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Iotov, Valentin
GM🇧🇬INACTIVE · since February 2020FIDE 2906074· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1988
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Valentin Iotov, a 38-year-old Bulgarian Grandmaster, is rated 2485 and ranked 8th among Bulgarian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 49 rated games per year and took a 39-month break between Oct 2016 and Feb 2020. His peak of 2603 was reached at age 21 (Jul 2009, World #177 at the time); he spent 88 months in Bulgarian top 10, with a longest streak of 7 consecutive years.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded GM in 2008 (age 20) and IM in 2004 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #21 in U20, World #14 in U18, World #20 in U16 and World #66 in U14.
Current rating
2485
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2586
All-time high
2603
−118 pts below
Jul 2009 · age 21
Jul 2009 · age 21
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Bulgarian players · of 701
88 months in National top 10 (2006–2017)
88 months in National top 10 (2006–2017)
Career timeline
24 entries2020
Inactive for 75 months
paused at 2485 → still inactive
Feb 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 30
Oct 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 29
Oct 2017
88 months in national top 10
longest streak 84 months · since Jul 2006
Sep 2017
2016
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2516 → returned at 2485
Oct 2016
2012
1,000 career games
at age 24
Dec 2012
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2485 → 2485
Most-Played Opponents
vsJeffery XiongGM
🇺🇸USA·2656
+7 −2 =2
11 games·last met Mar 2015
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vsIoan-Cristian ChirilaGM
🇷🇴ROU·2506
+2 −2 =6
10 games·last met Feb 2014
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vsJulio Catalino SadorraGM
🇵🇭PHI·2547
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Jan 2014
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vsRuifeng LiGM
🇺🇸USA·2535
+3 −0 =5
8 games·last met Nov 2015
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vsSarah ChiangWFM
🇺🇸USA·2051
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2015
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#12
out of 1,171 players
Europe
#616
in continent
World
#842
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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