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Metodiev, Veselin
🇧🇬FIDE 2911027· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1998
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Veselin Metodiev, a 28-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1992. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2021–2022), 13 months (2022–2023) and 13 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: DOP Men Open Classic 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2030 was reached at age 22 (Feb 2020); he also reached Bulgarian #97 in Nov 2024.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #6, #7, #5 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1992
Standard
Rpd2053·Blz1991
All-time high
2030
−38 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 22
Feb 2020 · age 22
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#28,785
#28,785 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Peak Bulgarian rank: #97
at age 26 · rated 1982
Nov 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1982 → returned at 1992
Aug 2024
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2004 → returned at 1978
Aug 2022
2021
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2015 → returned at 2004
Jul 2021
2020
All-time peak 2030
at age 22 · −38 from today
Feb 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 20
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+10
1982 → 1992
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
1.5/ 530.0%
1W1D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1.5/5 | #32 | 2128 | +10.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDario Dereshki
🇧🇬BUL·2087
+4 −5 =2
11 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsNikolay Valeriev Hristov
🇧🇬BUL·2189
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsVladimir Sergeev PetrovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2325
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2017
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vsMartin PetrovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2547
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsRumen NikolovFM
🇧🇬BUL·2291
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2015
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#130
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#21,283
in continent
World
#28,784
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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