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GM

Zakhartsov, Vladimir

RUS RUS·Born 1997

FIDE OTB · #4145097 · 2,859 Games

Classical24592,062 g
Rapid2482413 g
Blitz2570384 g

Play against Zakhartsov's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

2859

Wins

1425

Draws

739

Losses

695
50%26%24%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.1% average
High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 89%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (71% in 138 games)
Vulnerable to 1.b3 ♚ (only 44%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 600 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
95.3%
Clutch Factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic Pieces
28%
111 err
19%
74 err
16%
62 err
15%
58 err
12%
46 err
12%
48 err
Critical Moment
Move 47 avg
4%
1-15
9%
16-25
22%
26-35
22%
36-45
43%
46+
43% of blunders after move 46 — keep the tension until then.
Error Heatmap
11
12
11
10
11
10
10
11
10
Few
Many
d5
12 err
e3
11 err
e5
11 err
f4
11 err
f6
11 err
d5/e3 account for most of the errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

2,859 Games

Weaknesses

— exploit these
aswhite53.8%Losses
Sicilian: Classical — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6
13 Games · last played 2 years agoPlay this line
aswhite41.2%Losses
Caro-Kann: Classical — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5
17 Games · last played 8 months agoPlay this line
asblack54.5%Losses
Ruy Lopez: Morphy — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
11 Games · last played 10 months agoPlay this line

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite60.2%Wins
King's Indian — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
98 Games · last played 6 months ago
aswhite61.0%Wins
French: Tarrasch — 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2
77 Games · last played 8 months ago
asblack45.9%Wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6
220 Games
asblack57.9%Wins
Caro-Kann: Advance — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5
19 Games

Critical Blunders

10 errors
Bg6??vs IljiushenokBlitz · 2025
Rc5??vs SmirnovBlitz · 2025
Bg7??vs ObgoltsBlitz · 2025
Kh3??vs TriapishkoBlitz · 2025
Bd8??vs TriapishkoRapid · 2025
Nc4??vs ObgoltsRapid · 2025
Ree6??vs KoshkarovaRapid · 2025
g5??vs KabanovRapid · 2025
Rd8??vs VastrukhinBlitz · 2025
Rb7??vs RezvyBlitz · 2025

Recent Games

Loss
Uskov, Artem(2521)

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 5 Mar 2026

1-0
Win
Ganiev, Artur(2306)

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 4 Mar 2026

0-1
Win
Mendonca, Leon Luke(2610)

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 4 Mar 2026

1-0
Draw
Bardyk, Artem(2390)

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 3 Mar 2026

½-½
Win
Bivol, Alina(2367)

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 2 Mar 2026

1-0
Draw
Obgolts, Erik(2351)

Aeroflot Open A 2026 · 2 Mar 2026

½-½

Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
1442 Games
54%25%21%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.d4
599
69%
1.e4
596
64%
1.c4Strong
138
71%
1.Nf3
86
65%
1.g3
17
47%
1.a3Strong
4
100%
1.c3Strong
1
100%
1.b4Strong
1
100%

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