Scouting report: Martin Senff (IM, GER)

672 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (672 classical): 41% wins, 38% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2469 standard. 2 games analyzed with Stockfish, 0.5 blunders per game.

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Martin Senff

IM

Germanyborn 1980FIDE ID 4627334

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2469 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2469
2476peak, Apr 2006
672games
276wins, 41%
258draws, 38%
138losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Plays 92.0% better with black
Very consistent (90%)
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (67% in 305 games)

Play against Senff's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 672 games

Openings

672 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Scotch Game1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d413 games, last played 25 years ago92.3%wins
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e511 games, last played 23 years ago63.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 2 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.8%
Middlegame
96.3%
Endgame
90.0%
Clutch factor
-4%
Winning (+2)
85%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
33%
1 err
33%
1 err
33%
1 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 53 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
100%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
1
1
1
Few
Many
f6
1
f7
1
h8
1
f6/f7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

1 errors
#53
h8?? vs Aronian
Endgame · OTB · 2000

Recent games

Paehtz, Elisabeth(2455)

Bundesliga 2008-9 · 29 Mar 2009

½–½
Loxine, Jakov(2363)

Bundesliga 2008-9 · 28 Mar 2009

½–½
Heinemann, Thies(2490)

Bundesliga 2008-9 · 14 Dec 2008

½–½
Abel,D(2328)

Bundesliga 2008-9 · 13 Dec 2008

½–½
Berelowitsch, Alexander(2576)

Bundesliga 2008-9 · 12 Dec 2008

½–½
Fressinet, Laurent(2676)

Bundesliga 2008-9 · 30 Nov 2008

0–1

Repertoire

PRO
672 games in scope
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1a
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334 games48%W38%D14%L
Move
1. e4
30517y
49%36%15
67%
1. d4
2520y
40%48%
64%
1. c4
2
50%50%
25%
1. f3
1
100%
50%
1. f4
1Nov 2000
100%
50%

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