Player profile

Motuz, Karol

Standard: 2252 Rapid: 2297 Blitz: 2201 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 14902621 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: SVK Sex: M Birth Year: 1961 Age: 65
Title: FM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 106 Wins: 39 (37%) Draws: 46 (43%) Losses: 21 (20%)
Dossier

96 of 106 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 91.8%
Opened d4: 27/44Opened c4: 9/44Opened e4: 5/44Opened Nf3: 3/44
Castled kingside: 75Same-side castling: 73Did not castle: 10Opposite-side castling: 4Castled queenside: 3
Played in the center: 32Played on the queenside: 29Fianchettoed queenside: 22Fianchettoed kingside: 21Played on the kingside: 19
Active pieces: 69Space advantage: 59Kept the bishop pair: 56Backward pawn: 52Initiated exchanges: 52Sacrificed material: 42Isolated pawn: 37Avoided exchanges: 20Accepted short draws: 15Missed tactics: 13
Openings

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As White 49 games 18W 24D 7L
Queen's Gambit Declined 11 games 1W 8D 2L
Vienna Variation 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Quiet Variation 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Ragozin Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Pseudo-Tarrasch 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Cambridge Springs Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bogoljubow Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Harrwitz Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Defense 8 games 5W 3D 0L
Kramer Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Immediate Fianchetto 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Classical Fianchetto 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Yugoslav Variation, Exchange Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 7 games 3W 3D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Mecking Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Benoni Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ultra-Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Botvinnik System Reversed, with e3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Agincourt Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 4 games 0W 4D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Check Variation, Intermezzo Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Spassky System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Morphy Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anderssen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sicilian Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Colle System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Traditional Colle 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Zukertort Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Brinckmann Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Quiet System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Standard Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Two Knights Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Delayed Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benko Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 49 games 18W 20D 11L
English Opening 8 games 2W 3D 3L
Symmetrical Variation 6 games 2W 3D 1L
Three Knights Variation 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Hedgehog Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ultra-Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Agincourt Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Catalan Defense Accepted 2 games 0W 0D 2L
French Defense 8 games 2W 5D 1L
Tarrasch Variation 4 games 0W 3D 1L
Morozevich Variation 4 games 0W 3D 1L
Classical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Burn Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Shirov-Anand Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Steinitz Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sicilian Defense 5 games 4W 1D 0L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Modern Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Alapin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Staunton-Cochrane Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 5 games 3W 0D 2L
Closed 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Zaitsev System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Martinez Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Morphy Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Tarrasch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anderssen Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Open 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 4 games 0W 3D 1L
Open Defense 4 games 0W 3D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 0W 3D 1L
Queen's Gambit Declined 3 games 0W 0D 3L
Orthodox Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bd3 Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Harrwitz Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Fianchetto Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Reshevsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Dutch Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Classical Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Stonewall Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Sicilian Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Wahls Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Stoltz Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Accelerated Move Order 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Scotch Variation Accepted 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Italian Game 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Evans Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tartakower Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Two Knights Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Furman Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kingside Fianchetto 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Yusupov-Rubinstein System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
London System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with e6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 278

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2025.10.03 · 86. Kh6 (−47.5% win chance) 0-1
Oms Pallisse, Josep
Motuz, Karol
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2026.09.20 · 39. Nd7+ (−43.6% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Vojtek, Vladimir
Motuz, Karol
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2026.09.20 · 59... Nd4+ (−42% win chance) 1-0
Motuz, Karol
Abel, Peter
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2026.09.20 · 33... b4 (−40.2% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Motuz, Karol
Kijac, Miroslav
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Games Showing all 106 games
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