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Kostov, Nikolay
🇧🇬INACTIVE · since July 2021FIDE 2902869· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1936
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Nikolay Kostov, a 90-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1753. He plays around 22 rated games per year and took a 24-month break between Nov 2017 and Dec 2019. His peak of 2005 was reached at age 74 (Sep 2010).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
1753
Standard
Rpd1947·Blz1944
All-time high
2005
−252 pts below
Sep 2010 · age 74
Sep 2010 · age 74
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
#91,435
#91,435 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2021
Inactive for 58 months
paused at 1589 → still inactive
Jul 2021
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 82
Oct 2018
2017
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1631 → returned at 1625
Nov 2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 81
Oct 2017
6th Bulgarian 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1680
Jul 2017
2015
Re-crossed 1800
at age 79
Aug 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1753 → 1753
Most-Played Opponents
vsMartin Metev
🇧🇬BUL·1864
+2 −12 =6
20 games·last met Aug 2020
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vsDobrotich Andreev
🇧🇬BUL·1897
+1 −11 =4
16 games·last met Oct 2017
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vsNikolay Georgiev
🇧🇬BUL·1753
+8 −0 =7
15 games·last met Sep 2017
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vsYane Gelemerov
🇧🇬BUL·1893
+1 −11 =1
13 games·last met Aug 2020
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vsAndrey Mladenov
🇧🇬BUL·1655
+6 −3 =4
13 games·last met Feb 2017
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#357
out of 1,171 players
Europe
#64,997
in continent
World
#87,177
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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