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Botev, Stanislav
🇧🇬FIDE 2921324· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2006
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Stanislav Botev, a 20-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1965 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +90 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: DOP Men Open Classic 2025 and Ropotamo Cup A tournament. Also played 3 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2022–2023) and 20 months (2023–2025).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #12, #10, #10, #9, #11, #15 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1965
Standard
Rpd1998·Blz1900
All-time high
1965
at best
Oct 2025 · age 19
Oct 2025 · age 19
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#33,644
#33,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
12th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1965
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1965
at age 19
Oct 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1791 → returned at 1950
Oct 2023
10th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1860
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+15
1950 → 1965
Tournaments
1
19 games
Score
3.5/ 1918.4%
12W3D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsOleksandr KuzhylnyiCM2,293·National University Team Chess Championship 2026,Under the auspices of BSCF·R6·+17.4
2.[W]vsVladimir Pavlov2,061·National University Individual Chess Championship 2025 Under the auspice·R6·+12.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #23 | 2233 | +15.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYavor Nikolov
🇧🇬BUL·2046
+3 −6 =0
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsEsat Ramadanov
🇧🇬BUL·1830
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsDimitar Ardenski
🇧🇬BUL·2083
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsHristiyan Iliev
🇧🇬BUL·2229
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsPavel Yanev
🇧🇬BUL·2189
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#153
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#24,884
in continent
World
#33,643
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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