Scouting report: Klaus Darga (GM, GER)

736 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (736 classical): 38% wins, 49% draws, 13% losses. FIDE rating 2453 standard. 56 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Klaus Darga

GM

Germanyborn 1934FIDE ID 4600150

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2453 · Sep 2023
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2024
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2453
2453peak, Jan 2001
736games
276wins, 38%
361draws, 49%
99losses, 13%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.7% average
Low resilience (34%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (74% in 98 games)

Play against Darga's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 736 games

Openings

736 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
English: Anglo-Indian1.c4 ♞f6 2.♞c3 g612 games, last played 48 years ago75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 56 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
93.6%
Endgame
94.1%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
25%
20 err
22%
17 err
19%
15 err
18%
14 err
10%
8 err
6%
5 err
Critical moment
Move 38 avg
0%
1-15
50%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Few
Many
b5
4
b6
4
c5
4
d7
4
e4
4
b5/b6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

6 errors
#29
♝xe5?? vs Korchnoi
Endgame · OTB
#33
♜h4?? vs Portisch
Endgame · OTB
#20
f8c5?? vs Spassky
OTB
#49
♜e8?? vs Geller
Endgame · OTB
#56
♚xa4?? vs Portisch
Endgame · OTB
#20
f8c5?? vs Spassky
OTB

Recent games

Lach, Bernhard(2233)

Wuerttemberg · 12 Nov 2000

½–½
Bauer, Peter(2244)

Wuerttemberg · 15 Oct 2000

1–0
Velicka, Petr(2449)

BL2-S9899 · 21 Feb 1999

½–½
Heidenfeld, Mark(2366)

GER · 10 Jan 1999

1–0
Trachtmann, Mark(2290)

BL2-S9899 · 22 Nov 1998

½–½
Lenz, Thomas(2295)

BL2-S9899 · 18 Oct 1998

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
736 games in scope
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367 games44%W49%D7%L
Move
1. d4
101Oct 2000
42%50%
67%
1. c4
98Nov 1998
49%50%
74%
1. e4
98Apr 1973
43%44%13
65%
1. ♞f3
66Feb 1999
39%52%
65%
1. g3
4Oct 1972
75%25%
88%

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