GM

Ovetchkin, Roman

RUS RUS·Born 1973·FIDE #4119991·1,739 Games

Classical24491,694 Games
Rapid235537 Games
Blitz23358 Games

Statistics

1739

Total

831

Wins

449

Draws

459

Losses

48%26%26%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.2% average
Very consistent (85%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (73% in 82 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 49 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.6%
Middlegame92.4%
Endgame95.1%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%
Winning (+2 or more)93%
18 Games
Equal position94%
19 Games
Losing (-2 or more)88%
13 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

34%
23 errors
21%
14 errors
15%
10 errors
13%
9 errors
12%
8 errors
4%
3 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 32average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
100% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

2
2
2
4
9
3
4
10
2
2
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
f410 err
f59 err
d44 err
e54 err
h53 err
f4/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

W
Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton2339

World Senior Championship... · 28 Nov 2024

1-0
L
Shabalov, Alexander2447

World Senior Championship... · 27 Nov 2024

1-0
W
Piskov, Yury2442

World Senior Championship... · 26 Nov 2024

1-0
D
Vinter-Schou, Uffe2317

32. World Senior 50+ · 25 Nov 2024

½-½
W
Vedder, Richard2241

World Senior Championship... · 24 Nov 2024

1-0
L
Maksimenko, Andrei2403

World Senior Championship... · 22 Nov 2024

0-1

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White
Sicilian: Kan
46.7%
15 Games·Loses

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
Queen's Gambit Declined
69.2%
39 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6

Reti vs King's Indian
63.6%
11 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6

Black
Caro-Kann: Main Line
46.4%
56 Games·Wins

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

Catalan
50.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
#20Bf5??
Tactics
vs Vinter-Schou
OTB·2024
#51Qf2??
Endgame
vs Maksimenko
OTB·2024
#33Rdg6??
Tactics
vs Ruiz Aguilar
OTB·2024
#37Bxd4+??
Tactics
vs Zemlyanskii
OTB·2024
#33Qd1??
Tactics
vs Kezin
Rapid·2023
#47Nc5??
Endgame
vs Bezzubenkov
Rapid·2023
#40b5??
Endgame
vs Kozlov
OTB·2021
#15Nc5??
Tactics
vs Berdinskikh
OTB·2021
#54Bc2??
Endgame
vs Odegov
OTB·2021
#25Bb5+??
Tactics
vs Zasukhin
OTB·2021
Endgame Statistics

21 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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852 Games
52%24%24%
1.d4
62%
448
1.e4
66%
308
1.Nf3
73%
82
1.c4
65%
13
1.d3
0%
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