Scouting report: Tigran Kotanjian (GM, ARM)

882 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (881 classical, 1 rapid): 46% wins, 26% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2453 standard, 2461 rapid, 2400 blitz. 26 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Tigran Kotanjian

TitleGrandmasterFederationArmeniaBorn1981FIDE ID13301250

Classical2453
Rapid2461
Blitz2400
Games882
W · D · L46 / 26 / 28
Peak2580

Rating history

2380
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2460
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Oct 2023Nov 2026
Classical2453Rapid2461Blitz2400no games played
Accuracy by phase
96.9%Opening93.3%Middlegame95.4%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Elite accuracy: 93.1% average
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (65% in 387 games)

Recent games

Pourramezanali, Amirreza(2495)

4th Yerevan Open A 2022 · 16 Oct 2022

0–1
Petrosian, Tigran L.(2549)

4th Yerevan Open A 2022 · 15 Oct 2022

½–½
Goganov, Aleksey(2526)

4th Yerevan Open A 2022 · 14 Oct 2022

½–½
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil(2568)

4th Yerevan Open A 2022 · 13 Oct 2022

0–1
Sivuk, Vitaly(2600)

4th Yerevan Open A 2022 · 12 Oct 2022

½–½

Play against Kotanjian's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 882 games

Openings

452 games as White · scores 63.5%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Queen's Gambit Accepted1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc412 games, last played 9 years ago91.7%wins
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c515 games, last played 9 years ago73.3%wins

By family

open a family to see its lines
PRO
882 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 63.5%
7261.8%—
6963.0%—
6266.9%+3.4 pts
5465.7%—
4851.0%−12.5 pts
4564.4%—
2263.6%—
1580.0%—

Mistakes

Problematic pieces
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Critical moment
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Error heatmap · Critical squares
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Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
882 games in scope
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452 games51%W26%D23%L
Move
1. d4
3874y
53%25%22
65%
1. c4
489y
38%27%35%
51%
1. ♞f3
149y
43%43%14
64%
1. e4
34y
33%67%
17%

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