Scouting report: Helgi Dam Ziska (GM, FAI)

775 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (664 classical, 38 rapid, 73 blitz): 49% wins, 33% draws, 18% losses. FIDE rating 2542 standard, 2583 rapid, 2563 blitz. 81 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Helgi Dam Ziska

GM

FAIborn 1990FIDE ID 7200595

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2520
2560
2600
2549 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2583
2563
2542
2555peak, Dec 2016
775games
380wins, 49%
257draws, 33%
137losses, 18%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.3% average
High resilience (58%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 87%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (70% in 343 games)

Play against Ziska's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 775 games

Openings

775 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝g712 games, last played 4 years ago75.0%wins
Vienna Game1.e4 e5 2.♞c3 ♞f613 games, last played 7 years ago69.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 81 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
92.7%
Endgame
94.1%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
22%
10 err
20%
9 err
20%
9 err
16%
7 err
13%
6 err
9%
4 err
Critical moment
Move 54 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
50%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
3
3
Few
Many
b5
3
c8
3
f6
3
c6
2
d2
2
b5/c8 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#67
♚e5?? vs Kuybokarov
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#52
b3?? vs Lee
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#38
♚g1?? vs Fedoseev
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#30
♜e7?? vs Apol
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#23
♞d2?? vs Szpar
Middlegame · Rapid · 2022
#49
♚d8?? vs Klekowski
Endgame · Rapid · 2022

Recent games

Novak, Attila Robert(2155)

TCh-Euro Small Nations · 21 Nov 2025

1–0
Isaakidis, Alexandros(2248)

Round 6: Isaakidis, Alexa... · 19 Nov 2025

1–0
Krieger, Markus(2168)

TCh-Euro Small Nations · 19 Nov 2025

1–0
Volpinari, Danilo(1955)

Round 5: Ziska, Helgi Dam... · 18 Nov 2025

1–0
Mooney, Graham(1918)

Round 4: Mooney, Graham -... · 17 Nov 2025

1–0
De La Riva Aguado, Oscar(2439)

Round 3: Ziska, Helgi Dam... · 17 Nov 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
775 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
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388 games54%W31%D15%L
Move
1. e4
34410m
55%30%15
70%
1. ♞f3
2710m
33%41%26%
54%
1. f4
916y
56%33%
72%
1. c4
64y
67%33%
83%
1. g3
28y
50%50%
25%

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