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Petkov, Rostislav
🇧🇬FIDE 2923408· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1999
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Rostislav Petkov, a 27-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1935. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: LXII festival"FIRST WEEKEND", Under the aegis of BSCF and DOP Men Open Classic 2025. Also played 6 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 5 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2018–2019), 13 months (2023–2024) and 18 months (2024–2025). His peak of 1967 was reached at age 25 (Mar 2024).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #9, #10 and #16 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1935
Standard
Rpd1959·Blz2004
All-time high
1967
−32 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 25
Mar 2024 · age 25
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#39,896
#39,896 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
17 entries2025
100 career games
at age 26
Oct 2025
2024
All-time peak 1967
at age 25 · −32 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1967 → returned at 1948
Mar 2024
2023
28th Bulgarian 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 1945
Oct 2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1945 → returned at 1967
Jan 2023
2019
9th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1822
Dec 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-32
1967 → 1935
Tournaments
2
19 games
Score
8/ 1942.1%
9W7D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsYavor Nikolov2,046·National University Individual Chess Championship 2025 Under the auspice·R3·+12.7
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsIvan KochievCM2,171·National University Individual Chess Championship 2025 Under the auspice·R2·-4.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #2 | 1844 | -13.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/5 | #16 | 1943 | -18.6 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#170
out of 1,171 players
Europe
#29,456
in continent
World
#39,896
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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