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Stanchev, Aleksandar
🇧🇬FIDE 2909081· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1991
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Aleksandar Stanchev, a 35-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1962 — just 12 short of his peak of 1974 (Mar 2024, age 33). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados, Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF, and First Open Tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 1 rapid event (including First International Chess Tournament "Zlatograd-2025", Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2013–2015) and 25 months (2021–2024).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #16 and #12 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1962
Standard
Rpd2008·Blz1974
All-time high
1974
−12 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 33
Mar 2024 · age 33
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#34,238
#34,238 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2024
All-time peak 1974
at age 33 · −12 from today
Mar 2024
2022
33rd Bulgarian 20-35 player
at age 31 · rated 1948
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1948 → returned at 1956
Nov 2021
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 27
Oct 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 26
Oct 2017
100 career games
at age 26
Apr 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCFperf 2019 (+53) · 4.5/6 · #7
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
1953 → 1962
Tournaments
3
13 games
Score
9.5/ 1373.1%
8W3D2L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsSergio Meler Tevar1,836·XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados·R4·+6.5
3.[W]vsManuel Risueno Banuls1,834·XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados·R6·+6.4
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsAndrei Arghirescu1,874·XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados·R5·-12.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #143 | 1939 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 2019 | +11.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1/1 | #37 | 2305 | +1.6 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#155
out of 1,171 players
Europe
#25,310
in continent
World
#34,238
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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