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Yordanov, Nikolay

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FIDEFIDE 2906163· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1971

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Nikolay Yordanov, a 55-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2030. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A and Agria Open 2025 - A. He had 4 career breaks: 30 months (2010–2012), 21 months (2012–2014), 26 months (2014–2017) and 49 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2257 was reached at age 34 (Jan 2005); he also reached Bulgarian #69 in Jan 2025.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.

Current rating

2030

Standard

Rpd2127·Blz2125

All-time high

2257

−227 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 34

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#23,245

#23,245 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #69
at age 54 · rated 2093
Jan 2025
9th Bulgarian 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 2093
Jan 2025
2020
12th Bulgarian 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 2086
Oct 2020
Inactive for 49 months
paused at 2086 → returned at 2068
Apr 2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 49
Jan 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 47
Oct 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Hristos Zygouris 2,187
Agria Open 2025 - A · Aug 2025 · +3.8 Elo
Evolution
-31
2061 → 2030
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
6.5/ 1350.0%
4W5D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A
Open Swiss
Feb 20263.5/7#721940-19.0
Agria Open 2025 - A
Swiss
Aug 20253/6#251979-12.4
Worst Elo result: 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A (-19.0 Elo, finished #72).

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#110
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#17,117
in continent
World
#23,245
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
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2,695
2
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2,634
3
🇧🇬Naiditsch, ArkadijFollow Arkadij NaiditschTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,574
4
🇧🇬Petrov, MartinFollow Martin PetrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,547
5
🇧🇬Georgiev, KirilFollow Kiril GeorgievTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,525
6
🇧🇬Petkov, MomchilFollow Momchil PetkovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,523
7
🇧🇬Grigorov, GrigorFollow Grigor GrigorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,496
8
🇧🇬Dimitrov, RadoslavFollow Radoslav DimitrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,482
9
🇧🇬Stoyanov, TsvetanFollow Tsvetan StoyanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,445
10
🇧🇬Nikolov, MomchilFollow Momchil NikolovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,433
...
110🇧🇬Yordanov, Nikolay2,030
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack 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.
2,713
...
17117🇧🇬Yordanov, Nikolay2,030
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
23245🇧🇬Yordanov, Nikolay2,030