Scouting report: Pier Luigi Basso (GM, ITA)

1,624 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,615 classical, 6 rapid, 3 blitz): 43% wins, 39% draws, 18% losses. FIDE rating 2500 standard, 2481 rapid, 2449 blitz. 826 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.05 blunders per game.

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Pier Luigi Basso

GM

Italyborn 1997FIDE ID 866970

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2500
2540
2493 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Oct
2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2500
2481
2449
2603peak, Sep 2020
1,624games
696wins, 43%
639draws, 39%
287losses, 18%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.2% average
High resilience (60%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 92%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (67% in 616 games)

Play against Basso's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,624 games

Openings

1,624 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 c525 games, last played 3 years ago80.0%wins
Benko Gambit1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b512 games, last played 3 years ago75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 826 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
94.4%
Endgame
95.6%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
26%
82 err
20%
64 err
18%
57 err
14%
44 err
13%
42 err
9%
29 err
Critical moment
Move 39 avg
8%
1-15
17%
16-25
29%
26-35
25%
36-45
21%
46+
29% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
10
9
9
11
9
10
10
Few
Many
g5
11
c5
10
e3
10
f4
10
a5
9
g5/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#40
e5?? vs Martinovici
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#48
b2?? vs Lodici
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#38
b4?? vs Lodici
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#62
g7+?? vs Dvirnyy
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#36
h7?? vs Barp
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#34
f6?? vs Brunello
Middlegame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Saric, Ante(2474)

57th Italian Teams Gp B · 28 Apr 2026

½–½
Janik, Igor(2504)

57th Italian Teams Gp B · 27 Apr 2026

½–½
Moroni,L(2551)

57th Italian Teams Gp B · 26 Apr 2026

½–½
Pfreundt, Jakob(2477)

57th Italian Teams Gp B · 25 Apr 2026

½–½
Godena, Michele(2543)

La Giostra della Rocca - ... · 14 Sept 2025

½–½
Lumachi, Gabriele(2336)

La Giostra della Rocca - ... · 14 Sept 2025

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,624 games in scope
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824 games48%W36%D16%L
Move
1. d4
6165m
49%37%14
67%
1. e4
1572y
43%37%20
61%
1. c4
282y
54%29%17
68%
1. f3
122y
45%45%
63%
1. b3
811y
75%25%
88%
1. a3
213y
100%
100%
1. f4
113y
100%
100%

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