Scouting report: Chen Lin (GM, CHN)

519 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (495 classical, 24 rapid): 30% wins, 45% draws, 24% losses. FIDE rating 2466 standard, 2458 rapid, 2493 blitz. 81 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.11 blunders per game.

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Chen Lin

GM

Chinaborn 1988FIDE ID 8602298

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2520
2494 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2493
2466
2458
2533peak, Jan 2016
519games
158wins, 30%
234draws, 45%
127losses, 24%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.3% average
Low resilience (29%): Doesn't save lost positions
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (88%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (57% in 224 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♚ (only 46%)

Play against Lin's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 519 games

Openings

519 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 81 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
95.0%
Endgame
96.5%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
22%
9 err
20%
8 err
20%
8 err
17%
7 err
15%
6 err
7%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 30 avg
17%
1-15
33%
16-25
33%
26-35
0%
36-45
17%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
Few
Many
e4
4
e5
3
f5
3
b5
2
b8
2
e4/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#25
e1?? vs Bai
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#26
c4?? vs Meng
Middlegame · Classical · 2024
#23
d1?? vs Wen
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#67
f8?? vs Peng
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#24
e1+?? vs Fang
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#37
e5?? vs Ma
Endgame · Rapid · 2022

Recent games

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½–½
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0–1
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½–½
Nie, Xinyang(2406)

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1–0
Bu, Xiangzhi(2684)

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0–1
Chen, Zhi(2157)

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1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
519 games in scope
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1a
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255 games35%W46%D19%L
Move
1. e4
2242y
32%49%19
57%
1. d4
221y
45%2332%
57%
1. f3
53y
80%20
90%
1. b3
24y
100%
100%
1. c3
13y
100%
50%
1. g3
113y
100%
100%

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