Sturua, Zurab

GEO GEO·Born 1959·FIDE #13600095·1,312 Games

Classical24841,306 Games

Rapid24806 Games

Blitz24430 Games

Statistics

1312

Total

552

Wins

544

Draws

216

Losses

42%41%16%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.0% average

High resilience (58%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 87%

Very consistent (87%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 ♔ (75% in 56 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 166 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.2%

Middlegame94.4%

Endgame95.8%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%

Winning (+2 or more)95%

76 Games

Equal position95%

66 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

24 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

25%

28 errors

♞

24%

27 errors

♗

14%

15 errors

♙

14%

16 errors

♕

14%

15 errors

♔

10 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 41average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

40% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

d57 err

d35 err

f65 err

d84 err

e54 err

d5/d3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Reprintsev, Alexander2256

33rd World Senior 65+ · 1 Nov 2025

½-½

Renman, Nils-Gustaf2308

Round 10: Sturua, Zurab -... · 31 Oct 2025

1-0

Legky, Nikolay A2325

Round 9: Legky, Nikolay A... · 30 Oct 2025

½-½

Kozlov, Oleg2253

Round 8: Sturua, Zurab - ... · 29 Oct 2025

1-0

Mikhalevski, Alexander2411

33rd World Senior 65+ · 28 Oct 2025

½-½

Henttinen, Markku I.O.2197

FIDE World Senior Champio... · 26 Oct 2025

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

Sicilian: e6 Systems

58.3%

12 Games·Loses

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Strengths

AVOID

White

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

60.0%

20 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3

Queen's Gambit Declined

56.8%

37 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6

Black

Nimzo-Indian: Classical

50.0%

12 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2

Sicilian: d6 Systems

47.6%

21 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#38Kg8??

Tactics

vs Zapata

OTB·2024

▶

#47Rf6??

Endgame

vs Gratz

OTB·2023

▶

#17Bc4??

Tactics

vs Molina

OTB·2023

▶

#33Nb5??

Tactics

vs Paichadze

Rapid·2023

▶

#60Qg5??

Endgame

vs Nigalidze

Rapid·2023

▶

#53Rc2??

Endgame

vs Quparadze

Rapid·2023

▶

#38Qd5??

Tactics

vs Chaqryan

OTB·2023

▶

#32Rd4??

Tactics

vs Gharibyan

OTB·2022

▶

#60Rh4??

Endgame

vs Lobanov

OTB·2022

▶

#40Rd5??

Tactics

vs Davtyan

OTB·2022

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

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⚡ Rapid

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Starting Position

668 Games

51%36%13%

Move	Games	%
1.d4	368	68%
1.Nf3 Strong	121	71%
1.c4 Strong	109	72%
1.e4 Strong	56	75%
1.g3	14	57%

1.d4

68%

368

1.Nf3

71%

121

1.c4

72%

109

1.e4

75%

1.g3

57%

Sturua, Zurab

Play against Sturua, Zurab's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Sicilian: e6 Systems

Strengths

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

Queen's Gambit Declined

Nimzo-Indian: Classical

Sicilian: d6 Systems

Critical Blunders