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Kukushkin, Ivan
FM🇧🇬FIDE 11634103· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2014
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Ivan Kukushkin, a 12-year-old Bulgarian FIDE Master, is rated 2138 and ranked 54th among players worldwide under 12, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +130 Elo over the past 12 months. 154 rated games in the past year (≈106/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A, V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and Fagernes Chess International 2026 GM group. Also played 2 rapid (including Rilton rapid 2026) and 8 blitz events (including V Blitz Chess Menorca 2026) recently. His peak of 2285 was reached at age 12 (Mar 2026, Bulgarian #37 at the time).
Competes for Bulgaria since Jan 2025. Awarded FM in 2026 (age 12) and CM in 2025 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #11 in U12, World #4 in U10 and World #45 in U8.
Current rating
2138
Standard
Rpd2144·Blz2265
All-time high
2285
−147 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 12
Mar 2026 · age 12
Activity
134
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
145 past 12 mo · ≈12/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#54
#54 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,529
Career timeline
17 entries2026
500 career games
at age 12
Jun 2026
FM title awardedFM
at age 12
May 2026
Peak Bulgarian rank: #37
at age 12 · rated 2285
Mar 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 12
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2285
at age 12 · −147 from today
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 11
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+130
2008 → 2138
Tournaments
17
147 games
Score
72.5/ 14749.3%
41W63D43L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsGregoire Beaudoire2,025·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R8·-27.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 2/9 | #10 | 2058 | -64.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #30 | 2235 | -11.3 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #238 | 2180 | -30.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/9 | #30 | 2147 | -40.3 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/9 | #87 | 2199 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #21 | 2376 | +92.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3.5/9 | #9 | 2185 | +8.7 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/9 | #111 | 2213 | +24.3 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/10 | #90 | 2225 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #91 | 2103 | -50.0 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#70
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#8,763
in continent
World
#12,184
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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