GM

Petkov, Vladimir

BUL BUL·Born 1971·FIDE #2901188·1,584 Games

Classical24381,567 Games
Rapid243117 Games
Blitz24360 Games

Statistics

1584

Total

780

Wins

523

Draws

279

Losses

49%33%18%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.1% average
High resilience (56%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 97%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (73% in 152 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 61 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.5%
Middlegame93.6%
Endgame95.1%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
31 Games
Equal position95%
22 Games
Losing (-2 or more)89%
8 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♞
22%
8 errors
♖
22%
8 errors
♗
19%
7 errors
♙
19%
7 errors
♕
11%
4 errors
♔
8%
3 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 45average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
50% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

2
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
1
1
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
c43 err
c53 err
d43 err
d52 err
e32 err
c4/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

W
Poley, Vladimir2288

PONTE DE LIMA CHESS TOURN... · 31 Mar 2026

1-0
W
Ribeiro, Rodrigo2145

PONTE DE LIMA CHESS TOURN... · 31 Mar 2026

0-1
D
Rasti, Arvin2256

PONTE DE LIMA CHESS TOURN... · 31 Mar 2026

½-½
L
Kacprzak, Karol1816

PONTE DE LIMA CHESS TOURN... · 31 Mar 2026

1-0
D
Kacprzak, Kacper2303

PONTE DE LIMA CHESS TOURN... · 31 Mar 2026

½-½
W
Silva, Miguel Antonio Neto2191

PONTE DE LIMA CHESS TOURN... · 31 Mar 2026

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
Reti: Gambit
75.0%
12 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6

King's Indian: Classical
68.8%
16 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5

Black
English vs 1...e5
72.7%
11 Games·Wins

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4

Sicilian: d6 Systems
54.5%
99 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

9 errors
▶
#34Kh1??
Tactics
vs Bernadskiy
OTB·2025
▶
#53Nd5??
Endgame
vs Galaviz Medina
OTB·2025
▶
#57Rfc8??
Endgame
vs Cacheiro Blanco
OTB·2025
▶
#35Qxc3??
Tactics
vs Silva Lucena
OTB·2025
▶
#43Rd3??
Endgame
vs Cabanas Lopez
OTB·2025
▶
#24Rxc5??
Tactics
vs Del Prado Rodriguez
OTB·2025
▶
#33Rd4??
Tactics
vs Larkin
OTB·2025
▶
#23bxc4??
Tactics
vs Ryabukhin
OTB·2025
▶
#35Bg3??
Tactics
vs Garrido Outon
OTB·2024
Endgame Statistics

16 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
807 Games
55%32%13%
1.d4
70%
621
1.Nf3
73%
153
1.e4
54%
24
1.c4
78%
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