Scouting report: Novak Pezelj (IM, SRB)

463 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (430 classical, 16 rapid, 17 blitz): 38% wins, 46% draws, 17% losses. FIDE rating 2455 standard, 2436 rapid, 2345 blitz. 138 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Novak Pezelj

IM

Serbiaborn 1983FIDE ID 927570

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2400
2500
2482 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2455
2436
2345
2496peak, Aug 2022
463games
174wins, 38%
212draws, 46%
77losses, 17%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.9% average
High resilience (68%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (64% in 129 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 44%)

Play against Pezelj's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 463 games

Openings

463 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

No consistent strengths detected as white

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 138 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.5%
Middlegame
93.9%
Endgame
95.5%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
19%
14 err
18%
13 err
18%
13 err
18%
13 err
15%
11 err
14%
10 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
17%
16-25
17%
26-35
33%
36-45
33%
46+
33% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
4
4
Few
Many
d3
4
e4
4
f6
4
b5
3
c5
3
d3/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#28
♜a6?? vs Popovic
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#43
♛xf6+?? vs Solymosi
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#35
♞xd4+?? vs Grigoriants
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#24
♜xb2?? vs Viskelis
Middlegame · Blitz · 2023
#53
♚h2?? vs Navara
Middlegame · Blitz · 2023
#23
a4?? vs Ragger
Middlegame · Rapid · 2023

Recent games

Seres, Lajos(2288)

Hungarian Team Championship 2025... · 10 May 2026

½–½
Papp, Gabor(2511)

Hungarian Team Championship 2025... · 9 May 2026

0–1
Kovacs, Gabor(2380)

Hungarian Team Championship 2025... · 8 May 2026

½–½
Berczes, David(2361)

Hungarian Team Championship 2025... · 8 Mar 2026

½–½
Slobodjan, Roman(2450)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 · 8 Feb 2026

1–0
Pultinevicius, Paulius(2529)

2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 · 7 Feb 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
463 games in scope
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1a
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226 games38%W49%D13%L
Move
1. e4
1294m
41%45%14
64%
1. d4
3912m
28%67%
62%
1. ♞f3
292y
41%45%14
64%
1. c4
299m
34%45%21
57%

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