FM Pavel Plotnikov Full name Pavel Plotnikov Born 1986 (age 40) Place of birth Federation Russia Retired Profiles Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (3 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Bishop Attack, Classical Defense (2 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation (2 games) Sicilian Defense: French Variation (2 games) Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč Variation (2 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Knight Variation, Two Knights Variation (2 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (1 games) Dutch Defense: Classical Variation (1 games) French Defense: Exchange Variation (1 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (1 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Sergei Zhigalko (2967) Pavel Plotnikov (2544) 1-0 43 2025 Nikolozi Kacharava (2810) Pavel Plotnikov (2549) 1-0 34 2025 Yan Domin (2713) Pavel Plotnikov (2515) 1-0 52 2025 Andrew Tang (2982) Pavel Plotnikov (2520) 1-0 27 2025 Jegor Lashkin (2893) Pavel Plotnikov (2502) 1-0 32 2025 Oleg Badmatsyrenov (2742) Pavel Plotnikov (2413) 1-0 47 2025 Rafael Leitao (2747) Pavel Plotnikov (2428) 1-0 22 2024 Or Bronstein (2730) Pavel Plotnikov (2406) 0-1 42 2024 Diana Mirza (1944) Pavel Plotnikov (2447) 0-1 33 2024 Avery Yu (2173) Pavel Plotnikov (2448) 0-1 45 2024 Show All Games