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Valev, Valentin

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FIDEFIDE 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

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 6%

#12,868 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

24 entries
2025
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

Top opponent
vs Spas KozhuharovIM 2,347
47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov" · Aug 2025 · +5.7 Elo
Evolution
+14
21152129
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
7.5/ 1262.5%
5W5D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Sep 20253.5/3#192683+9.2
Open Swiss
Aug 20254/8#192140+5.0

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Bulgaria
#73
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#9,297
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
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2
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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
...
73🇧🇬Valev, Valentin2,129
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
...
9297🇧🇬Valev, Valentin2,129
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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12868🇧🇬Valev, Valentin2,129