Pavel Ponkratov (born 15 July 1988) is a Russian chess player.

Together with 43 other Russian chess players, Ponkratov signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

[1] In July 2020, Ponkratov won the International Chess Open "Ciudad de Leon".

[2] In January 2021, he won the Chennai Open.

In 2022, he won the 1st Guwahati GM chess championship on tie-break with Adham Fawzy with a score 8.5/10.