Scouting report: Liam Putnam (IM, USA)

951 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (942 classical, 9 blitz): 50% wins, 22% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2499 standard, 2300 rapid, 2451 blitz. 377 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Liam Putnam

IM

United Statesborn 2008FIDE ID 30938279

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2000
2200
2400
2600
Peak2515
2304 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2499
2451
2300
2515peak, Jul 2026
951games
477wins, 50%
205draws, 22%
268losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
Solid conversion: 88%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (72% in 72 games)

Play against Putnam's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 951 games

Openings

951 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Reti vs King's Indian1.♞f3 ♞f6 2.c4 g610 games, last played 9 months ago90.0%wins
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞d210 games, last played 3 months ago70.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 377 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.0%
Middlegame
93.6%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
22%
83 err
22%
83 err
18%
70 err
15%
56 err
12%
45 err
11%
43 err
Critical moment
Move 45 avg
3%
1-15
3%
16-25
28%
26-35
24%
36-45
41%
46+
41% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
20
16
Few
Many
e5
20
f4
16
f5
15
d7
13
d4
12
e5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo(2650)

Move 41 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.7xd3??
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son(2600)

Move 39 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.5xc3??
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl(2626)

Move 30 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−4.2d8??
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo(2650)

Move 25 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−2.5h5??
Pranesh M(2632)

Move 29 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−2.6xe5??
Fier, Alexandr(2562)

Move 42 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−7.0d4+??
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo(2667)

Move 81 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−15.0e4??
Skvortsov, Andrei(2330)

Move 34 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.5g4??
Bluebaum, Matthias(2679)

Move 54 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−7.0c1+??
Kaplan, Avi Harrison(2339)

Move 29 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−4.1d5??

Recent games

Castro Lombana, Juan Pablo(2238)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 10 Sept 2026

0–1
Morlett Ovalle, Cris Sebastian(2009)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 10 Sept 2026

1–0
Takahashi Guevara, Javier Kazuo(2035)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 10 Sept 2026

0–1
Kolla Bhaavan(2190)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 10 Sept 2026

½–½
Aradhya, Garg(2430)

3rd 3-0 Thursday · 10 Sept 2026

1–0
Baghdasaryan, Vahe(2265)

Southern California Open · 7 Sept 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
951 games in scope
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1a
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471 games54%W21%D25%L
Move
1. e4
2152w
51%2326%
63%
1. d4
1442m
48%26%26%
61%
1. ♞f3
723w
63%1918
72%
1. a4
112w
64%36%
64%
1. c4
82m
75%25%
75%
1. b3
62y
83%17
83%
1. a3
53y
80%20
80%
1. h4
33y
33%67%
33%
1. ♞c3
24y
100%
100%
1. h3
13y
100%
0%
1. c3
13y
100%
0%
1. ♞h3
13y
100%
100%
1. f3
13y
100%
100%
1. b4
14y
100%
100%

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