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Josif Velev

BUL · 50 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2050 (By Oct 2008)

Best performance: 2121 at Bulgarian Team Championship B Group Men 2015(Best of 2015)

NOV26 Rating

1932

Live Rating

1932.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202619320
Oct 202619320
Sep 202619320
Aug 202619320
Jul 202619320
Jun 202619320
May 202619320
Apr 202619320
Mar 202619320
Feb 202619320
Jan 202619320
Dec 202519320

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

From 118 classical games on record, the latest on Aug 16, 2025.

Classical games since the November list

No rated standard games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
Teteven Hills, Under the aegis of BSCFAug 13, 2025 – Aug 17, 2025TPR 18813/6

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Classical

From 105 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2007–2025

#OpponentRating
1, GM Milko Popchev, Primorsko open, Sep 2016, 2281
2, Borivoje Trickovic, 5th Balkan Amateur Chess Festival U2300, Aug 2014, 2231
3, FM Yordan Stoynov, Bulgarian Team Championship B Group Men 2015, Jun 2015, 2218

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 18 of 118 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 4 of 7 games, 1.d4 in 3.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...d5, and 1.e4 with 1...e5.

All openings (2 as Black)

Against 1.d4: 1...d5 in 5.

Against 1.e4: 1...e5 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Queen's Gambit Declined367%
Queen's Pawn Game333%

5 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

16 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20256318811881
202313816011688
202274½16721774
202163½17191776
20206319481948
20194217421742
20179718772097
2016157½19591959
20156321212121
201483½20261983
20137320311981
20127319301880
200741½21722085

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE