Scouting report: Vasily Papin (GM, RUS)

1,362 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,238 classical, 68 rapid, 56 blitz): 40% wins, 37% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2477 standard, 2472 rapid, 2449 blitz. 89 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.03 blunders per game.

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Vasily Papin

GM

Russiaborn 1988FIDE ID 4143183

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2500
2477 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2477
2472
2449
2583peak, Sep 2011
1,362games
551wins, 40%
505draws, 37%
306losses, 22%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.3% average
High resilience (63%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 93%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 as ♔ (65% in 194 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 45%)

Play against Papin's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,362 games

Openings

1,362 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b515 games, last played 3 years ago73.3%wins
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞d214 games, last played 17 years ago71.4%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 89 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.6%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
23%
10 err
19%
8 err
19%
8 err
16%
7 err
16%
7 err
7%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 32 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
100%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
3
3
3
Few
Many
b5
3
d7
3
e2
3
h3
3
b6
2
b5/d7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#34
♛d7+?? vs Seyitmyradov
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#37
♞g4?? vs Ponkratov
Middlegame · Rapid · 2019
#59
♜e8?? vs Dashko
Endgame · Blitz · 2019
#27
bxa4?? vs Goltsev
Middlegame · Blitz · 2019
#38
♛c6?? vs Pogromsky
Endgame · Blitz · 2019
#35
♜cc7?? vs Volovich
Endgame · Blitz · 2019

Recent games

Sezdbekov, Ruslan(2283)

MSU Cup 2024 · 25 Apr 2024

0–1
Tojiboev, Shokhamir(1849)

MSU Cup 2024 · 24 Apr 2024

1–0
Kabilov, Amin(2200)

MSU Cup 2024 · 24 Apr 2024

1–0
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina(2281)

MSU Cup 2024 · 23 Apr 2024

½–½
Seyitmyradov, Serdar(1885)

MSU Cup 2024 · 23 Apr 2024

½–½
Siniauski, Artsiom(2166)

MSU Cup 2024 · 23 Apr 2024

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,362 games in scope
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680 games45%W37%D18%L
Move
1. d4
2453y
44%39%17
64%
1. c4
1942y
46%38%16
65%
1. e4
14512y
46%31%23
61%
1. ♞f3
913y
45%38%17
64%
1. b3
39y
100%
100%
1. c3
1—
100%
0%
1. g3
114y
100%
0%

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