760 games
45%43%12%
MovegamesLastPerf%
1.g3
439Dec 2019
68%
1.e4
198Jun 2014
67%
1.Nf3
68Nov 2010
65%
1.c4
48Oct 2017
60%
1.d4
3Sept 1998
50%
1.b3
3Apr 2002
67%
1.f4
1
50%

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