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Petkov, Preslav

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FIDEFIDE 2923394· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1999

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Preslav Petkov, a 27-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1979 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2018–2019) and 34 months (2023–2026). Recent standard appearances include OBRO Forsinket Paaske - Standard, 1HK Team 2025-26 Mar, and 1HK Team 2025-26 Jan-Feb. Also played 1 rapid event (including OBRO Forsinket Paaske - Hurtigskak) recently.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #8, #15 and #17 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

1979

Standard

Rpd1910·Blz1876

All-time high

1979

at best
May 2026 · age 27

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#30,971

#30,971 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
All-time peak 1979
at age 27
May 2026
2023
30th Bulgarian 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 1931
Oct 2023
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1931 → returned at 1960
Apr 2023
100 career games
at age 24
Mar 2023
2020
Best 12-month gain (+86 Elo)
1794 → 1880
Aug 2020
2019
8th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1846
Dec 2019

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Brian Christer Baerentsen 2,128
1HK Team 2025-26 Mar · Mar 2026 · +4.2 Elo
Evolution
+20
1959 → 1979
Tournaments
3
7 games
Score
4.5/ 764.3%
3W3D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsDaniel AndersenFM1,869·OBRO Forsinket Paaske - Standard·R4·-13.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
OBRO Forsinket Paaske - Standard
Swiss
Apr 20262.5/4#62039+7.6
1HK Team 2025-26 Mar
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#432175+11.2
1HK Team 2025-26 Jan-Feb
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#2712009+1.4
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsAntonio Todorov
🇧🇬BUL·1781
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2019
View head-to-head →
vsRostislav Petkov
🇧🇬BUL·1935
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Apr 2018
View head-to-head →
vsVolen DyulgerovCM
🇧🇬BUL·2181
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsBoris Ivanov
🇧🇬BUL·1960
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2017
View head-to-head →
vsKaloyan Todorov
🇧🇬BUL·2017
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2017
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#140
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#22,896
in continent
World
#30,970
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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8
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9
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2,445
10
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2,433
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140🇧🇬Petkov, Preslav1,979
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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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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10
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2,713
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22896🇧🇬Petkov, Preslav1,979
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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9
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30970🇧🇬Petkov, Preslav1,979