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Vandev, Dimitar

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FIDEFIDE 2904063· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1969

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Dimitar Vandev, a 57-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1974. He has slipped back 57 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Chess semi final Winter - Under the aegis of BSCF, Chess Final autumn, Under the aegis of BSCF, and DOP Men Open Classic 2025. He had 5 career breaks: 109 months (2002–2011), 32 months (2013–2016), 31 months (2016–2019), 21 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 31 months (2022–2025). His peak of 2214 was reached at age 32 (Jan 2001); he also reached Bulgarian #79 in Apr 2025.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.

Current rating

1974

Standard

Rpd2096·Blz1970

All-time high

2214

−240 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 32

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#31,874

#31,874 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

20 entries
2025
5th Bulgarian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2031
Sep 2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #79
at age 56 · rated 2031
Apr 2025
2022
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2037 → returned at 2031
Aug 2022
13th Bulgarian 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2059
Apr 2022
2020
Best 12-month gain (+33 Elo)
2026 → 2059
Sep 2020
100 career games
at age 51
Sep 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Stanislav Glavchev 2,046
DOP Men Open Classic 2025 · Sep 2025 · +0.9 Elo
Evolution
-57
2031 → 1974
Tournaments
3
17 games
Score
10/ 1758.8%
7W6D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Chess semi final Winter - Under the aegis of BSCF
Round-Robin
Feb 20264.5/7#41869-17.2
Chess Final autumn, Under the aegis of BSCF
Round-Robin
Nov 20254.5/7#31856-23.4
DOP Men Open Classic 2025
Swiss
Sep 20251/3#501818-17.2
Worst Elo result: Chess Final autumn, Under the aegis of BSCF (-23.4 Elo, finished #3).

Rankings

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Bulgaria
#146
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#23,562
in continent
World
#31,873
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Bulgaria
1
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2
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3
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4
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2,547
5
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2,525
6
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2,523
7
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8
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2,482
9
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2,445
10
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2,433
...
146🇧🇬Vandev, Dimitar1,974
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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23562🇧🇬Vandev, Dimitar1,974
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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31873🇧🇬Vandev, Dimitar1,974