Scouting report: Pavel Kotsur (GM, KAZ)

1,360 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,129 classical, 25 rapid, 206 blitz): 44% wins, 35% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2484 standard, 2510 rapid, 2511 blitz. 79 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.09 blunders per game.

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Pavel Kotsur

TitleGrandmasterFederationKazakhstanBorn1974FIDE ID13700278

Classical2484
Rapid2510
Blitz2511
Games1,360
W · D · L44 / 35 / 21
Peak2607

Rating history

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Classical2484Rapid2510Blitz2511no games played
Accuracy by phase
96.6%Opening92.2%Middlegame94.2%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

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%)

Recent 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

Play against Kotsur's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,360 games

Openings

690 games as White · scores 65.8%

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 6 months ago61.4%wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 e653 games, last played 12 months ago58.5%wins

By family

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PRO
1,360 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 65.8%
21766.6%—
8366.3%—
7363.0%—
5372.6%+6.8 pts
5154.9%−10.9 pts
4565.6%—
3368.2%—
2161.9%−3.9 pts

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
1,360 games in scope
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690 games49%W33%D18%L
Move
1. e4
4506m
50%33%17
67%
1. d4
842y
46%35%19
64%
1. ♞f3
816m
51%31%18
66%
1. c4
732y
47%33%20
63%
1. ♞c3
118y
100%
50%
1. e3
1—
100%
100%

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