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Apicella, Manuel

FRA FRA·Born 1970

FIDE OTB · #600164 · 1,763 Games

Classical24481,730 g
Rapid250914 g
Blitz244619 g

Play against Apicella's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

1763

Wins

706

Draws

699

Losses

358
40%40%20%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.1% average
High resilience (57%): Dangerous even when losing
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 ♔ (67% in 790 games)
Vulnerable to 1.g3 ♚ (only 41%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 37 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
93.9%
Endgame
95.7%
Clutch Factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic Pieces
24%
6 err
20%
5 err
20%
5 err
16%
4 err
16%
4 err
4%
1 err
Critical Moment
Move 36 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
100%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders after move 36-45 — keep the tension until then.
Error Heatmap
2
2
2
2
2
2
Few
Many
b5
2 err
c3
2 err
e1
2 err
e3
2 err
f4
2 err
b5/c3 account for most of the errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

1,763 Games

Weaknesses

— exploit these

No significant weaknesses detected as white

No significant weaknesses detected as black

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite85.7%Wins
Sicilian: Dragon — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
21 Games · last played 15 years ago
aswhite60.4%Wins
French: Winawer — 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
53 Games · last played 5 years ago
asblack69.2%Wins
Sicilian: Rossolimo — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
13 Games · last played 7 years ago
asblack63.2%Wins
Sicilian: Classical — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6
19 Games · last played 14 years ago

Critical Blunders

4 errors
Re1??vs BluebaumOTB · 2021
Re3??vs FantinelOTB · 2021
Bc2??vs LagardeOTB · 2021
Qg4??vs ShirovOTB

Recent Games

D
Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B(2677)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 4 Jul 2021

½-½
L
Bluebaum, Matthias(2669)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 3 Jul 2021

0-1
D
Rodshtein, Maxim(2614)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 2 Jul 2021

½-½
D
Fantinel, Thibault(2380)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 1 Jul 2021

½-½
D
Lagarde, Maxime(2648)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 30 Jun 2021

½-½
D
Hamitevici, Vladimir(2456)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 29 Jun 2021

½-½

Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
882 Games
47%38%15%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.e4
790
67%
1.c4
47
56%
1.d4
44
53%
1.Nf3
1
50%

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