What is Pavel Ponkratov's FIDE rating?

Pavel Ponkratov's FIDE rating is 2540 standard, 2480 rapid, 2555 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Pavel Ponkratov's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Pavel Ponkratov played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 3,773 over-the-board games by Pavel Ponkratov (2,298 classical, 787 rapid, 707 blitz), with 50% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Pavel Ponkratov's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Pavel Ponkratov?

Open Pavel Ponkratov's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Pavel Ponkratov's style, before facing them.

Pavel Ponkratov

Russiaborn 1988FIDE ID 4157800

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2595 · Sep 2023

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2555Blitz

2540Classical

2480Rapid

2662peak, Nov 2021

3,773games

1,876wins, 50%

1,022draws, 27%

875losses, 23%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2662 · Nov 2021

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 93.3% average

High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 85%

Very consistent (89%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(68% in 911 games)

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Based on

3,773 games

Based on 3,773 games

Openings

3,773 gamesBased on 3,773 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Vienna Game1.e4 e5 2.♞c3 ♞f612 games, last played 3 years ago50.0%losses

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞c3 ♝b4 4.e311 games, last played 2 weeks ago45.5%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

King's Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♝e210 games, last played 4 years ago90.0%wins

Sicilian: 2...♞c61.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6103 games, last played 3 months ago69.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 823 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 823 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

95.9%

Middlegame

92.7%

Endgame

94.8%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%238g

EqualEqual position

95%177g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

89%85g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

20%

100 err

20%

100 err

18%

90 err

17%

85 err

14%

72 err

10%

51 err

Critical moment

Move 39 avg

1-15

12%

16-25

33%

26-35

17%

36-45

33%

46+

33% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

154Errors mapped

d4 / e3Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1717 err

1616 err

d4/e3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#23

♝h1?? vs Esipenko

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#25

♝d7?? vs Robson

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#25

♞h6?? vs Abdusattorov

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#20

♛xd2?? vs Sevian

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#20

♞f3?? vs Nainys

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

cxb5?? vs Siddharth

Opening · Rapid · 2025