Scouting report: Mika Karttunen (IM, FIN)

3,734 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (3,725 classical, 1 rapid, 8 blitz): 49% wins, 18% draws, 33% losses. FIDE rating 2478 standard, 2400 rapid, 2396 blitz. 147 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Mika Karttunen

IM

Finlandborn 1981FIDE ID 502081

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
2520
Peak2497
2490 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2478
2400
2396
2497peak, Oct 2023
3,734games
1,826wins, 49%
669draws, 18%
1,239losses, 33%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (76% in 55 games)
Vulnerable to 1.b3 ♚ (only 36%)

Play against Karttunen's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 3,734 games

Openings

3,734 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Modern Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6only 8 games, last played last year75.0%losses
King's Indian: Saemisch1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.f311 games, last played last month63.6%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Italian: Two Knights1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♞f614 games, last played 4 weeks ago92.9%wins
Trompowsky Attack1.d4 ♞f6 2.♝g5 ♞e434 games, last played 2 years ago73.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 147 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
92.9%
Endgame
95.2%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
23%
35 err
20%
31 err
18%
27 err
16%
25 err
12%
19 err
11%
17 err
Critical moment
Move 45 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
31%
26-35
23%
36-45
46%
46+
46% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
7
6
Few
Many
g4
7
e2
6
f4
6
b4
5
d3
5
g4/e2 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#31
♜g3?? vs Erdogmus
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#60
♚b6?? vs Hansen
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#48
♜g3?? vs Bjerre
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#43
♝e6?? vs Yakubboev
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#46
♛e4?? vs Movahed
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#31
g3?? vs Duda
Middlegame · OTB · 2026

Recent games

Bok, Benjamin(2560)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

0–1
Matinian, Nikita(2389)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

0–1
Saranya Devi Narahari(2018)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

1–0
Coe, William(2042)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

1–0
Molina, Roberto Junio Brito(2390)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

0–1
Gimenez Menchon, Cesar(2129)

Titled Tuesday · 8 Sept 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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3,734 games in scope
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1,861 games53%W16%D31%L
Move
1. e4
8612w
52%37%
58%
1. d4
7382w
55%2025%
65%
1. c4
1978m
50%1931%
60%
1. ♞f3
553y
64%25%
76%
1. ♞c3
413y
50%50%
50%
1. g3
325y
67%33%
83%
1. b3
25y
100%
100%
1. f4
114y
100%
0%

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