Fernandez, Daniel Howard

GM

ENG ENG·Born 1995·FIDE #5801605

2530Classical
2374Rapid
2416Blitz

Statistics

Total1,886
Wins882
Draws580
Losses424
47%31%22%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.2% average
High resilience (66%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 91%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.g3 as ♔ (80% in 33 games)
Vulnerable to 1.b3 ♚ (only 41%)

Play against Fernandez's Twin

Uses their openings, level & style

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical · 577 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.1%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch Factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic Pieces
22%
91 err
20%
82 err
18%
74 err
17%
69 err
14%
59 err
9%
35 err
Critical Moment
Move 46 avg
5%
1-15
0%
16-25
23%
26-35
14%
36-45
59%
46+
59% of blunders occur after move 46 — keep tension until then.
Error Heatmap
16
13
13
Few
Many
d5
16 err
e4
13 err
f3
13 err
e5
12 err
a5
11 err
d5/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

1,886 games

Weaknesses

— exploit these
aswhite42.9%losses
Sicilian: Najdorf — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
14 gamesPlay this line
asblack60.0%losses
Sicilian: Dragon — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
10 gamesPlay this line

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite66.7%wins
King's Indian — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g612 g
aswhite60.0%wins
Pirc Defense — 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf610 g
asblack66.7%wins
French: Tarrasch — 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd212 g
asblack61.5%wins
Pirc Defense — 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf613 g

Critical Blunders

10 errors
Ka3??vs TabatabaeiOTB · 2026
Rh4??vs KarthikeyanOTB · 2026
Ke5??vs LiyanageOTB · 2025
Bd5??vs MovahedOTB · 2025
e5??vs BadacsonyiOTB · 2025
Bd4+??vs BartodziejOTB · 2025
Kf4??vs CieslakOTB · 2025
d7??vs ZawadzkaOTB · 2025
Ke6??vs Chitre ArushOTB · 2025
Ke4??vs NieOTB · 2025

Recent Games

Win
Zootjes, Aaron(1875)

Scheldemond Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026

0-1
Loss
Mosesov, Danyil(2459)

La Plagne Soleil Masters · 10 Jul 2026

1-0
Win
Amartuvshin, Ganzorig(2443)

La Plagne Soleil Masters · 9 Jul 2026

1-0
Loss
Moroni,L(2551)

La Plagne Soleil Masters · 8 Jul 2026

0-1
Draw
Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene(2329)

La Plagne Soleil Masters · 8 Jul 2026

½-½
Draw
Razafindratsima, Timothe(2523)

La Plagne Soleil Masters · 7 Jul 2026

½-½

Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

PRO
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Move arrowsmost-played moves
SF18
950 games
49%30%21%
MovegamesPerf%
1.e4
426
65%
1.Nf3
189
60%
1.d4Strong
161
71%
1.b3
50
60%
1.c4
46
60%
1.g3Strong
33
80%
1.f4
18
50%
1.Nc3
12
58%
1.b4
9
61%
1.a4
2
50%
1.e3
2
50%
1.a3Strong
1
100%
1.h4Weak
1
0%

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