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VG
Velikova, Gabriela
🇧🇬FIDE 2919648· Female· Bulgaria· Born in 2002
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Gabriela Velikova, a 24-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1680 — just 29 short of her peak of 1709 (Mar 2026, age 24). She is currently in the 1650–1700 range. 18 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF, V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A, and DOP Women Classic 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including III Chess Rapid"Memorial GM Krum Georgiev"- Under the aegis of BSCF) and 2 blitz events (including Momchilgrad Blitz Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF) recently.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, she reached #19, #17, #16, #25, #26 and #13 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1680
Standard
Rpd1718·Blz1712
All-time high
1709
−29 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 24
Mar 2026 · age 24
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#117,165
#117,165 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
22 entries2026
All-time peak 1709
at age 24 · −29 from today
Mar 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+213 Elo)
1473 → 1686
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 22
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 22
Mar 2024
2023
62nd Bulgarian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1479
Jan 2023
2022
100 career games
at age 20
Nov 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-6
1686 → 1680
Tournaments
3
20 games
Score
10/ 2050.0%
8W4D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/6 | #39 | 1653 | -29.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #66 | 1898 | +5.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 3/6 | #6 | 1810 | +17.4 |
Worst Elo result: Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF (-29.0 Elo, finished #39).
Most-Played Opponents
vsGalya Chitakova
🇧🇬BUL·1774
+1 −10 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsViktoria RadevaWGM
🇧🇬BUL·2242
+0 −11 =0
11 games·last met Apr 2017
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vsNatalia Grabcheva
🇧🇬BUL·1857
+0 −5 =5
10 games·last met Apr 2017
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vsStefani Kosteva
🇧🇬BUL·1692
+6 −3 =0
9 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsLilia Petkova
🇧🇬BUL·1595
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Apr 2016
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#336
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#81,561
in continent
World
#117,160
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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