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Raeva, Elitsa

WIM🇧🇬

FIDEFIDE 2906660· Female· Bulgaria· Born in 1987

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Elitsa Raeva, a 39-year-old Bulgarian Woman International Master, is rated 2176 and ranked 440th among women worldwide. She has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 13 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent appearance: Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Women. Also played 5 rapid (including International Rapid Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) and 1 blitz events (including International Blitz Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 52 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2023–2024). Her peak of 2361 was reached at age 26 (Oct 2013); she also reached Bulgarian #45 in May 2025.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Competes as a woman since 2012. Awarded WIM in 2008 (age 21) and WFM in 2007 (age 20). At junior level, she reached #7, #5 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2176

Standard

Rpd2067·Blz2074

All-time high

2361

185 pts below
Oct 2013 · age 26

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Women #440

#440 · women worldwide · of 23,136

Career timeline

26 entries
2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #45
at age 38 · rated 2203
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 37
Nov 2024
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2185 → returned at 2203
Sep 2023
2019
Inactive for 52 months
paused at 2189 → returned at 2185
Apr 2019
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 31
Oct 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 30
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Sep 20253.5/6#82216+9.2

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#61
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#6,746
in continent
World
#9,533
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
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2,574
4
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2,547
5
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2,525
6
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2,523
7
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2,496
8
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2,482
9
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2,445
10
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2,433
...
61🇧🇬Raeva, Elitsa2,176
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
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
6746🇧🇬Raeva, Elitsa2,176
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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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
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2,753
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9533🇧🇬Raeva, Elitsa2,176