GM

Iotov, Valentin

BUL BUL·Born 1988·FIDE #2906074·1,530 Games

Classical24851,527 Games
Rapid3 Games
Blitz25860 Games

Statistics

1530

Total

525

Wins

786

Draws

219

Losses

34%51%14%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 96.5% average
Very consistent (95%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 ♚ (65% in 36 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♔ (only 47%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 129 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening97.2%
Middlegame96.6%
Endgame97.4%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+3%
Winning (+2 or more)96%
5 Games
Equal position97%
119 Games
Losing (-2 or more)92%
5 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

38%
5 errors
31%
4 errors
23%
3 errors
8%
1 errors
0%
0 errors
0%
0 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 52average
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?

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1
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1
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1
1
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Many
Few
Critical squares
a71 err
b41 err
b61 err
d31 err
d51 err
a7/b4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Tulfer, Paul1884

Karapchanski (BUL) · 6 Mar 2022

½-½
D
Freeman, Michael Roy2531

Karapchanski (BUL) · 6 Mar 2022

½-½
D
Bokar, Jason2511

Karapchanski (BUL) · 6 Mar 2022

½-½
D
Cornejo, Wálter2522

Karapchanski (BUL) · 6 Mar 2022

½-½
D
Offringa, Tjaart2088

Karapchanski (BUL) · 6 Mar 2022

½-½
D
Schwenck, Mathias1965

EU/TC12/sf3 · 1 Aug 2021

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
King's Indian: Classical
71.4%
21 Games·Wins

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

King's Indian: Main Line
68.8%
32 Games·Wins

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

Black
Sicilian: e6 Systems
46.2%
145 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

3 errors
#73Rg8??
Endgame
vs Wang
OTB·2019
#50Re7??
Endgame
vs Sinha
OTB·2019
#30Ng3??
Tactics
vs Steingrimsson
OTB·2019
Endgame Statistics

17 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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775 Games
39%49%12%
1.d4
65%
566
1.e4
62%
161
1.c4
61%
33
1.Nf3
47%
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