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Ribarov, Valerij
🇧🇬FIDE 2904047· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1954
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Valerij Ribarov, a 72-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1819. He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 2 years. 19 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LVII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF, Teteven Hills, Under the aegis of BSCF, and IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 4 rapid (including International Rapid Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) and 1 blitz events (including Memorial "Georgi Yankov" - Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 77 months (2001–2007), 29 months (2008–2010), 13 months (2010–2011), 12 months (2016–2017) and 14 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2165 was reached at age 47 (Jan 2001).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
1819
Standard
Rpd1911·Blz1935
All-time high
2165
−346 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 47
Jan 2001 · age 47
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#70,455
#70,455 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2025
4th Bulgarian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1845
Jan 2025
Best 12-month gain (+67 Elo)
1778 → 1845
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1845 → returned at 1819
May 2024
2020
4th Bulgarian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1945
Sep 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 64
Oct 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 63
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-26
1845 → 1819
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
10/ 2147.6%
8W4D9L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsNiya MalchevaWCM1,698·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R5·+6.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #14 | 1970 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #31 | 1951 | -1.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/8 | #52 | 1735 | -25.4 |
Worst Elo result: IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF (-25.4 Elo, finished #52).
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#235
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#51,199
in continent
World
#70,454
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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