Scouting report: Sebastien Cossin (IM, FRA)

411 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (410 classical, 1 rapid): 45% wins, 30% draws, 25% losses. FIDE rating 2502 standard. 11 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.09 blunders per game.

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Sebastien Cossin

IM

Franceborn 1986FIDE ID 618802

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2495 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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2025
Apr
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Oct
2026
Apr
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2502
2516peak, Jul 2013
411games
185wins, 45%
125draws, 30%
101losses, 25%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.2% average
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (67% in 70 games)

Play against Cossin's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 411 games

Openings

411 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
King's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g624 games, last played last year58.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 11 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.1%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
95.2%
Clutch factor
+7%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
40%
4 err
30%
3 err
20%
2 err
10%
1 err
0%
0 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 36 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
100%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
Few
Many
g5
2
b3
1
c3
1
c7
1
d5
1
g5/b3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

4 errors
#36
♜c3?? vs Hamitevici
Middlegame · OTB · 2019
#34
♛c7+?? vs Bauer
Middlegame · OTB · 2019
#27
♞b3?? vs Heimann
Middlegame · OTB · 2019
#65
♜e2?? vs Caruana
Endgame · OTB · 2009

Recent games

Utrera, Ludovic(2118)

Ronde 3: Cossin, Sebastien - Utr... · 1 Jun 2025

1–0
Karthikeyan, Murali(2596)

French Team Championship Top 12 ... · 27 May 2019

1–0
Kosten, Anthony C.(2419)

French Team Championship Top 12 ... · 26 May 2019

1–0
Balogh, Csaba(2598)

French Team Championship Top 12 ... · 25 May 2019

0–1
Hamitevici, Vladimir(2476)

French Team Championship Top 12 ... · 24 May 2019

0–1
Miezis, Normunds(2456)

French Team Championship Top 12 ... · 22 May 2019

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
411 games in scope
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1a
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g
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211 games49%W31%D20%L
Move
1. d4
1141y
46%35%19
64%
1. c4
707y
54%26%20
67%
1. ♞f3
167y
44%31%25%
59%
1. e4
1115y
55%27%18
68%

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