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Valev, Valentin
🇧🇬FIDE 2909855· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1998
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Valentin Valev, a 28-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2129 — his current career high and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 2 years. 11 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: DOP Men Open Classic 2025 and 47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov". Also played 7 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 27 months (2010–2013), 28 months (2013–2015), 17 months (2015–2017) and 35 months (2017–2020). He reached Bulgarian #62 in Apr 2025.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached World #67 in U10, World #13 in U8 and #5, #7, #6, #2 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2129
Standard
Rpd2181·Blz2108
All-time high
2129
at best
Oct 2025 · age 27
Oct 2025 · age 27
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#12,868 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
24 entries2025
All-time peak 2129
at age 27
Oct 2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #62
at age 27 · rated 2115
Apr 2025
2024
Crossed 2100
at age 26
Jan 2024
2020
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Aug 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 20
Oct 2018
2017
5th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2015
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+14
2115 → 2129
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
7.5/ 1262.5%
5W5D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/3 | #19 | 2683 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/8 | #19 | 2140 | +5.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsViacheslav TilicheevGM
🇷🇸SRB·2430
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsVasil SpasovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2355
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →
vsGeorgi FilevFM
🇧🇬BUL·2230
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2024
View head-to-head →
vsSasho NikolovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2213
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2022
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#73
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#9,297
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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