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Rusev, Jeliazko
🇧🇬FIDE 2903784· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1976
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Jeliazko Rusev, a 50-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2204 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 17 months (2008–2009), 56 months (2012–2017), 18 months (2017–2019), 39 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 34 months (2022–2025). Recent appearance: DOP Men Open Classic 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2276 was reached at age 34 (Jul 2010); he also reached Bulgarian #50 in Jan 2026.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
2204
Standard
Rpd2200·Blz2131
All-time high
2276
−72 pts below
Jul 2010 · age 34
Jul 2010 · age 34
Activity
—
1 past 12 mo
classical only
classical only
Signature stat
Top 4%
#7,969 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
Peak Bulgarian rank: #50
at age 50 · rated 2204
Jan 2026
2022
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2202 → returned at 2204
Nov 2022
5th Bulgarian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2255
Jun 2022
2019
9th Bulgarian 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2248
Nov 2019
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2248 → returned at 2255
Feb 2019
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 42
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+2
2202 → 2204
Tournaments
1
1 games
Score
1/ 1100.0%
1W0D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #39 | 2331 | +1.6 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#51
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#5,564
in continent
World
#7,969
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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