Scouting report: Petar Popovic (GM, SRB)

1,355 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,353 classical, 2 rapid): 33% wins, 48% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2431 standard, 2423 rapid, 2474 blitz. 26 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.08 blunders per game.

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Petar Popovic

GM

Serbiaborn 1959FIDE ID 900109

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2440
2480
2520
2431 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2474
2431
2423
2534peak, Apr 2002
1,355games
445wins, 33%
646draws, 48%
264losses, 19%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.3% average
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (65% in 654 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 41%)

Play against Popovic's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,355 games

Openings

1,355 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 g714 games, last played 7 years ago57.1%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 26 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.7%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
95.6%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
92%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
88%
Problematic pieces
22%
10 err
20%
9 err
17%
8 err
15%
7 err
15%
7 err
11%
5 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
50%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 1-15. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
Few
Many
d7
4
f7
3
b5
2
d2
2
d4
2
d7/f7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

5 errors
#6
d2?? vs Khramko
Opening · OTB · 2024
#31
e5?? vs Polgar
Middlegame · OTB
#30
dxc5?? vs Geller
Middlegame · OTB
#64
xg3?? vs Korchnoi
Endgame · OTB
#36
f7?? vs Korchnoi
Middlegame · OTB

Recent games

Khramko, Lev(1652)

Montenegro Youth Champion... · 15 Jun 2024

1–0
Braga, Fernando(2398)

GER · 7 Apr 2019

½–½
Klyuner, Vyacheslav(2433)

GER · 24 Mar 2019

0–1
Schlecht, Daniel, Dr.(2372)

GER · 24 Feb 2019

½–½
Krivonosov, Oleg(2394)

GER · 3 Feb 2019

½–½
Zatonskih, Anna(2428)

GER · 20 Jan 2019

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,355 games in scope
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1a
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692 games43%W43%D14%L
Move
1. e4
6542y
44%43%13
65%
1. g3
31Mar 1980
32%42%26%
53%
1. d4
2Jan 1977
50%50%
25%
1. a3
2Sept 1977
100%
100%
1. f3
2
50%50%
75%
1. c4
1
100%
50%

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