Sokolin, Leonid

USA USA·Born 1966·FIDE #2009161·618 Games

Classical2447580 Games

Rapid249319 Games

Blitz239419 Games

Statistics

618

Total

276

Wins

107

Draws

235

Losses

45%17%38%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.5% average

High resilience (63%): Dangerous even when losing

Very consistent (93%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 ♚ (73% in 20 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♔ (only 40%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 40 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.5%

Middlegame93.6%

Endgame95.8%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+3%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

15 Games

Equal position94%

18 Games

Losing (-2 or more)91%

7 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♗

30%

9 errors

♙

23%

7 errors

♕

17%

5 errors

♖

13%

4 errors

♞

10%

3 errors

♔

2 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 93average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

100% 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

c73 err

g43 err

a52 err

d62 err

e62 err

c7/g4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

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1-0

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½-½

Adams, Michael2672

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0-1

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½-½

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½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

Ruy Lopez: Closed

77.8%

9 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7

Ruy Lopez: Morphy

73.7%

19 Games·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

Slav Defense

92.3%

13 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6

King's Indian

68.8%

16 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6

Black

Nimzo-Indian

54.5%

11 Games·Wins

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

Sicilian: Sveshnikov

50.0%

22 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

6 errors

▶

#24f4??

Tactics

vs Root

OTB·2022

▶

#28Bb4??

Tactics

vs Williams

OTB·2022

▶

#63c7??

Endgame

vs Ivanov

OTB·2022

▶

#40c3??

Tactics

vs Chowdhari Partha Rajesh

OTB·2022

▶

#93Ne8??

Endgame

vs Fishbein

OTB·2021

▶

#50b6??

Endgame

vs Tarjan

OTB·2021

Endgame Statistics

20 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position

313 Games

49%12%39%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	194	47%
1.d4 Strong	103	72%
1.c4	10	40%
1.Nf3	6	67%

1.e4

47%

194

1.d4

72%

103

1.c4

40%

1.Nf3

67%

Sokolin, Leonid

Play against Sokolin, Leonid's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Ruy Lopez: Closed

Ruy Lopez: Morphy

Strengths

Slav Defense

King's Indian

Nimzo-Indian

Sicilian: Sveshnikov

Critical Blunders