Scouting report: Matthieu Cornette (GM, FRA)

1,915 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,816 classical, 69 rapid, 30 blitz): 44% wins, 36% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2536 standard, 2546 rapid, 2471 blitz. 345 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Matthieu Cornette

GM

Franceborn 1985FIDE ID 620084

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2520
2560
2600
2581 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2546
2536
2471
2620peak, Mar 2018
1,915games
844wins, 44%
698draws, 36%
372losses, 19%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.1% average
High resilience (56%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 87%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (68% in 663 games)
Vulnerable to 1.g3 ♚ (only 40%)

Play against Cornette's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,915 games

Openings

1,915 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Slav: Semi-Slav1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♞f3 ♞f6 4.♞c3only 9 games, last played 12 years ago44.4%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f620 games, last played 8 months ago80.0%wins
Alekhine Defense1.e4 ♞f6 2.e5 ♞d510 games, last played 8 months ago80.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 345 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
94.0%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
21%
51 err
19%
46 err
17%
40 err
17%
40 err
16%
37 err
10%
24 err
Critical moment
Move 36 avg
8%
1-15
31%
16-25
15%
26-35
31%
36-45
15%
46+
31% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
Few
Many
c6
8
d5
8
e7
8
c4
7
d1
7
c6/d5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#20
♚e1?? vs Negre
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#26
♛g4+?? vs Martirosyan
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#28
♜d1?? vs Song
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#21
♞e8?? vs Ivic
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#41
♚h7?? vs Solodovnichenko
Endgame · Rapid · 2025
#23
♞c4?? vs Gatineau
Middlegame · Rapid · 2025

Recent games

Fressinet, Laurent(2608)

99th ch-FRA 2026 · 8 Aug 2026

½–½
Fressinet, Laurent(2608)

99th ch-FRA 2026 · 8 Aug 2026

0–1
Fressinet, Laurent(2608)

99th ch-FRA 2026 · 7 Aug 2026

½–½
Shahil Dey(2413)

400 Coups Festival 2026 · 18 Jul 2026

1–0
Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante(2394)

400 Coups Festival 2026 · 17 Jul 2026

½–½
Genzling, Alain(2352)

400 Coups Festival 2026 · 15 Jul 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,915 games in scope
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961 games51%W32%D17%L
Move
1. e4
6635w
52%31%17
68%
1. d4
1603m
47%37%16
65%
1. ♞f3
603y
57%28%15
71%
1. c4
502m
44%36%20
62%
1. ♞c3
262y
58%2319
69%
1. g3
125y
100%
100%
1. b3
1—
100%
50%

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