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Rusev, Krasimir

Rusev, Krasimir

GM🇧🇬

FIDEFIDE 2905434· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1983

Krasimir Rusev, a 43-year-old Bulgarian Grandmaster, is rated 2457 and ranked 8th among Bulgarian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and took a 29-month break between Dec 2022 and Jun 2025. His peak of 2563 was reached at age 32 (Jul 2015); he also reached World #367 in Sep 2015 and has been in Bulgarian top 10 for 135 months and counting (8 consecutive years on his current run).

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded GM in 2009 (age 26) and IM in 2007 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #1 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2457

Standard

Rpd2401·Blz2501

All-time high

2563

−106 pts below
Jul 2015 · age 32

Activity

1

games / yr avg.

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#8

#8 · Bulgarian players · of 702
National top 10 since Nov 2023

Career timeline

20 entries
2026
135 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 102 months · since Jan 2008
Apr 2026
2025
90th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 42 · rated 2457
Oct 2025
2022
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 2478 → returned at 2457
Dec 2022
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 35
Oct 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 34
Oct 2017
2015
Peak World rank: #367
at age 32 · rated 2563
Sep 2015

Recent Results (last 12 months)

Evolution
-21
2478 → 2457
Score
1.5/ 437.5%
1W1D2L

Standard rating history

Rankings

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Bulgaria
#8
out of 1,177 players
Europe
#649
in continent
World
#948
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
Europe
World

FIDE Games Detail

Last scraped: 2026-04-17

Scrape games

4 Standard games (last 12 months)

2025-06STDI-st International Chess tournament"Sofia spring"-A, Under the aegis of BSCFElo 2457
OpponentEloRes.Δ Elo♟
Safarik, JakubCZE21720-8.6♔
Mihaylov, BozhidarBUL—1+0.8♚
Velikov, NikolaBUL—½-4.2♔
Aydemir, UmutTUR21400-8.8♚