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

GM

Armeniaborn 1981FIDE ID 13301250

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2380
2420
2460
2453 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2461
2453
2400
2580peak, Jul 2009
882games
408wins, 46%
230draws, 26%
244losses, 28%

Play style

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

Play against Kotanjian's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 882 games

Openings

882 games

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 8 years ago91.7%wins
Benoni1.d4 f6 2.c4 c515 games, last played 8 years ago73.3%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 26 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
95.4%
Clutch factor
+7%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
88%
Problematic pieces
22%
5 err
17%
4 err
17%
4 err
17%
4 err
13%
3 err
13%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
50%
26-35
50%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
Few
Many
e4
3
c4
2
e7
2
g3
2
g5
2
e4/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

5 errors
#37
g3?? vs Pourramezanali
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#70
xc5?? vs Khachatryan
Endgame · OTB · 2019
#66
e5?? vs Cherniaev
Endgame · OTB · 2019
#33
e1+?? vs Caruana
Middlegame · OTB · 2008
#30
a5?? vs Ivanchuk
Endgame · OTB · 2004

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

1–0
Sivuk, Vitaly(2600)

4th Yerevan Open A 2022 · 12 Oct 2022

½–½
Petrosian, Tigran L.(2612)

12th Asrian Memorial 2019 · 19 Jun 2019

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
882 games in scope
8
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6
5
4
3
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1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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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