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Chitakova, Galya
🇧🇬FIDE 2920425· Female· Bulgaria· Born in 2003
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Galya Chitakova, a 23-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1774 — just 23 short of her peak of 1797 (Jun 2024, age 21). She plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 14-month break between Sep 2022 and Dec 2023. Recent appearances: National University Team Chess Championship 2026,Under the auspices of BSCF and National University Individual Chess Championship 2025 Under the auspice.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, she reached #14, #13, #18, #19 and #15 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1774
Standard
Rpd1735·Blz1727
All-time high
1797
−23 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 21
Jun 2024 · age 21
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#84,533
#84,533 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2024
50th Bulgarian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1797
Sep 2024
All-time peak 1797
at age 21 · −23 from today
Jun 2024
2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1662 → returned at 1657
Sep 2022
14th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1684
Apr 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2021
Re-crossed 1600
at age 18
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-12
1786 → 1774
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
6/ 1250.0%
6W0D6L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2/1 | #8 | 2605 | -15.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/1 | #6 | 2701 | +2.6 |
Worst Elo result: National University Team Chess Championship 2026,Under the auspices of BSCF (-15.0 Elo, finished #8).
Most-Played Opponents
vsStefani Kosteva
🇧🇬BUL·1692
+12 −9 =3
24 games·last met May 2025
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vsRalitsa Ilieva
🇧🇬BUL·1861
+10 −8 =3
21 games·last met May 2026
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vsPeya Karova
🇧🇬BUL·1621
+9 −3 =2
14 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsGergana PeychevaFM
🇧🇬BUL·2186
+0 −13 =0
13 games·last met Feb 2021
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vsNatalia Grabcheva
🇧🇬BUL·1857
+3 −6 =4
13 games·last met Feb 2021
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#261
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#60,815
in continent
World
#84,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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