What is Vahap Sanal's FIDE rating?

Vahap Sanal's FIDE rating is 2544 standard, 2539 rapid, 2552 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Vahap Sanal's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Vahap Sanal played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 3,874 over-the-board games by Vahap Sanal (3,419 classical, 183 rapid, 293 blitz), with 54% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Vahap Sanal's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Vahap Sanal?

Open Vahap Sanal'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 Vahap Sanal's style, before facing them.

Vahap Sanal

Türkiyeborn 1998FIDE ID 6300545

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2450

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2650

Peak2608

2603 · Sep 2023

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2552Blitz

2544Classical

2539Rapid

2608peak, Nov 2023

3,874games

2,104wins, 54%

699draws, 18%

1,067losses, 28%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2608 · Nov 2023

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.7% average

Solid conversion: 92%

Very consistent (89%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(67% in 1416 games)

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Based on

3,874 games

Based on 3,874 games

Openings

3,874 gamesBased on 3,874 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e513 games, last played last year46.2%losses

Italian: Giuoco Piano1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♝c524 games, last played 3 weeks ago41.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6202 games, last played 3 weeks ago59.4%wins

Reti: Reversed London1.♞f3 d5 2.g3 c617 games, last played 9 months ago76.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 812 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 812 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.5%

Middlegame

93.5%

Endgame

95.7%

Clutch factor

+4%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%214g

EqualEqual position

95%147g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%139g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

25%

111 err

21%

94 err

17%

79 err

14%

65 err

12%

54 err

11%

50 err

Critical moment

Move 47 avg

1-15

16-25

18%

26-35

28%

36-45

44%

46+

44% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

136Errors mapped

d4 / f3Hotspot zone

Critical squares

2020 err

1414 err

1313 err

d4/f3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#32

♛d5?? vs Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#27

♜c8?? vs Nakamura

Middlegame · OTB · 2026

#41

a6?? vs Carlsen

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#58

♜f2?? vs Duda

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#72

♜c8?? vs Carlsen

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#38

♚g3?? vs Sindarov

Endgame · OTB · 2026