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Hristov, Nikolay Valeriev
🇧🇬FIDE 2907976· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1999
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Nikolay Valeriev Hristov, a 27-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2189 — just 20 short of his peak of 2209 (Mar 2016, age 17) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and took a 113-month break between Oct 2016 and Apr 2026. Recent appearance: 42e Open International d'echecs de Cappelle la Grande. Also played 5 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Bulgarian #55 in Apr 2026.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached World #35 in U10 and #4, #6, #2 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2189
Standard
Rpd2170·Blz2122
All-time high
2209
−20 pts below
Mar 2016 · age 17
Mar 2016 · age 17
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#8,776 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2026
Peak Bulgarian rank: #55
at age 27 · rated 2189
Apr 2026
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 19
Oct 2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 18
Oct 2017
2016
Inactive for 113 months
paused at 2163 → returned at 2189
Oct 2016
4th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2209
Mar 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+26
2163 → 2189
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
6W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #36 | 2272 | +26.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTodor Georgiev
🇧🇬BUL·2253
+5 −3 =8
16 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsVladimir Sergeev PetrovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2325
+5 −5 =6
16 games·last met Apr 2015
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vsEmil StefanovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2335
+5 −4 =6
15 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsMartin PetrovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2547
+1 −7 =4
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDelyan Dochev
🇧🇬BUL·1983
+7 −1 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2018
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#54
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#6,178
in continent
World
#8,776
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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