CChessStats
Format
IN

Iordanov, Nikolay

🇧🇬

FIDEFIDE 2906503· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1976

Follow Nikolay IordanovTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Nikolay Iordanov, a 50-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2028. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 41 months (2001–2004), 20 months (2019–2020, COVID-19 included), 20 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: DOP Men Open Classic 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2256 was reached at age 29 (Jul 2005); he also reached Bulgarian #63 in Apr 2022.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.

Current rating

2028

Standard

Rpd2160·Blz2239

All-time high

2256

−228 pts below
Jul 2005 · age 29

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#23,484

#23,484 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

19 entries
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2030 → returned at 2028
Oct 2023
2022
Peak Bulgarian rank: #63
at age 46 · rated 2210
Apr 2022
5th Bulgarian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2210
Apr 2022
2020
10th Bulgarian 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2210
Oct 2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 44
Oct 2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2210 → returned at 2141
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Dimitar Ardenski 2,081
DOP Men Open Classic 2025 · Sep 2025 · +1.5 Elo
Evolution
-2
2030 → 2028
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
1.5/ 437.5%
1W1D2L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsAydan Kamber1,762·DOP Men Open Classic 2025·R6·+3.6
2.[D]vsDimitar Ardenski2,081·DOP Men Open Classic 2025·R3·+1.5
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsIvan Petrov2,198·DOP Men Open Classic 2025·R1·-5.5
2.[L]vsBoris ChatalbashevGM2,493·DOP Men Open Classic 2025·R5·-1.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
DOP Men Open Classic 2025
Swiss
Sep 20251.5/4#312045-2.4

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#113
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#17,294
in continent
World
#23,484
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
🇧🇬Topalov, VeselinFollow Veselin TopalovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,695
2
🇧🇬Cheparinov, IvanFollow Ivan CheparinovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
113🇧🇬Iordanov, Nikolay2,028
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
...
17294🇧🇬Iordanov, Nikolay2,028
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
...
23484🇧🇬Iordanov, Nikolay2,028