Scouting report: Magesh Chandran Panchanathan (GM, IND)

986 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (963 classical, 10 rapid, 13 blitz): 46% wins, 32% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2444 standard, 2400 rapid, 2393 blitz. 147 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.05 blunders per game.

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Magesh Chandran Panchanathan

GM

Indiaborn 1983FIDE ID 5007429

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2360
2400
2440
2480
2520
2466 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2444
2400
2393
2586peak, Sep 2011
986games
449wins, 46%
314draws, 32%
223losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.1% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (87%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (71% in 173 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 41%)

Play against Panchanathan's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 986 games

Openings

986 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Reti: KIA1.♞f3 d5 2.g3 ♞f625 games, last played 9 months ago64.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 147 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.0%
Middlegame
93.6%
Endgame
95.4%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
35%
44 err
16%
20 err
14%
18 err
13%
17 err
12%
15 err
10%
13 err
Critical moment
Move 39 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
62%
26-35
12%
36-45
25%
46+
62% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
8
Few
Many
e2
8
f3
6
c5
5
e8
5
f4
5
e2/f3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#37
♜xb6?? vs Meadors
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#28
♜b8?? vs Sinkar
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#40
♚g1?? vs Poh
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#24
♞xb4?? vs Chen
Middlegame · Rapid · 2025
#24
♜d2?? vs Vemparala
Endgame · Blitz · 2025
#40
♚d6?? vs Rappazzo
Endgame · Blitz · 2025

Recent games

Preotu, Razvan(2485)

Carolinas Classic 2026 · 14 Jun 2026

1–0
Santosh, Saharsh(2196)

Carolinas Classic 2026 · 13 Jun 2026

1–0
Peatman, Carter(2080)

Carolinas Classic 2026 · 13 Jun 2026

1–0
Singh, Ian Avery(2046)

Carolinas Classic 2026 · 12 Jun 2026

1–0
Jonsson, Gauti Pall(2133)

Reykjavik Open 2026 · 31 Mar 2026

½–½
ADU, Oladapo(2173)

Reykjavik Open 2026 · 27 Mar 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
986 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
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505 games53%W29%D18%L
Move
1. e4
2446m
52%29%19
67%
1. ♞f3
1733m
56%29%15
71%
1. d4
456m
49%2427%
61%
1. c4
353m
46%34%20
63%
1. b3
82y
38%25%37%
50%

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