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Kolev, Lachezar
🇧🇬FIDE 2919788· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2005
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Lachezar Kolev, a 21-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2063 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +74 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kvalifikacii za vtora liga mazi 2026, Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF, and V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A. Also played 4 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He took a 17-month break between Oct 2023 and Apr 2025. His peak of 2144 was reached at age 17 (Apr 2022); he also reached Bulgarian #87 in Oct 2020.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached World #55 in U10 and #9, #7, #5, #3 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2063
Standard
Rpd2084·Blz2039
All-time high
2144
−81 pts below
Apr 2022 · age 17
Apr 2022 · age 17
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,208 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
26 entries2026
500 career games
at age 21
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 20
Oct 2025
2024
9th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2029
Jan 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2029 → returned at 1992
Oct 2023
2022
7th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2144
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+74
1989 → 2063
Tournaments
4
26 games
Score
18/ 2669.2%
16W4D6L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsSimeon Trendafilov2,045·Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF·R6·+10.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 5/6 | #3 | 2197 | +20.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #10 | 2068 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #9 | 2153 | +28.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/6 | #18 | 2056 | +10.8 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir Pavlov
🇧🇬BUL·2061
+5 −1 =5
11 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsSasho NikolovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2213
+3 −6 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsYavor Nikolov
🇧🇬BUL·2046
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsGeorgi Kolev
🇧🇬BUL·1798
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Jul 2020
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vsNikola Dimov
🇧🇬BUL·1818
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#94
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#14,057
in continent
World
#19,208
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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