GM

Khmelniker, Ilya

ISR ISR·Born 1985·FIDE #2805340·480 Games

Classical2441466 Games
Rapid237914 Games
Blitz24140 Games

Statistics

480

Total

169

Wins

183

Draws

128

Losses

35%38%27%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 91.7% average
Low resilience (33%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 ♔ (64% in 211 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 33%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 60 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.2%
Middlegame93.7%
Endgame95.8%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%
Winning (+2 or more)91%
16 Games
Equal position95%
26 Games
Losing (-2 or more)87%
18 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♕
27%
11 errors
♖
27%
11 errors
♙
20%
8 errors
♞
17%
7 errors
♗
7%
3 errors
♔
2%
1 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 32average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
40% of blunders occur between move 16-25. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
b73 err
b42 err
b62 err
d42 err
e22 err
b7/b4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

W
Uritsky, Yonathan2320

Israel Team Championship ... · 6 Feb 2026

1-0
D
Alekseev, Evgeny2517

Israel Team Championship ... · 30 Jan 2026

½-½
L
Baron, Tal2435

Israel Team Championship ... · 7 Mar 2025

1-0
L
Bakalchuk, Johnatan2438

Israel Team Championship ... · 28 Feb 2025

0-1
D
Tulchynskyi, Feliks2291

TCh-ISR 2025 · 7 Feb 2025

½-½
D
Lev, Ronen2338

Israel Teams Championship... · 18 Jan 2025

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White

No consistent strengths detected as White

Black
Italian: Giuoco Piano
50.0%
12 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

8 errors
▶
#14Nxc5??
Tactics
vs Mesropov
OTB·2024
▶
#58Rd2??
Endgame
vs Mikhalevski
OTB·2024
▶
#55Qg5+??
Endgame
vs Zoler
OTB·2020
▶
#58g4??
Endgame
vs Sivuk
OTB·2019
▶
#24Qd8??
Tactics
vs Goikhman
OTB·2019
▶
#26Nb3??
Tactics
vs Postny
OTB·2019
▶
#32Rb7??
Tactics
vs Shvidler
OTB·2019
▶
#27b6??
Tactics
vs Grischuk
OTB·2006
Endgame Statistics

15 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
236 Games
45%37%18%
1.d4
65%
211
1.c4
60%
20
1.Nf3
60%
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