What is Daniel Howard Fernandez's FIDE rating?

Daniel Howard Fernandez's FIDE rating is 2542 standard, 2374 rapid, 2416 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Daniel Howard Fernandez's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Daniel Howard Fernandez played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 1,595 over-the-board games by Daniel Howard Fernandez (1,506 classical, 43 rapid, 47 blitz), with 46% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Daniel Howard Fernandez's Chess Stalker profile.

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Daniel Howard Fernandez

United Kingdomborn 1995FIDE ID 5801605

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2300

2400

2500

2600

Peak2542

2524 · Sep 2023

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2024

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2025

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Sep 2023Oct 2026

2542Classical

2416Blitz

2374Rapid

2542peak, Sep 2026

1,595games

736wins, 46%

494draws, 31%

365losses, 23%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2542 · Sep 2026

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.2% average

High resilience (64%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 88%

Very consistent (89%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(72% in 138 games)

Vulnerable to 1.b3

(only 35%)

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Based on

1,595 games

Based on 1,595 games

Openings

1,595 gamesBased on 1,595 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Sicilian: Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 a612 games, last played last year41.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

King's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g611 games, last played last year63.6%wins

Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b523 games, last played last year60.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 585 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 585 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

95.1%

Middlegame

93.5%

Endgame

95.3%

Clutch factor

+6%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%251g

EqualEqual position

94%159g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

89%90g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

22%

90 err

20%

83 err

18%

73 err

18%

73 err

13%

56 err

10%

41 err

Critical moment

Move 48 avg

1-15

16-25

16%

26-35

12%

36-45

68%

46+

68% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

120Errors mapped

d5 / e5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1616 err

1313 err

1212 err

d5/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes

Stockfish

Tabatabaei, M. Amin(2714)

Move 75 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.5a3??

Karthikeyan, Murali(2661)

Move 28 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.2h4??

Renjith, Sravan(2342)

Move 14 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−2.6b7??

Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan(2393)

Move 40 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−7.9e5??

Movahed, Sina(2586)

Move 29 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−2.4d5??

Badacsonyi, Frankie(2193)

Move 34 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.7e5??

Pijpers, Arthur(2500)

Move 35 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−4.0c2??

Bartodziej, Bartosz(2122)

Move 22 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−3.1d4+??

Lee, Hyo(1966)

Move 47 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.5e3??

Nie, Xinyang(2381)

Move 37 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.6e4??

Recent games

1,595 games

Ashwath Kaushik(2303)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 19 Sept 2026

0–1

Pidluznij, Gleb(2410)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 18 Sept 2026

½–½

Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad(2408)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 17 Sept 2026

½–½

Verdier, Patrice(2009)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 16 Sept 2026

1–0

Puranik, Abhimanyu(2629)

Spanish Team Championship Divisi... · 2 Sept 2026

0–1

Chigaev, Maksim(2635)

Spanish Team Championship Divisi... · 1 Sept 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

406 endgames (67.2%) · force Knight vs Knight (31%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

67.2%

406 / 604

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Knight vs Knight: only 31% win rate (16 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

1,595 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

797 games50%W30%D20%L

797games in this linewon 50%, drew 30%, lost 20%

Move

1. e4

3611w

49%31%20%

65%

1. ♞f3

1568m

46%32%22%

62%

1. d4

1384w

59%26%15

72%

1. c4

403m

50%18%32%

59%

1. b3

361y

47%33%20%

64%

1. g3

246m

58%29%13

73%

1. f4

186y

33%33%34%

50%

1. ♞c3

104m

40%30%30%

55%

1. b4

99y

44%33%23%

61%

1. e3

28y

50%50%

50%

1. a4

12y

100%

50%

1. a3

12y

100%

1. h4

19y

100%

Scouting report: Daniel Howard Fernandez (GM, ENG)

Daniel Howard Fernandez

Rating & statistics

Play style

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Deep analysis

Critical blunders

Recent games

Endgame statistics

Repertoire