GM

Popov, Ivan

RUS RUS·Born 1990·FIDE #4170350·1,572 Games

Classical26101,097 Games
Rapid2577186 Games
Blitz2554289 Games

Statistics

1572

Total

704

Wins

595

Draws

273

Losses

45%38%17%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.6% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 ♔ (71% in 40 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 191 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.6%
Middlegame94.2%
Endgame95.4%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
77 Games
Equal position95%
93 Games
Losing (-2 or more)89%
21 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖
25%
25 errors
♔
18%
18 errors
♕
18%
18 errors
♞
16%
16 errors
♙
12%
12 errors
♗
10%
10 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 35average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
40% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

3
4
3
4
4
4
5
3
4
3
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
h35 err
c54 err
e34 err
f24 err
f64 err
h3/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

W
Puzyrevsky, Semyon2253

TCh-RUS Premier 2025 · 4 May 2025

1-0
D
Konovalov,N2498

TCh-RUS Premier 2025 · 3 May 2025

½-½
W
Gitelson, Arkady2308

TCh-RUS Premier 2025 · 2 May 2025

1-0
D
Bukreev, Stanislav2328

TCh-RUS Premier 2025 · 30 Apr 2025

½-½
W
Obgolts, Erik2377

TCh-RUS Premier 2025 · 29 Apr 2025

1-0
W
Parpiev, Isaak2380

TCh-RUS Premier 2025 · 28 Apr 2025

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
French: Tarrasch
82.4%
17 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

Scotch: Classical
80.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5

Black
Nimzo-Indian
53.8%
13 Games·Wins

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

Sicilian: d6 Systems
48.7%
39 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#18Qb3??
Tactics
vs Usov
OTB·2023
▶
#45Rxe4??
Endgame
vs Grebnev
Rapid·2022
▶
#28Qh4??
Tactics
vs Nesterov
Classical·2022
▶
#45Rh7??
Endgame
vs Malakhov
OTB·2022
▶
#40Qxf6??
Tactics
vs Demidov
Rapid·2022
▶
#36Qxh6+??
Tactics
vs Popov
Blitz·2022
▶
#22Rc7??
Tactics
vs Kryakvin
Blitz·2021
▶
#27Rad1??
Tactics
vs Faizrakhmanov
Blitz·2021
▶
#55Be3??
Endgame
vs Afanasiev
Blitz·2021
▶
#32Qxa6??
Endgame
vs Yuffa
OTB·2021
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire
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Starting Position
794 Games
55%32%13%
1.e4
70%
743
1.d4
71%
40
1.Nf3
86%
7
1.c4
0%
3
1.f4
100%
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