Putnam, Liam

USA USA·Born 2008·FIDE #30938279·1,102 Games

Classical25031,084 Games

Rapid23000 Games

Blitz244218 Games

Statistics

1102

Total

550

Wins

259

Draws

293

Losses

50%24%27%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.7% average

Solid conversion: 89%

Very consistent (89%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (74% in 86 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 350 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening97.0%

Middlegame93.9%

Endgame95.4%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%

Winning (+2 or more)95%

158 Games

Equal position95%

126 Games

Losing (-2 or more)89%

66 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

23%

69 errors

♙

20%

61 errors

♕

20%

62 errors

♞

15%

44 errors

♗

12%

35 errors

♔

11%

32 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 47average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

39% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

e519 err

f416 err

f512 err

b311 err

d611 err

e5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Shoker, Samy2442

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 25 May 2026

1-0

Karthi, Jashith2170

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 25 May 2026

0-1

Luger, Sam2201

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 24 May 2026

1-0

Song, Edward2391

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 24 May 2026

½-½

Khanin, Semen2597

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 23 May 2026

½-½

Sarana, Alexey2664

35th Chicago Open 2026 · 23 May 2026

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

Reti vs King's Indian

90.9%

11 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6

Queen's Gambit Declined

68.8%

16 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6

Black

Italian: Two Knights

70.0%

10 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

66.7%

15 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#54Rc1+??

Endgame

vs Bluebaum

OTB·2026

▶

#81Qe4??

Endgame

vs Martinez Alcantara

OTB·2026

▶

#34Qg4??

Tactics

vs Skvortsov

OTB·2026

▶

#29Nd5??

Tactics

vs Kaplan

OTB·2025

▶

#42Bf7??

Endgame

vs Koustav Chatterjee

OTB·2025

▶

#30Rg2??

Tactics

vs Brodsky

OTB·2025

▶

#15Nc5??

Tactics

vs Tang

OTB·2025

▶

#43Kh7??

Endgame

vs Bortnyk

OTB·2025

▶

#52Rxb4??

Endgame

vs Xu

OTB·2025

▶

#37h5+??

Tactics

vs Zeltsan

OTB·2025

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position

546 Games

54%23%23%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	255	64%
1.d4	169	62%
1.Nf3 Strong	86	74%
1.a4	10	60%
1.b3 Strong	6	83%
1.c4 Strong	5	80%
1.a3 Strong	5	80%
1.h4	3	33%
1.Nc3 Strong	2	100%
1.b4 Strong	1	100%
1.h3 Weak	1	0%
1.c3 Weak	1	0%
1.Nh3 Strong	1	100%
1.f3 Strong	1	100%

1.e4

64%

255

1.d4

62%

169

1.Nf3

74%

1.a4

60%

1.b3

83%

1.c4

80%

1.a3

80%

1.h4

33%

1.Nc3

100%

1.b4

100%

1.h3

1.c3

1.Nh3

100%

1.f3

100%

Putnam, Liam

Play against Putnam, Liam's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Reti vs King's Indian

Queen's Gambit Declined

Italian: Two Knights

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

Critical Blunders