GM

Ghazarian, Kirk

USA USA·Born 2006·FIDE #30908604·861 Games

Classical2546824 Games
Rapid0 Games
Blitz237737 Games

Statistics

861

Total

361

Wins

265

Draws

235

Losses

42%31%27%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.1% average
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (71% in 17 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 46%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 352 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.7%
Middlegame94.2%
Endgame95.6%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+3%
Winning (+2 or more)94%
115 Games
Equal position95%
164 Games
Losing (-2 or more)92%
73 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

23%
50 errors
23%
51 errors
15%
34 errors
13%
29 errors
13%
28 errors
13%
29 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 42average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
67% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

10
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8
8
7
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11
7
10
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abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
e411 err
b510 err
d310 err
d48 err
f58 err
e4/b5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Hardaway, Brewington2522

Round 7: Hardaway, Brewin... · 7 Nov 2025

½-½
W
Bauer, Christian2550

Round 6: Ghazarian, Kirk ... · 6 Nov 2025

1-0
W
Bauer,Ch2550

28th OIBM 2025 · 6 Nov 2025

1-0
W
Delitzsch, Juergen2144

Round 5: Delitzsch, Juerg... · 5 Nov 2025

0-1
W
Felix, Raphael2290

28. Bavarian Internationa... · 4 Nov 2025

1-0
D
Nithin Babu2310

28. Bavarian Internationa... · 3 Nov 2025

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black
Sicilian: Classical
66.7%
9 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6

Strengths

AVOID
White
Sicilian: d6 Systems
68.8%
16 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Queen's Gambit Declined
60.0%
20 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6

Black

No consistent strengths detected as Black

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
#37Ra4??
Tactics
vs Nithin Babu
OTB·2025
#51b5??
Endgame
vs Balaji
OTB·2024
#57Kxb3??
Endgame
vs Quesada Perez
OTB·2024
#60Rd4??
Endgame
vs Kavutskiy
OTB·2024
#14Ra1??
Tactics
vs Merario Alarcon
OTB·2024
#53Ke4??
Endgame
vs Engesser
OTB·2023
#57Kf3??
Endgame
vs Fischer
OTB·2023
#46Rf5??
Endgame
vs Sadhwani
OTB·2023
#45f3??
Endgame
vs Xiong
OTB·2023
#55d4??
Endgame
vs Mei
OTB·2023
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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426 Games
49%30%21%
1.d4
60%
231
1.e4
69%
121
1.c4
70%
49
1.Nf3
71%
17
1.a3
75%
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1.b3
0%
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1.e3
50%
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1.g3
100%
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