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Yanev, Bogdan
🇧🇬FIDE 2917017· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1946
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Bogdan Yanev, a 80-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1802 — just 19 short of his peak of 1821 (Mar 2024, age 78). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 20 months (2013–2015), 20 months (2017–2019) and 70 months (2019–2025, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: First Open Tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
1802
Standard
Rpd1728·Blz—
All-time high
1821
−19 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 78
Mar 2024 · age 78
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#75,757
#75,757 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
4th Bulgarian 75-80 player
at age 79 · rated 1802
Dec 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 78
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1821
at age 78 · −19 from today
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 70 months
paused at 1702 → returned at 1802
Aug 2019
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 72
Oct 2018
2017
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1713 → returned at 1702
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
1802 → 1802
Tournaments
1
12 games
Score
4/ 1233.3%
7W0D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsMartin M. Bakardzhiev1,506·III Open Chess tournament "Regina", under the aegis of BSCF·R5·-16.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/5 | #17 | 1821 | -19.0 |
Worst Elo result: First Open Tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF (-19.0 Elo, finished #17).
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#250
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#54,852
in continent
World
#75,756
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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