Top chess players in Bulgaria

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

Bulgaria has 492 rated players. The highest rated is GM Veselin Topalov at 2695.

Country ranking

#25 of 184

top 10 average 2535.3

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·492 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#34		GMVeselin Topalov BUL · 51	2695	26952695.0	–	-22
2#91		GMIvan Cheparinov BUL · 40	2631	26312631.0	–	+5
3#=1971	1	GMArkadij Naiditsch BUL · 41	2580	25802580.0	–	-7
4#3216	6	GMMomchil Petkov BUL · 21FIDE 2547	2547	25462546.1	−0.9	+38
5#=422		GMMartin Petrov BUL · 26	2525	25252525.0	–	-15
6#=5282	2	GMKiril Georgiev BUL · 61	2507	25072507.0	–	-19
7#=605		GMGrigor Grigorov BUL · 39	2496	24962496.0	–	+2
8#=6801	1	GMRadoslav Dimitrov BUL · 33	2486	24862486.0	–	-10
9#=10537	7	IMNikola Kanov BUL · 19	2447	24472447.0	–	+27
10#=1122		IMTsvetan Stoyanov BUL · 22	2440	24402440.0	–	-6
11#=12451	1	IMNurgyul Salimova BUL · 23	2429	24292429.0	–	+44
12#=12601	1	GMMarian Petrov BUL · 51	2428	24282428.0	–	-1
13#=13282	2	GMMomchil Nikolov BUL · 41	2422	24222422.0	–	-6
14#=13913	3	GMPetar Genov BUL · 56	2418	24182418.0	–	+3
15#=16532	2	GMVladimir Petkov BUL · 55	2402	24022402.0	–	-30
16#=16773	3	GMAntoaneta Stefanova BUL · 47	2401	24012401.0	–	+8
17#=18004	4	GMG. Petar Arnaudov BUL · 40	2394	23942394.0	–	-18
18#=21041	1	FMNadya Toncheva BUL · 21	2378	23782378.0	–	+46
19#=24802	2	GMIvajlo Enchev BUL · 37	2360	23602360.0	–	-42
20#=25669	9	FMBeloslava Krasteva BUL · 22	2356	23562356.0	–	+40
21#=25979	9	GMVasil Spasov BUL · 55	2355	23552355.0	–	-13
22#=28568	8	IMLachezar Yordanov BUL · 25	2344	23442344.0	–	-28
23#316939	39	IMSpas Kozhuharov BUL · 46FIDE 2333	2333	23322332.1	−0.9	-4
24#=325518	18	Krum Berovski BUL · 52	2329	23292329.0	–	-15
25#=336312	12	IMVladimir Sergeev Petrov BUL · 27	2325	23252325.0	–	-10

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