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Popchev, Milko
GM🇧🇬FIDE 2900165· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1964
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Milko Popchev, a 62-year-old Bulgarian Grandmaster, is rated 2163 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 16 months. 275 rated games in the past year (≈115/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Prolecni rejting turnir SSB 2026, RUDAR XXXVIIB - FM ROUND ROBIN, and RUDAR XXXVII - FM ROUND ROBIN. Also played 19 rapid (including XXII Svetosavski turnir - Sabac 2026) and 6 blitz events (including Drugi memorijalni turnir "Miroslav Cabarkapa Mimica") recently. His peak of 2502 was reached at age 46 (Jul 2010); he also reached Bulgarian #8 in Jan 2001.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded GM in 2001 (age 37).
Current rating
2163
Standard
Rpd2231·Blz2276
All-time high
2502
−339 pts below
Jul 2010 · age 46
Jul 2010 · age 46
Activity
214
games / yr avg. · ≈18/mo
266 past 12 mo · ≈22/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,365 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2025
2nd Bulgarian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2194
Nov 2025
2024
2,500 career games
at age 60
Aug 2024
2020
4th Bulgarian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2294
Feb 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 54
Oct 2018
2017
2nd Bulgarian 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2316
Nov 2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 53
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-6
2169 → 2163
Tournaments
37
268 games
Score
175/ 26865.3%
127W106D35L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 5/8 | #4 | 2107 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #6 | 2193 | +2.1 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2149 | -0.8 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #1 | 2155 | 0.0 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 3.5/4 | #1 | 2316 | +5.7 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #1 | 2121 | -2.8 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2137 | +0.2 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 1951 | -22.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2122 | -3.7 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2223 | +3.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSinisa DrazicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2230
+2 −21 =51
74 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsNebojsa Tosic
🇷🇸SRB·1938
+28 −1 =9
38 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsToni MilunovicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2064
+11 −0 =26
37 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAleksandar Rajkovic
🇷🇸SRB·2003
+11 −1 =23
35 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAleksa PetrovicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2186
+7 −6 =9
22 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#63
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#7,384
in continent
World
#10,365
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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