Ponkratov, Pavel

RUS RUS·Born 1988·FIDE #4157800·4,098 Games

Classical25382,460 Games

Rapid2476858 Games

Blitz2560802 Games

Statistics

4098

Total

2039

Wins

1101

Draws

958

Losses

50%27%23%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.3% average

High resilience (62%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 84%

Very consistent (89%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.g3 ♔ (69% in 62 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 808 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening95.9%

Middlegame92.7%

Endgame94.8%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

251 Games

Equal position95%

175 Games

Losing (-2 or more)89%

74 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

23%

95 errors

♙

21%

87 errors

♕

16%

64 errors

♗

15%

61 errors

♞

15%

62 errors

♔

10%

39 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 38average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

38% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

f315 err

g514 err

d413 err

e312 err

e412 err

f3/g5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Lupolov, Boris2144

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 6 May 2026

0-1

Moskvinov, Prokhor2289

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 5 May 2026

½-½

Popov,Iv RUS2610

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 4 May 2026

0-1

Kozionov, Kirill2442

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 3 May 2026

½-½

Spizharny, Mikhail2365

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 1 May 2026

½-½

Iljiushenok, Ilia2495

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 30 Apr 2026

0-1

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

50.0%

12 Games·Loses

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

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

King's Indian: Classical

90.0%

10 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2

English: Anglo-Indian

75.0%

16 Games·Wins

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6

Black

Ruy Lopez: Schliemann

59.5%

37 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5

Italian: Two Knights

56.5%

62 Games·Wins

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

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

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Tactics

vs Esipenko

Blitz·2025

▶

#20Nf3??

Tactics

vs Nainys

Blitz·2025

▶

#25Bd7??

Tactics

vs Robson

Blitz·2025

▶

#25Nh6??

Tactics

vs Abdusattorov

Blitz·2025

▶

#20Qxd2??

Tactics

vs Sevian

Blitz·2025

▶

#9cxb5??

Tactics

vs Siddharth

Rapid·2025

▶

#31fxg5??

Tactics

vs Harikrishnan.A.Ra

Blitz·2025

▶

#41Rf8??

Endgame

vs Rakotomaharo

Blitz·2025

▶

#44Rff1??

Endgame

vs Nainys

Blitz·2025

▶

#53Re1??

Endgame

vs Khismatullin

OTB·2025

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

☰ All

♟ Classical

⚡ Rapid

🔥 Blitz

PRO

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Starting Position

2066 Games

54%25%21%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	994	68%
1.d4	562	66%
1.Nf3	214	60%
1.c4	205	67%
1.g3	62	69%
1.Nc3	15	57%
1.b3	8	50%
1.e3 Strong	2	100%
1.d3 Strong	2	100%
1.Na3 Strong	1	100%
1.f4 Strong	1	100%

1.e4

68%

994

1.d4

66%

562

1.Nf3

60%

214

1.c4

67%

205

1.g3

69%

1.Nc3

57%

1.b3

50%

1.e3

100%

1.d3

100%

1.Na3

100%

1.f4

100%

Ponkratov, Pavel

Play against Ponkratov, Pavel's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

Strengths

King's Indian: Classical

English: Anglo-Indian

Ruy Lopez: Schliemann

Italian: Two Knights

Critical Blunders