Yanev, Pavel

Pavel Yanev, a 34-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2189 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +35 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Druga liga Centralne Srbije - Istok 2025, Teteven Hills, Under the aegis of BSCF, and IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 5 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 4 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2007–2008) and 25 months (2017–2019). His peak of 2276 was reached at age 24 (Feb 2016); he also reached Bulgarian #50 in Oct 2024.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Earned a IM norm at Tradewise Gibraltar Masters Open 2013. At junior level, he reached #4, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.