Scouting report: Ioannis Papaioannou (GM, GRE)

975 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (972 classical, 3 rapid): 43% wins, 45% draws, 12% losses. FIDE rating 2608 standard, 2614 rapid, 2666 blitz. 104 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Ioannis Papaioannou

GM

Greeceborn 1976FIDE ID 4201345

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2580
2620
2660
2700
2632 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2666
2614
2608
2652peak, Aug 2017
975games
416wins, 43%
442draws, 45%
117losses, 12%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.3% average
Solid conversion: 91%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (70% in 353 games)

Play against Papaioannou's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 975 games

Openings

975 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d610 games, last played 2 months ago90.0%wins
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c515 games, last played 11 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 104 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
94.5%
Endgame
96.3%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
27%
14 err
22%
11 err
22%
11 err
18%
9 err
8%
4 err
4%
2 err
Critical moment
Move 25 avg
33%
1-15
33%
16-25
0%
26-35
33%
36-45
0%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 1-15. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
5
Few
Many
e4
5
b3
3
f6
3
b8
2
c1
2
e4/b3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#66
♛a5?? vs McShane
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#45
♛xc3?? vs Indjic
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#21
f4?? vs Kapnisis
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#25
♜b3?? vs Pavlidis
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#50
♛xd1?? vs Papadopoulos
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#39
♜h6?? vs Pultinevicius
Middlegame · OTB · 2023

Recent games

Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis(2570)

53rd Greek Team Championship 202... · 10 Jul 2026

½–½
Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros(2353)

53rd Greek Team Championship 202... · 9 Jul 2026

1–0
Gkoumas, Georgios(2439)

53rd Greek Team Championship 202... · 8 Jul 2026

½–½
Petkidis, Anthony(2420)

53rd Greek Team Championship 202... · 7 Jul 2026

1–0
Krallis, Christos(2424)

53rd Greek Team Championship 202... · 5 Jul 2026

½–½
McShane, Luke J(2614)

Round 7: McShane, Luke J - Papai... · 12 Oct 2025

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
975 games in scope
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498 games49%W43%D8%L
Move
1. d4
3532m
49%43%
70%
1. e4
9111m
52%42%
73%
1. ♞f3
374y
54%32%14
70%
1. c4
1213y
33%58%
63%
1. g3
424y
100%
50%
1. b3
1—
100%
100%

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