Degraeve, Jean-Marc

GM

FRA FRA·Born 1971·FIDE #600270

2496Classical
2458Rapid
2415Blitz

Statistics

Total2,204
Wins1,040
Draws763
Losses399
47%35%18%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
High resilience (67%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 93%
Very consistent (87%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (70% in 1091 games)

Play against Degraeve's Twin

Uses their openings, level & style

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical · 183 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
93.9%
Endgame
96.0%
Clutch Factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic Pieces
27%
31 err
24%
28 err
14%
16 err
13%
15 err
13%
15 err
9%
11 err
Critical Moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
18%
16-25
27%
26-35
18%
36-45
36%
46+
36% of blunders occur after move 46 — keep tension until then.
Error Heatmap
8
Few
Many
f4
8 err
e6
6 err
d4
5 err
f7
5 err
e4
4 err
f4/e6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

2,204 games

Weaknesses

— exploit these

No significant weaknesses detected as white

asblack62.5%losses
Scotch Game — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
8 games · low samplePlay this line
asblack55.6%losses
Sicilian: Open — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4
9 games · low samplePlay this line

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite56.6%wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6136 g
aswhite63.6%wins
Pirc Defense — 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf633 g
asblack64.3%wins
King's Indian: Saemisch — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f314 g
asblack61.5%wins
Benko Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b513 g

Critical Blunders

10 errors
Rf6??vs MotuzOTB · 2025
Ke7??vs NezarOTB · 2025
Rb7??vs Durand-BenmoussaOTB · 2025
Kd4??vs ShiraziOTB · 2024
Qb8+??vs HejazipourOTB · 2024
Qc8??vs DudognonOTB · 2024
Qa7??vs GatineauOTB · 2024
Kf4??vs Vinter-SchouOTB · 2023
Qd7??vs PapadiamandisOTB · 2023
Qb3+??vs DecuigniereOTB · 2022

Recent Games

Draw
Utsab Chatterjee(2317)

40th Avoine Open 2026 · 26 Jul 2026

½-½
Win
Midy, Robin(2236)

40th Avoine Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026

1-0
Win
Dreyfus, Jacques(2150)

40th Avoine Open 2026 · 24 Jul 2026

0-1
Draw
Halegua, Dani(2180)

40th Avoine Open 2026 · 23 Jul 2026

½-½
Win
Ghazaryan,Gor(2100)

40th Avoine Open 2026 · 22 Jul 2026

0-1
Draw
Bustos Salinas, Thomas(2102)

40th Avoine Open 2026 · 21 Jul 2026

½-½

Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

PRO
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Move arrowsmost-played moves
SF18
1,130 games
53%34%13%
MovegamesPerf%
1.e4
1091
70%
1.d4
33
65%
1.c4
3
67%
1.Nf3
3
50%

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