Apicella, Manuel

FRA FRA·Born 1970·FIDE #600164·1,763 Games

Classical24481,730 Games

Rapid250914 Games

Blitz244619 Games

Statistics

1763

Total

706

Wins

699

Draws

358

Losses

40%40%20%

Play Style

What you need to know 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

Opening96.3%

Middlegame93.9%

Endgame95.7%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%

Winning (+2 or more)96%

7 Games

Equal position94%

19 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

11 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♙

24%

6 errors

♗

20%

5 errors

♕

20%

5 errors

♔

16%

4 errors

♖

16%

4 errors

♞

1 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 36average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

100% of blunders occur between move 36-45. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

b52 err

c32 err

e12 err

e32 err

f42 err

b5/c3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B2677

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 4 Jul 2021

½-½

Bluebaum, Matthias2669

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 3 Jul 2021

0-1

Rodshtein, Maxim2614

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 2 Jul 2021

½-½

Fantinel, Thibault2380

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 1 Jul 2021

½-½

Lagarde, Maxime2648

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 30 Jun 2021

½-½

Hamitevici, Vladimir2456

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 29 Jun 2021

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

Sicilian: Dragon

85.7%

21 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6

French: Winawer

60.4%

53 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

Black

Sicilian: Rossolimo

69.2%

13 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

Sicilian: Classical

63.2%

19 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

4 errors

▶

#22Re1??

Tactics

vs Bluebaum

OTB·2021

▶

#38Re3??

Tactics

vs Fantinel

OTB·2021

▶

#65Bc2??

Endgame

vs Lagarde

OTB·2021

▶

#34Qg4??

Tactics

vs Shirov

OTB

Endgame Statistics

16 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

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Starting Position

882 Games

47%38%15%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	790	67%
1.c4	47	56%
1.d4	44	53%
1.Nf3	1	50%

1.e4

67%

790

1.c4

56%

1.d4

53%

1.Nf3

50%

Apicella, Manuel

Play against Apicella, Manuel's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Sicilian: Dragon

French: Winawer

Sicilian: Rossolimo

Sicilian: Classical

Critical Blunders