GM

Kotsur, Pavel

KAZ KAZ·Born 1974·FIDE #13700278·1,419 Games

Classical24781,271 Games
Rapid251026 Games
Blitz2511123 Games

Statistics

1419

Total

626

Wins

486

Draws

307

Losses

44%34%22%

Play Style

What 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 ♔ (67% in 464 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 37%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 79 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.6%
Middlegame92.2%
Endgame94.2%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+7%
Winning (+2 or more)94%
35 Games
Equal position94%
27 Games
Losing (-2 or more)87%
31 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖
27%
32 errors
♗
22%
26 errors
♙
15%
18 errors
♕
15%
18 errors
♞
14%
17 errors
♔
7%
8 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 31average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
55% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

4
4
6
7
4
6
5
4
4
4
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
c57 err
f56 err
f66 err
c45 err
c24 err
c5/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Georgiev, Kiril2528

Round 11: Georgiev, Kiril... · 1 Nov 2025

½-½
W
Seul, Georg2328

Round 10: Kotsur, Pavel -... · 31 Oct 2025

1-0
W
Estrada Nieto, Julian2171

Round 9: Estrada Nieto, J... · 30 Oct 2025

0-1
D
Raetsky, Alexander2297

Round 8: Kotsur, Pavel - ... · 29 Oct 2025

½-½
D
Borgo, Giulio2277

Round 7: Borgo, Giulio - ... · 28 Oct 2025

½-½
W
Santanna, Paulo2013

Round 6: Kotsur, Pavel - ... · 26 Oct 2025

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
French: Tarrasch
64.4%
45 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

Sicilian: e6 Systems
60.0%
55 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Black
Sicilian: Classical
55.0%
40 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#61Qg7+??
Endgame
vs Aitbayev
OTB·2022
▶
#48Bxa4??
Endgame
vs Lysenko
OTB·2022
▶
#24Qh5??
Tactics
vs Frolyanov
Blitz·2022
▶
#60Be8??
Endgame
vs Ansat
OTB·2021
▶
#52Ne6??
Endgame
vs Bivol
OTB·2021
▶
#22Rf5??
Tactics
vs Tsvetkov
OTB·2021
▶
#31Qb5??
Tactics
vs Berdnyk
OTB·2021
▶
#28Nc4+??
Tactics
vs Shevchenko
OTB·2021
▶
#41Ne4??
Endgame
vs Polivanov
OTB·2021
▶
#23Rd1??
Tactics
vs Shinkarev
OTB·2021
Endgame Statistics

22 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
724 Games
50%32%18%
1.e4
67%
464
1.Nf3
67%
94
1.d4
63%
88
1.c4
65%
76
1.Nc3
50%
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1.e3
100%
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