Scouting report: Baris Esen (GM, TUR)

1,044 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,032 classical, 12 rapid): 39% wins, 41% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2446 standard, 2564 blitz. 41 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Baris Esen

GM

Türkiyeborn 1986FIDE ID 6302114

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
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2580
2465 · Sep 2023
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2564
2446
2593peak, Sep 2014
1,044games
406wins, 39%
431draws, 41%
207losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.2% average
Low resilience (29%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (66% in 435 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 43%)

Play against Esen's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,044 games

Openings

1,044 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c519 games, last played 10 years ago63.2%wins
Queen's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞f3 b630 games, last played 2 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 41 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
93.9%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
37%
21 err
21%
12 err
14%
8 err
12%
7 err
12%
7 err
4%
2 err
Critical moment
Move 30 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
Few
Many
e6
4
f4
3
h5
3
c1
2
e7
2
e6/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Daghan, Devran(2081)

Move 41 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−2.7e7??
Lobanov, Sergei(2531)

Move 24 · Middlegame · OTB · 2022

−2.8b7??
Yu, Yangyi(2708)

Move 35 · Endgame · OTB · 2022

−2.8g6??
Annaberdiyev, Meylis(2515)

Move 28 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−2.5f8??
Saric, Ivan(2681)

Move 69 · Endgame · OTB · 2019

−32.6f4??
Aronian, Levon(2783)

Move 23 · Middlegame · OTB · 2010

−3.1d2??

Recent games

Erdogdu, Aziz Mert(2413)

Turkish Team Championship 1st Le... · 21 Jul 2024

1–0
Garayev, Kanan(2329)

Turkish Team Championship 1st Le... · 20 Jul 2024

½–½
Yelken, Mustafa(2159)

Turkish Team Championship 1st Le... · 19 Jul 2024

1–0
Pacher, Milan(2384)

Turkish Team Championship 1st Le... · 19 Jul 2024

½–½
Kilicaslan, Hasan(2237)

Turkish Team Championship 1st Le... · 16 Jul 2024

½–½
Burcu, Cagatay(2269)

Turkish Team Championship 1st Le... · 15 Jul 2024

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,044 games in scope
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542 games44%W42%D14%L
Move
1. d4
4352y
44%43%13
66%
1. ♞f3
637y
40%44%16
62%
1. e4
337y
52%27%21
65%
1. c4
1111y
36%27%37%
50%

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