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Vatkovski, Mitko

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FIDEFIDE 2902001· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1950

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Mitko Vatkovski, a 76-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1613. He has slipped back 48 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF, Primorsko open-B tournament, and Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 3 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 12 months (2011–2012), 20 months (2013–2015), 25 months (2016–2018) and 20 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1960 was reached at age 60 (Jul 2010).

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.

Current rating

1613

Standard

Rpd1599·Blz1625

All-time high

1960

−347 pts below
Jul 2010 · age 60

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#142,014

#142,014 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

17 entries
2026
8th Bulgarian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1613
Jun 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+197 Elo)
1464 → 1661
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1435 → returned at 1635
Oct 2023
2022
14th Bulgarian 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 1498
Apr 2022
2020
100 career games
at age 70
Sep 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 68
Oct 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF
perf 1751 (+132) · 3/5 · #32
Top opponent
vs Angel Toshkov 1,812
Primorsko open-B tournament · Sep 2025 · +5.0 Elo
Evolution
-22
1635 → 1613
Tournaments
5
33 games
Score
14/ 3342.4%
13W2D18L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF
Open Swiss
Mar 20263/4#672008-7.0
Primorsko open-B tournament
Open Swiss
Sep 20252.5/6#821711-11.0
Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF
Open Swiss
Sep 20253/5#321751-5.8
First Open Tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF
Open Swiss
Jun 20253/4#271895+3.2
Ropotamo Cup B tournament
Open Swiss
Jun 20252.5/4#391556-27.2
Worst Elo result: Ropotamo Cup B tournament (-27.2 Elo, finished #39).

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#405
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#95,679
in continent
World
#142,004
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,721
9
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10
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95679🇧🇬Vatkovski, Mitko1,613
World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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142004🇧🇬Vatkovski, Mitko1,613