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Mitev, Valentin

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FIDEFIDE 2921707· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2004

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Valentin Mitev, a 22-year-old Bulgarian FIDE Master, is rated 2301 — just 22 short of his peak of 2323 (Jun 2025, age 21) and ranked 33rd among Bulgarian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 13 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A, 2026 Isle of Wight Masters, and Primorsko open-A tournament. Also played 5 rapid (including European Corporate Chess Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Bulgarian #29 in Aug 2025.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded FM in 2019 (age 15). Earned a IM norm at Serbia OPEN 2021 - MASTERS. At junior level, he reached World #93 in U16, World #68 in U14, World #28 in U12, World #24 in U10 and #3 and #3 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2301

Standard

Rpd2296·Blz2238

All-time high

2323

−22 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 21

Activity

32

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#33

#33 · Bulgarian players · of 675

Career timeline

29 entries
2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #29
at age 21 · rated 2323
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2323
at age 21 · −22 from today
Jun 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 21
May 2025
2024
3rd Bulgarian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2299
Dec 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Oct 2022
3rd Bulgarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2281
May 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Martin PetrovGM 2,533
DOP Men Open Classic 2025 · Sep 2025 · +5.6 Elo
Evolution
-22
2323 → 2301
Tournaments
4
33 games
Score
23/ 3369.7%
19W8D6L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsTalha Herdem1,976·Primorsko open-A tournament·R3·-17.5
2.[L]vsMartin P Burrows2,089·2026 Isle of Wight Masters·R2·-15.5
3.[L]vsLivio Cancedda-Dupuis2,160·2026 Isle of Wight Masters·R6·-13.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A
Open Swiss
Apr 20266/9#452276-1.4
2026 Isle of Wight Masters
Open Swiss
Feb 20266/9#102242-11.2
Primorsko open-A tournament
Open Swiss
Sep 20257/9#22254-6.2
DOP Men Open Classic 2025
Swiss
Sep 20254/6#72247-3.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsTsvetan StoyanovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2445
+7 −10 =4
21 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsLachezar YordanovFM
🇧🇬BUL·2343
+2 −7 =3
12 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsVasil SpasovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2355
+1 −8 =2
11 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsVladimir Pavlov
🇧🇬BUL·2061
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsStoyan Or StoyanovFM
🇧🇬BUL·2329
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings

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Bulgaria
#33
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#2,700
in continent
World
#4,055
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
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2,695
2
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2,634
3
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2,574
4
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2,547
5
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2,525
6
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2,523
7
🇧🇬Grigorov, GrigorFollow Grigor GrigorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,496
8
🇧🇬Dimitrov, RadoslavFollow Radoslav DimitrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,482
9
🇧🇬Stoyanov, TsvetanFollow Tsvetan StoyanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,445
10
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2,433
...
33🇧🇬Mitev, Valentin2,301
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
2700🇧🇬Mitev, Valentin2,301
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
...
4055🇧🇬Mitev, Valentin2,301