Scouting report: Abhimanyu Puranik (GM, IND)

1,892 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,733 classical, 93 rapid, 85 blitz): 50% wins, 28% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2629 standard, 2530 rapid, 2566 blitz, world #97. 793 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.05 blunders per game.

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Abhimanyu Puranik

GM

Indiaborn 2000FIDE ID 5061245

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2450
2550
2650
Peak2652
2611 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2629
2566
2530
2652peak, Nov 2024
1,892games
938wins, 50%
537draws, 28%
410losses, 22%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.2% average
High resilience (64%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 90%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (69% in 184 games)

Play against Puranik's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,892 games

Openings

1,892 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f612 games, last played 2 years ago50.0%losses
Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝g713 games, last played 5 months ago46.2%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞d230 games, last played 5 months ago70.0%wins
Reti: Double Fianchetto1.♞f3 ♞f6 2.g3 g626 games, last played 3 months ago61.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 793 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
94.0%
Endgame
95.7%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
25%
91 err
18%
64 err
18%
65 err
14%
52 err
13%
47 err
11%
41 err
Critical moment
Move 41 avg
5%
1-15
9%
16-25
27%
26-35
41%
36-45
18%
46+
41% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
14
14
13
13
16
Few
Many
e4
16
d6
14
d7
14
f5
13
f6
13
e4/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#36
♞xe3+?? vs Pranesh M
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#31
♛e6?? vs Vachier-Lagrave
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#29
♚h2?? vs Dominguez Perez
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#52
♚g5?? vs Duda
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#50
h4?? vs Pranesh M
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#24
e4?? vs Wang Hao (CHN)
Middlegame · OTB · 2026

Recent games

Fernandez, Daniel Howard(2530)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 2 Sept 2026

1–0
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy(2614)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

½–½
Levin, Guy(2465)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 31 Aug 2026

0–1
Warmerdam, Max(2539)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 30 Aug 2026

1–0
Predke, Alexandr(2598)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 29 Aug 2026

½–½
Saric, Ivan(2623)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 28 Aug 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,892 games in scope
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949 games54%W28%D18%L
Move
1. e4
5702w
53%29%18
67%
1. ♞f3
1843m
58%2220
69%
1. c4
1153m
55%28%17
69%
1. d4
612w
47%41%
66%
1. b3
195m
84%
87%

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