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Raeva, Elitsa
WIM🇧🇬FIDE 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
Oct 2013 · age 26
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Women #440
#440 · women worldwide · of 23,136
Career timeline
26 entries2025
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
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
2167 → 2176
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3.5/ 658.3%
3W1D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDeimante Daulyte-CornetteIM2,394·Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Women·R4·+15.6
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsAndreea-Marioara CosmanWIM2,140·Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Women·R1·-11.0
2.[L]vsElena-Luminita CosmaWGM2,232·Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Women·R3·-8.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/6 | #8 | 2216 | +9.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAdriana NikolovaWGM
🇧🇬BUL·2184
+6 −5 =10
21 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsMargarita VoyskaWGM
🇧🇬BUL·2177
+7 −7 =6
20 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsIva Videnova-KuljasevicIM
🇧🇬BUL·2261
+9 −4 =6
19 games·last met May 2018
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vsSvetla YordanovaWIM
🇧🇬BUL·2059
+6 −3 =5
14 games·last met Jun 2016
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vsStefi BednikovaWIM
🇧🇬BUL·2024
+8 −1 =3
12 games·last met Nov 2023
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#61
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#6,746
in continent
World
#9,533
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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