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Petkov, Vladimir

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

Classical24141,567 Games
Rapid244617 Games
Blitz24360 Games

Play against Petkov, Vladimir's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

1584

Wins

780

Draws

523

Losses

279
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 · 62 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
93.7%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch Factor — Move accuracy when winning vs. equal vs. losing — does their level drop when the game turns against them?
+6%
Winning (+2 or more)
95%32g
Equal position
95%22g
Losing (-2 or more)
89%8g
Performance under pressure
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 45 average
0%
0%
50%
0%
50%
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?
3
3
3
Few
Many
Critical squares
c4
3 err
c5
3 err
d4
3 err
d5
2 err
e3
2 err
c4/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

— exploit these lines

No significant weaknesses detected as White

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

— avoid these lines
White75.0%Wins
Reti: Gambit — 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e612 Games · last played 5 years ago
White68.8%Wins
King's Indian: Classical — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e516 Games · last played 4 years ago
Black72.7%Wins
English vs 1...e5 — 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb411 Games · last played 9 months ago
Black54.5%Wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d699 Games · last played 2 years ago

Critical Blunders

9 errors · Stockfish
Kh1??vs BernadskiyOTB · 2025
Nd5??vs Galaviz MedinaOTB · 2025
Rfc8??vs Cacheiro BlancoOTB · 2025
Qxc3??vs Silva LucenaOTB · 2025
Rd3??vs Cabanas LopezOTB · 2025
Rxc5??vs Del Prado RodriguezOTB · 2025
Rd4??vs LarkinOTB · 2025
bxc4??vs RyabukhinOTB · 2025
Bg3??vs Garrido OutonOTB · 2024

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Endgame Statistics

PRO16 endgame categories analyzed
Endgame Statistics
Reveal weaknesses →
Repertoire
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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
807 Games
55%32%13%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.d4Strong
621
70%
1.Nf3Strong
153
73%
1.e4
24
54%
1.c4Strong
9
78%

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