Scouting report: Rainer Buhmann (GM, GER)

1,777 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,715 classical, 29 rapid, 33 blitz): 44% wins, 42% draws, 14% losses. FIDE rating 2547 standard, 2616 rapid, 2613 blitz. 235 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Rainer Buhmann

GM

Germanyborn 1981FIDE ID 4651340

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2520
2560
2600
2640
2563 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2616
2613
2547
2653peak, Jun 2016
1,777games
785wins, 44%
745draws, 42%
247losses, 14%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (69% in 500 games)

Play against Buhmann's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,777 games

Openings

1,777 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e614 games, last played 2 years ago71.4%wins
King's Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♝e216 games, last played 7 years ago68.8%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 235 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.8%
Endgame
94.8%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
24%
54 err
18%
40 err
18%
39 err
15%
34 err
13%
29 err
11%
25 err
Critical moment
Move 38 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
58%
26-35
25%
36-45
17%
46+
58% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
10
9
8
Few
Many
c5
10
d5
9
d6
9
d4
8
b5
7
c5/d5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#31
♜xf3?? vs Vykouk
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#32
♛d5?? vs Hampel
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#58
♛b2+?? vs Maiwald
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#36
b3?? vs Gschiel
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#40
♛b2?? vs Richter
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#78
♜xf1?? vs Peyrer
Endgame · OTB · 2022

Recent games

Antal, Gergely(2539)

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 19 Apr 2026

1–0
Brkic, Ante(2583)

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 18 Apr 2026

½–½
Blohberger, Felix(2530)

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 17 Apr 2026

½–½
Dahl, Christoph(2383)

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 17 Apr 2026

1–0
Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian(2469)

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 16 Apr 2026

½–½
Ghosh, Diptayan(2577)

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 15 Apr 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,777 games in scope
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892 games50%W38%D12%L
Move
1. ♞f3
5005m
49%39%
69%
1. d4
2925m
51%36%13
69%
1. e4
852y
53%38%
72%
1. c4
109y
50%50%
75%
1. ♞c3
5Feb 2001
60%2020
70%

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