GM

Luther, Thomas

GER GER·Born 1969·FIDE #4611420·2,420 Games

Classical25182,402 Games
Rapid24972 Games
Blitz252716 Games

Statistics

2420

Total

973

Wins

1075

Draws

372

Losses

40%44%15%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.0% average
Plays 3.2% better with white
Very consistent (83%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 ♔ (69% in 1159 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 29 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.9%
Middlegame94.1%
Endgame95.3%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+1%
Winning (+2 or more)92%
8 Games
Equal position94%
17 Games
Losing (-2 or more)91%
4 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

25%
5 errors
20%
4 errors
15%
3 errors
15%
3 errors
15%
3 errors
10%
2 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 29average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
50% of blunders occur between move 16-25. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
g32 err
b41 err
c71 err
d51 err
d61 err
g3/b4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Georgiadis,I2463

TCh-SUI 2022 · 1 May 2022

½-½
D
Georgiadis, Ioannis2463

TCh-SUI 2022 · 1 May 2022

½-½
W
Mueller, Marcus2137

? · 8 Dec 2019

1-0
D
Knoll, Hermann2339

? · 24 Nov 2019

½-½
D
Schmid, Roland2299

? · 10 Nov 2019

½-½
W
Maximov, Dmitry2482

? · 23 Feb 2019

0-1

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
French: Tarrasch
71.0%
31 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

Sicilian: Dragon
65.5%
29 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6

Black
Sicilian: 2...Nc6
76.9%
13 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein
46.2%
13 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

6 errors
#40Nd6??
Tactics
vs Knoll
OTB·2019
#20Be6??
Tactics
vs Maximov
OTB·2019
#27b4??
Tactics
vs Ivanchuk
OTB·2006
#19c3??
Tactics
vs Korchnoi
OTB·2002
#24Qg3??
Tactics
vs Shirov
OTB
#38Qc7+??
Tactics
vs Topalov
OTB
Endgame Statistics

18 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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1208 Games
47%43%10%
1.e4
69%
1159
1.d4
66%
41
1.c4
50%
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1.Nf3
83%
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50%
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