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Angelov, Zvetomir
🇧🇬FIDE 2905353· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1973
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Zvetomir Angelov, a 53-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2014. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 10 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bucharest Chess Weekend 65th ed., Bucharest Chess Weekend 64th ed., and Teteven Hills, Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 8 rapid (including Bulgarian Men Individual Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 9 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He took a 20-month break between Jan 2012 and Oct 2013. His peak of 2136 was reached at age 36 (Jan 2009); he also reached Bulgarian #81 in Nov 2024.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
2014
Standard
Rpd2145·Blz2141
All-time high
2136
−122 pts below
Jan 2009 · age 36
Jan 2009 · age 36
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#25,405
#25,405 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 52
Sep 2025
2024
Peak Bulgarian rank: #81
at age 51 · rated 2057
Nov 2024
13th Bulgarian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2077
Mar 2024
2023
17th Bulgarian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2087
Oct 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 49
Aug 2022
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 45
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+28
1986 → 2014
Tournaments
4
26 games
Score
17/ 2665.4%
15W4D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/6 | #13 | 2206 | +8.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #11 | 2000 | +2.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 2086 | +17.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsStefani Chuchukova
🇧🇬BUL·1943
+9 −2 =10
21 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsValentin Kamenov
🇧🇬BUL·1707
+6 −3 =0
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsVasil SpasovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2355
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSasho NikolovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2213
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAsen Petrov
🇧🇬BUL·1894
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#119
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#18,760
in continent
World
#25,405
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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