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Patev, Petko

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FIDEFIDE 2922061· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1957

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Petko Patev, a 69-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1948 — just 11 short of his peak of 1959 (Jul 2025, age 68). He is on a steady climb with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026 and 17th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players. He had 4 career breaks: 26 months (2012–2014), 14 months (2016–2017), 13 months (2017–2018) and 21 months (2018–2020).

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.

Current rating

1948

Standard

Rpd1915·Blz—

All-time high

1959

−11 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 68

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#37,058

#37,058 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

20 entries
2025
12th Bulgarian 65-70 player
at age 68 · rated 1959
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1959
at age 68 · −11 from today
Jul 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+107 Elo)
1814 → 1921
Jun 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1800
at age 66
Jun 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 65
Aug 2022
100 career games
at age 65
Aug 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jacek StachanczykIM 2,123
IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026 · Apr 2026 · +4.7 Elo
Evolution
-11
1959 → 1948
Tournaments
1
14 games
Score
3/ 1421.4%
6W3D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20263/6#581859-11.0

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#159
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#27,392
in continent
World
#37,057
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
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2
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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
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2,496
8
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2,482
9
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2,445
10
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2,433
...
159🇧🇬Patev, Petko1,948
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
27392🇧🇬Patev, Petko1,948
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
...
37057🇧🇬Patev, Petko1,948