What is Manuel Apicella's FIDE rating?

Manuel Apicella's FIDE rating is 2448 standard, 2509 rapid, 2446 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Manuel Apicella's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Manuel Apicella played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 1,718 over-the-board games by Manuel Apicella (1,687 classical, 13 rapid, 18 blitz), with 40% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Manuel Apicella's Chess Stalker profile.

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Open Manuel Apicella's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Manuel Apicella's style, before facing them.

Manuel Apicella

Franceborn 1970FIDE ID 600164

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2509Rapid

2448Classical

2446Blitz

2555peak, Apr 2007

1,718games

685wins, 40%

684draws, 40%

349losses, 20%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2555 · Apr 2007

Play style

before facing themWhat 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 as

(67% in 777 games)

Vulnerable to 1.g3

(only 43%)

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Based on

1,718 games

Based on 1,718 games

Openings

1,718 gamesBased on 1,718 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Sicilian: Dragon1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞c3 g621 games, last played 16 years ago85.7%wins

Alekhine Defense1.e4 ♞f6 2.e5 ♞d518 games, last played 20 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 37 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 37 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.3%

Middlegame

93.9%

Endgame

95.7%

Clutch factor

+6%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

96%7g

EqualEqual position

94%19g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%11g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

24%

6 err

20%

5 err

20%

5 err

16%

4 err

16%

4 err

1 err

Critical moment

Move 36 avg

1-15

16-25

26-35

100%

36-45

46+

100% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

16Errors mapped

b5 / c3Hotspot zone

Critical squares

22 err

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

Critical blunders

4 errors · Stockfish

#22

♜e1?? vs Bluebaum

Middlegame · OTB · 2021

#38

♜e3?? vs Fantinel

Endgame · OTB · 2021

#65

♝c2?? vs Lagarde

Endgame · OTB · 2021

#34

♛g4?? vs Shirov

Middlegame · OTB

Recent games

1,718 games

Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B(2677)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 4 Jul 2021

½–½

Bluebaum, Matthias(2669)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 3 Jul 2021

0–1

Rodshtein, Maxim(2614)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 2 Jul 2021

½–½

Fantinel, Thibault(2380)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 1 Jul 2021

½–½

Lagarde, Maxime(2648)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 30 Jun 2021

½–½

Hamitevici, Vladimir(2456)

TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 29 Jun 2021

½–½

Endgame statistics

15 endgames (40.5%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

40.5%

15 / 37

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 : only 0% win rate (0 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

1,718 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

864 games47%W38%D15%L

864games in this linewon 47%, drew 38%, lost 15%

Move

1. e4

7775y

49%36%15

67%

1. c4

455y

33%47%20%

57%

1. d4

418y

24%56%20%

52%

1. ♞f3

1Jan 1993