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Salimova, Nurgyul

Salimova, Nurgyul

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FIDEFIDE 2915138· Female· Bulgaria· Born in 2003

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Nurgyul Salimova, a 23-year-old Bulgarian International Master, is rated 2404 and ranked 15th among Bulgarian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. She has fluctuated between 2385 and 2449 over the past 2 years. 78 rated games in the past year (≈74/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open, and 1. Frauenbundesliga 2025-2026 Februar 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 3 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Knockout) recently. Her peak of 2449 was reached at age 21 (Jun 2024, Bulgarian #10 at the time).

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded IM in 2019 (age 16), FM in 2017 (age 14), and WFM in 2011 (age 8). Earned GM norms at FE 6 Vergani Cup gennaio - A 2022 and FIDE Women's World Cup 2023. At junior level, she reached World #69 in U20, World #55 in U18, World #21 in U16, World #22 in U14, World #23 in U12, World #15 in U10 and World #15 in U8.

Current rating

2404

Standard

Rpd2308·Blz2350

All-time high

2449

−45 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 21

Activity

78

games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo

78 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#15

#15 · Bulgarian players · of 701

Career timeline

31 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2400
at age 23
May 2026
Re-crossed 2400
at age 23
Mar 2026
2025
1,000 career games
at age 22
May 2025
2024
Peak Bulgarian rank: #10
at age 21 · rated 2449
Jun 2024
All-time peak 2449
at age 21 · −45 from today
Jun 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 20
Jun 2023

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
29th European Club Cup for Women
perf 2534 (+138) · 5/6 · #3
Top opponent
vs Vaclav FinekIM 2,571
European Individual Chess Championship 2026 · Apr 2026 · +2.2 Elo
Best comeback
29th European Club Cup for Women
finished #3 (seeded #22 of 92)
Evolution
+19
2385 → 2404
Tournaments
8
58 games
Score
35/ 5860.3%
23W24D11L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsElena-Luminita CosmaWGM2,237·European Women Team Ch 2025·R6·-7.1
2.[L]vsUmida OmonovaWGM2,252·FIDE Women`s Grand Swiss 2025·R9·-6.8
3.[L]vsBella KhotenashviliGM2,418·FIDE Women's World Cup 2025·R4·-4.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20266.5/11#932416+4.6
PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open
Open Swiss
Feb 20266/9#502360-2.2
1. Frauenbundesliga 2025-2026 Februar 2026
Team
Feb 20262/2#62960+4.6
29th European Club Cup for Women
Team
Oct 20255/6#32534+11.6
European Women Team Ch 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20253.5/6#922373-0.6
FIDE Women`s Grand Swiss 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20254.5/11#432385-0.9
Isbank of Turkiye Chess Super League - 2025
Team
Aug 20255/9#652376+1.0
FIDE Women's World Cup 2025
Knockout
Jul 20252.5/4R642382+0.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsElisabeth PaehtzGM
🇩🇪GER·2404
+2 −5 =7
14 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsAnna MuzychukGM
🇺🇦UKR·2522
+2 −1 =10
13 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsGabriela AntovaFM
🇧🇬BUL·2203
+7 −2 =4
13 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsGovhar BeydullayevaWGM
🇦🇿AZE·2368
+3 −1 =8
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsViktoria RadevaWGM
🇧🇬BUL·2242
+5 −1 =6
12 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#15
out of 1,171 players
Europe
#1,008
in continent
World
#1,604
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
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2,695
2
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2,627
3
🇧🇬Naiditsch, ArkadijFollow Arkadij NaiditschTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,574
4
🇧🇬Petrov, MartinFollow Martin PetrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,542
5
🇧🇬Georgiev, KirilFollow Kiril GeorgievTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,525
6
🇧🇬Petkov, MomchilFollow Momchil PetkovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,523
7
🇧🇬Grigorov, GrigorFollow Grigor GrigorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,496
8
🇧🇬Dimitrov, RadoslavFollow Radoslav DimitrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,474
9
🇧🇬Rusev, KrasimirFollow Krasimir RusevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,457
10
🇧🇬Stoyanov, TsvetanFollow Tsvetan StoyanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,445
...
15🇧🇬Salimova, Nurgyul2,404
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
1008🇧🇬Salimova, Nurgyul2,404
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
1604🇧🇬Salimova, Nurgyul2,404