Scouting report: Arik Braun (GM, GER)

1,309 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,097 classical, 93 rapid, 119 blitz): 47% wins, 30% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2587 standard, 2623 rapid, 2535 blitz. 154 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.12 blunders per game.

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Arik Braun

TitleGrandmasterFederationGermanyBorn1988FIDE ID4663527

Classical2587
Rapid2623
Blitz2535
Games1,309
W · D · L47 / 30 / 22
Peak2609

Rating history

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Classical2587Rapid2623Blitz2535no games played
Accuracy by phase
96.3%Opening93.4%Middlegame95.0%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (68% in 543 games)

Recent games

Aczel, Gergely(2435)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 · 1 Mar 2026

1–0
Noe, Christopher(2518)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 · 28 Feb 2026

½–½
Trost, Edvin(2456)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 · 18 Jan 2026

½–½
Gozzoli, Yannick(2566)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 · 17 Jan 2026

½–½
Englert, Luca(2307)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 · 7 Dec 2025

0–1

Play against Braun's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,309 games

Openings

655 games as White · scores 68.0%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c519 games, last played 6 years ago63.2%wins
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e671 games, last played 4 years ago57.7%wins

By family

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PRO
1,309 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 68.0%
9360.2%−7.8 pts
8372.3%+4.3 pts
7965.2%—
7969.0%—
7469.6%—
6664.4%−3.6 pts
4073.8%+5.7 pts
3876.3%+8.3 pts

Mistakes

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Error heatmap · Critical squares
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Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,309 games in scope
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655 games53%W29%D18%L
Move
1. d4
5458m
53%31%16
68%
1. ♞f3
629m
52%27%21
65%
1. c4
383y
68%1616
76%
1. e4
68y
67%33%
83%
1. g3
26y
50%50%
50%
1. b3
16y
100%
0%
1. a3
121y
100%
100%

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