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KV
Kamenov, Valentin
🇧🇬FIDE 2908255· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1967
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Valentin Kamenov, a 59-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1707. He has slipped back 74 Elo over the past 12 months. 103 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF, Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A. Also played 16 rapid (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Rapid) and 14 blitz events (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Qualifying blitz 4) recently. He took a 17-month break between Oct 2007 and Apr 2009. His peak of 1911 was reached at age 49 (Feb 2016).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
1707
Standard
Rpd1774·Blz1692
All-time high
1911
−204 pts below
Feb 2016 · age 49
Feb 2016 · age 49
Activity
100
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
99 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#107,429
#107,429 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
24 entries2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 58
Jul 2025
1,000 career games
at age 58
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+151 Elo)
1682 → 1833
May 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 57
Mar 2024
2023
20th Bulgarian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1716
Jan 2023
2020
16th Bulgarian 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 1786
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCFperf 2182 (+453) · 4/5 · #50
Evolution
-109
1816 → 1707
Tournaments
15
107 games
Score
51/ 10747.7%
53W4D50L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2/6 | #72 | 1599 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #50 | 2182 | +15.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/8 | #209 | 1894 | +30.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/6 | #53 | 1550 | -32.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/9 | #16 | 1535 | -55.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsStojan Emilov Ivanov
🇧🇬BUL·2083
+3 −12 =2
17 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMetodi Stoinev
🇧🇬BUL·2149
+2 −13 =0
15 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMartin Dyakov
🇧🇬BUL·2003
+6 −5 =0
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsCveta Vasileva
🇧🇬BUL·1661
+10 −1 =0
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAsen Petrov
🇧🇬BUL·1894
+6 −4 =0
10 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#311
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#75,609
in continent
World
#107,426
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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