BUL · 33 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1967 (May 2025)
Best performance: 2088 at Open Hadzhidimovo - Under the aegis of BSCF(Best of 2024)
Rapid rating
1940
FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.
On FIDE’s list since Jan 2017
How live ratings are calculated
Rating History · Rapid
Rapid rating 1930 to 1940 over the last 12 months; peak 1967 in May 2025.
Official rating by month
Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.
| List | Rapid | Blitz |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1940, +7, 7 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Oct 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Sep 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| May 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Apr 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Mar 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Feb 2026 | 1933, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Jan 2026 | 1933, +3, 7 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
| Dec 2025 | 1930, 0, 0 games | 1889, 0, 0 games |
Form · Rapid
Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Oct 17.
From 288 rapid games on record, the latest on Oct 17.
No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)
| Show games | Last played | Score |
|---|---|---|
| IV Открит турнир по шахмат мемориал " ГМ Крум Георгиев" Пазарджик, 17 oктoмвриOct 17TPR 1981 | 4/8 |
The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.
Best wins · Rapid
From 271 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2016–2026
| # | Opponent | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1, | FM Georgi Filev, Sep 2024 · Open Kamena Under the aegis of RSCF | , 2295 |
| 2, | IM Sasho Nikolov, May 2025 · Open Hadzhidimovo 01.05.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF | , 2256 |
| 3, | Stefan Simeonov, Oct 2026 · IV Открит турнир по шахмат мемориал " ГМ Крум Георгиев" Пазарджик, 17 oктoмври | , 2167 |
| 4, | Stojan Emilov Ivanov, Sep 2024 · Open Sapareva banya, Under the aegis of BSCF | , 2082 |
| 5, | Jordan V. Nikolov, Sep 2020 · III-th Chess Fest Dobrinishte | , 2044 |
| 6, | Zhelcho Zhelev, Oct 2020 · 2nd Open Rapid Chess Tournament - Pazardzhik | , 2022 |
| 7, | Stefan Stoynov, Sep 2024 · Open Sapareva banya, Under the aegis of BSCF | , 2008 |
| 8, | Parvan Asparuhov, Sep 2025 · Chess Fest Dobrinishte 20.09.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF | , 2002 |
| 9, | Tsetsko Todorov, Dec 2016 · 2nd Memorial Radulski A | , 1978 |
| 10, | Vladimir Krastev, Mar 2024 · Open Milenium 2024-03-31 - under the aegis of BSCF | , 1904 |
Performance rating by year
| Year | Games | Score | Avg opp | TPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 3 | 2031 | 1981 |
| 2025 | 79 | 52 | 1817 | 1934 |
| 2024 | 75 | 45½ | 1798 | 1878 |
| 2023 | 63 | 40 | 1656 | 1751 |
| 2020 | 15 | 10 | 1752 | 1877 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1960 | 1160 |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 | 1967 | 1924 |
Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.
- Oct 2026Swisschess-results.comBest of 2026Score 4/8Opp avg 2031Start 1933
- Dec 2025Swissfederation source#7 in 2025Score 5/7Opp avg 1768Start 1930
- Sep 2025Swissfederation source#9 in 2025Score 5½/9Opp avg 1800Start 1954
- Sep 2025Swissfederation source#8 in 2025Score 5½/9Opp avg 1811Start 1954
- Jun 2025Swissfederation source#5 in 2025Score 5/7Opp avg 1783Start 1951
- May 2025Swissfederation source#10 in 2025Score 5½/9Opp avg 1755Start 1967
- May 2025Swissfederation source#4 in 2025Score 4/7Opp avg 1912Start 1967
- Apr 2025Swissfederation sourceBest of 2025Score 5/7Opp avg 1874Start 1950
- IV Открит турнир по шахмат мемориал " ГМ Крум Георгиев" Пазарджик, 17 oктoмври · Oct 2026 · 4/8
- Open Sandanski 13.12.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF · Dec 2025 · 5/7
- Chess Fest Dobrinishte 20.09.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF · Sep 2025 · 5½/9
- Chess Fest Simitli 13.09.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF · Sep 2025 · 5½/9
- Chess Fest Garmen 28.06.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF · Jun 2025 · 5/7
- Open Boboshevo 03.05.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF · May 2025 · 5½/9
- Open Hadzhidimovo 01.05.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF · May 2025 · 4/7
- Sandanski Easter Festival 26.04.2025, under the aegis of BSCF · Apr 2025 · 5/7
- Chess tournament"Cup Razlog", Under the aegis of BSCF · Mar 2025 · 5½/9
- Open Yakoruda, Under the aegis of BSCF · Mar 2025 · 6/9
- Open Razlog 08.02.2025, Under the aegis of BSCF · Feb 2025 · 5½/7
- Christmas chess tournament Sandanski- 2024, Under the aegis of BSCF · Dec 2024 · 4/7
- Open Hadzhidimovo - Under the aegis of BSCF · Dec 2024 · 5½/7
- Open Kamena Under the aegis of RSCF · Sep 2024 · 6/9
- Chess Fest Dobrinishte 2024, Under the aegis of BSCF · Sep 2024 · 4/9
- Open Sapareva banya, Under the aegis of BSCF · Sep 2024 · 7/9
- Chess Fest Simitli, Under the aegis of BSCF · Aug 2024 · 6/9
- Milenium Cup, Under the aegis of BSCF · Aug 2024 · 5/9
- Open Milenium 2024-03-31 - under the aegis of BSCF · Mar 2024 · 5½/9
- Open Milenium 2024-02-25 - under the auspices of BSCF · Feb 2024 · 4½/9
- Sandanski Christmas Festival Open-B 2023 · Dec 2023 · 5/7
- Chess Fest Sandanski 2023 · Dec 2023 · 6/9
- Bulgarian Men Individual Rapid Chess Championship 2023 Sofia, 18.11.2023 · Nov 2023 · 3½/7
- Kamena Open 2023 · Sep 2023 · 4/7
- Yakoruda Open 2023 · Sep 2023 · 6/9
- Chess Fest Dobriniste 2023 · Sep 2023 · 6½/9
- Chess Fest Simitli 2023 · Sep 2023 · 5/9
- Chess Fest Garmen 2023 · Jun 2023 · 5/7
- 1st Cup Elin Pelin · Dec 2022 · 6/7
- Chess Fest Garmen · Jun 2022 · 4/7
- IV Chess-Fest Dobriniste · Sep 2021 · 4½/9
- 2nd Open Rapid Chess Tournament - Pazardzhik · Oct 2020 · 6/9
- III-th Chess Fest Dobrinishte · Sep 2020 · 6/9
- National Cup 5th Memorial Dimitar Georgiev Rapid · Nov – Dec 2019 · 4/9
- 2nd Memorial Radulski A · Dec 2016 · 4/9
World
- #=23960Yahel David Kirsch1940.0
- #=23960Tiziano Paolo Sala1940.0
- #=23960Rumen Gachev1940.0
- #=23960Adam Spirek1940.0
- #=23960Francisco Eugenio Perete Bernal1940.0
Bulgaria
- #=198Feri Balinov1942.0
- #=198Nikolay Zhelev1942.0
- #200Rumen Gachev1940.0
- #201Georgi Bardarov1939.0
- #=202Zhelcho Zhelev1937.0
Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.