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Stefanov, Emil
IM🇧🇬FIDE 2914794· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1999
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Emil Stefanov, a 27-year-old Bulgarian International Master, is rated 2335 and ranked 21st among Bulgarian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 13 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 July TCC Houston FIDE - Championship and 2025 Texas Chess Open - Championship. His peak of 2505 was reached at age 17 (Aug 2016, Bulgarian #10 at the time).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded IM in 2017 (age 18) and FM in 2016 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #75 in U20, World #20 in U18 and #2, #4 and #6 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2335
Standard
Rpd2243·Blz2243
All-time high
2505
−170 pts below
Aug 2016 · age 17
Aug 2016 · age 17
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#21
#21 · Bulgarian players · of 675
Career timeline
20 entries2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2350 → returned at 2343
Feb 2020
2019
500 career games
at age 20
Jul 2019
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 19
Oct 2018
75th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2434
Jan 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 18
Oct 2017
IM title awardedIM
at age 18 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2017
Apr 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-11
2346 → 2335
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
9.5/ 1279.2%
8W3D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2186 | -0.9 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/6 | #11 | 2317 | -10.1 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir Sergeev PetrovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2325
+5 −6 =5
16 games·last met Apr 2017
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vsNikolay Valeriev Hristov
🇧🇬BUL·2189
+4 −5 =6
15 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsVolen DyulgerovCM
🇧🇬BUL·2181
+6 −4 =2
12 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsDelyan Dochev
🇧🇬BUL·1983
+6 −1 =5
12 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsMartin PetrovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2547
+1 −4 =7
12 games·last met Oct 2017
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#21
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#1,994
in continent
World
#3,057
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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