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Minchev, Valentin

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FIDEFIDE 2907569· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1959

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Valentin Minchev, a 67-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2046 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2046 and 2105 over the past 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent appearances: IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026 and 17th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players. He had 2 career breaks: 156 months (2009–2022) and 27 months (2022–2024). His peak of 2182 was reached at age 48 (Jan 2007); he also reached Bulgarian #71 in May 2025.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.

Current rating

2046

Standard

Rpd1964·Blz2084

All-time high

2182

−136 pts below
Jan 2007 · age 48

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 10%

#21,245 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

16 entries
2025
6th Bulgarian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2068
Jun 2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #71
at age 66 · rated 2068
May 2025
2023
12th Bulgarian 60-65 player
at age 64 · rated 2105
Jul 2023
2022
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2105 → returned at 2068
Aug 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 63
Aug 2022
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 59
Oct 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Filip Arsov 1,817
IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026 · Apr 2026 · +4.2 Elo
Evolution
-6
2052 → 2046
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3.5/ 658.3%
2W3D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20263.5/5#512068-6.4

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#101
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#15,603
in continent
World
#21,245
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
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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
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101🇧🇬Minchev, Valentin2,046
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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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
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15603🇧🇬Minchev, Valentin2,046
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
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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21245🇧🇬Minchev, Valentin2,046