What is Pavel Kotsur's FIDE rating?

Pavel Kotsur's FIDE rating is 2484 standard, 2510 rapid, 2511 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Pavel Kotsur's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Pavel Kotsur played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 1,360 over-the-board games by Pavel Kotsur (1,218 classical, 25 rapid, 118 blitz), with 44% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Pavel Kotsur's Chess Stalker profile.

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Open Pavel Kotsur's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Pavel Kotsur's style, before facing them.

Pavel Kotsur

Kazakhstanborn 1974FIDE ID 13700278

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2478 · Sep 2023

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2511Blitz

2510Rapid

2484Classical

2607peak, Jul 2004

1,360games

598wins, 44%

470draws, 35%

292losses, 21%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2607 · Jul 2004

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.3% average

Low resilience (32%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(67% in 450 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4

(only 38%)

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Based on

1,360 games

Based on 1,360 games

Openings

1,360 gamesBased on 1,360 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞d244 games, last played 5 months ago61.4%wins

Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e653 games, last played 11 months ago58.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 79 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 79 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.6%

Middlegame

92.2%

Endgame

94.2%

Clutch factor

+7%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%35g

EqualEqual position

94%27g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

87%31g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

27%

32 err

22%

26 err

15%

18 err

15%

18 err

14%

17 err

8 err

Critical moment

Move 31 avg

1-15

18%

16-25

55%

26-35

27%

36-45

46+

55% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

48Errors mapped

c5 / f5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

77 err

66 err

55 err

44 err

c5/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#61

♛g7+?? vs Aitbayev

Endgame · OTB · 2022

#48

♝xa4?? vs Lysenko

Endgame · OTB · 2022

#24

♛h5?? vs Frolyanov

Middlegame · Blitz · 2022

#60

♝e8?? vs Ansat

Endgame · OTB · 2021

#52

♞e6?? vs Bivol

Middlegame · OTB · 2021

#22

♜f5?? vs Tsvetkov

Middlegame · OTB · 2021

Recent games

1,360 games

Ornolfsson, Magnus P.(2163)

World Senior Teams +50 · 28 Apr 2026

1–0

Stanojoski, Zvonko(2362)

World Senior Teams +50 · 27 Apr 2026

½–½

Shabalov, Alexander(2433)

World Senior Teams +50 · 26 Apr 2026

½–½

Gravel, Simon(2264)

World Senior Teams +50 · 25 Apr 2026

1–0

Godena, Michele(2444)

World Senior Teams +50 · 23 Apr 2026

½–½

Gormally, Daniel W(2376)

World Senior Teams +50 · 22 Apr 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

70 endgames (51.9%) · force Rook+Bishop vs Rook+Knight (28%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

51.9%

70 / 135

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Rook+Bishop vs Rook+Knight: only 28% win rate (18 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

1,360 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

690 games49%W33%D18%L

690games in this linewon 49%, drew 33%, lost 18%

Move

1. e4

4505m

50%33%17

67%

1. d4

842y

46%35%19%

64%

1. ♞f3

815m

51%31%18%

66%

1. c4

732y

47%33%20%

63%

1. ♞c3

118y

100%

50%

1. e3

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