Scouting report: Himal Gusain (IM, IND)

792 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (778 classical, 14 rapid): 44% wins, 32% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2411 standard, 2237 rapid, 2196 blitz. 300 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Himal Gusain

TitleInternational MasterFederationIndiaBorn1993FIDE ID5033861

Classical2411
Rapid2237
Blitz2196
Games792
W · D · L44 / 32 / 23
Peak2528

Rating history

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Classical2411Rapid2237Blitz2196no games played
Accuracy by phase
95.8%Opening93.9%Middlegame95.6%Endgame
Clutch factor
Insufficient data

Play style

Elite accuracy: 93.4% average
High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 92%
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (77% in 45 games)

Recent games

Meng, Yihan(2494)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 11 Aug 2026

½–½
Jiang, Tianyu(2239)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 10 Aug 2026

0–1
Zhang, Haoxuan(ZJ)(2168)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 10 Aug 2026

0–1
Xie, Jianjun(2324)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 9 Aug 2026

½–½
Yuan, Qingyu(2247)

Belt and Road Kuqa Open A · 8 Aug 2026

1–0

Play against Gusain's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 792 games

Openings

407 games as White · scores 64.0%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e625 games, last played 3 months ago44.0%losses
French: Classical1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♞f621 games, last played 5 months ago42.9%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

By family

open a family to see its lines
PRO
792 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 64.0%
11657.8%−6.2 pts
5675.9%+11.9 pts
4760.6%−3.4 pts
3262.5%—
2766.7%—
1965.8%—
1875.0%—
1646.9%—

Mistakes

Problematic pieces
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Critical moment
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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
792 games in scope
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407 games50%W27%D23%L
Move
1. e4
2853m
47%29%24
61%
1. d4
623m
56%1925%
66%
1. ♞f3
453m
64%24
77%
1. b3
84y
63%25%
75%
1. c4
42y
25%50%25%
50%
1. f4
28y
50%50%
50%
1. g3
14y
100%
100%

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