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Milchev, Nikolay

IM🇬🇧INACTIVE · since July 2024

FIDEFIDE 2906090· Male· England· Born in 1984

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Nikolay Milchev, a 42-year-old English International Master, is rated 2362 and ranked 41st among English players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 49 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2003–2005), 32 months (2016–2019), 36 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2022–2024). His peak of 2469 was reached at age 30 (Mar 2014, English #20 at the time).

Competes for England since Apr 2023. Awarded IM in 2009 (age 25) and FM in 2007 (age 23). At junior level, he reached #6 and #9 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2362

Standard

Rpd2387·Blz2449

All-time high

2469

−107 pts below
Mar 2014 · age 30

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#41

#41 · English players · of 2,546

Career timeline

25 entries
2025
5th English 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2362
Mar 2025
2024
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 2362 → still inactive
Jul 2024
2023
Switched federation: BUL → ENG
at age 39
Apr 2023
2022
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2386 → returned at 2362
Sep 2022
2019
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 2408 → returned at 2386
Aug 2019
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 34
Oct 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Evolution
0
2362 → 2362

Most-Played Opponents

vsPlamen MladenovIM
🇬🇧ENG·2359
+2 −1 =13
16 games·last met Aug 2013
View head-to-head →
vsVladimir PetkovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2411
+3 −6 =4
13 games·last met Jun 2016
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vsKrasimir RusevGM
🇧🇬BUL·2457
+0 −7 =6
13 games·last met Jun 2016
View head-to-head →
vsVelislav KukovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2305
+2 −0 =10
12 games·last met Jun 2016
View head-to-head →
vsDimitar MarholevIM
🇧🇬BUL·2101
+4 −3 =5
12 games·last met May 2015
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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England
#42
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#1,720
in continent
World
#2,435
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
England
1
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2,666
2
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2,665
3
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2,639
4
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2,629
5
🇬🇧McShane, Luke JFollow Luke J McShaneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
6
🇬🇧Short, Nigel DFollow Nigel D ShortTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,594
7
🇬🇧Fernandez, Daniel HowardFollow Daniel Howard FernandezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,537
8
🇬🇧Wadsworth, Matthew JFollow Matthew J WadsworthTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,529
9
🇬🇧Nunn, John D MFollow John D M NunnTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
10
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2,506
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753