Scouting report: Sankalp Gupta (GM, IND)

1,252 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,014 classical, 97 rapid, 161 blitz): 41% wins, 27% draws, 31% losses. FIDE rating 2535 standard, 2419 rapid, 2460 blitz. 589 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Sankalp Gupta

GM

Indiaborn 2003FIDE ID 5097010

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2500
2600
Peak2559
2518 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2535
2460
2419
2559peak, May 2025
1,252games
516wins, 41%
338draws, 27%
392losses, 31%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (69% in 80 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 37%)

Play against Sankalp Gupta's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,252 games

Openings

1,252 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Taimanov1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞c613 games, last played 10 months ago46.2%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f610 games, last played 5 months ago60.0%wins
Sicilian: 2...♞c61.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c639 games, last played last week56.4%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 589 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
94.8%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
21%
95 err
18%
81 err
16%
70 err
15%
67 err
15%
68 err
14%
61 err
Critical moment
Move 43 avg
7%
1-15
13%
16-25
23%
26-35
23%
36-45
33%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
17
14
Few
Many
e5
17
d4
14
e4
13
f4
13
g4
12
e5/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#44
f3?? vs Srihari L
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#16
♛f6?? vs Gochelashvili
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#53
♛h7+?? vs Alexander
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#38
♛c1?? vs Atwell
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#31
♛c4?? vs Erigaisi Arjun
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#35
b3?? vs Movahed
Endgame · OTB · 2026

Recent games

Bharath Subramaniyam H(2605)

Southern California Open · 6 Sept 2026

½–½
Gasparyan, David(2241)

Southern California Open · 6 Sept 2026

½–½
Moor, Nathaniel Philip(2272)

Southern California Open · 5 Sept 2026

1–0
Bilovil, Bogdan(2429)

Southern California Open · 5 Sept 2026

1–0
Sivakumar, Shaashwath(2166)

Southern California Open · 4 Sept 2026

1–0
Cattaneo, Marco(2350)

Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026 · 28 Jul 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,252 games in scope
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613 games46%W27%D27%L
Move
1. e4
4081w
46%25%29%
58%
1. d4
1085m
40%35%25%
57%
1. ♞f3
801w
56%25%19
69%
1. c4
145m
57%43%
79%
1. b3
32y
67%33%
67%

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