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Sharkov, Venko

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FIDEFIDE 2924005· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1996

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Venko Sharkov, a 30-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1849 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +30 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LIX festival"FIRST WEEKEND"- under the aegis of BSCF, LVII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF, and LVI Festival- under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 3 rapid events (including CUP BURGAS 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 46 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2024–2025).

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #19 and #22 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1849

Standard

Rpd1781·Blz1829

All-time high

1849

at best
Nov 2025 · age 29

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#61,760

#61,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

17 entries
2025
All-time peak 1849
at age 29
Nov 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 28
Mar 2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1699 → returned at 1833
Feb 2024
2020
49th Bulgarian 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 1815
Sep 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 23
Oct 2019
Inactive for 46 months
paused at 1815 → returned at 1752
Oct 2019

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
LV Festival- under the aegis of BSCF
perf 2070 (+237) · 4.5/5 · #4
Top opponent
vs Ivan KochievCM 2,165
LVI Festival- under the aegis of BSCF · Oct 2025 · +17.2 Elo
Evolution
+30
1819 → 1849
Tournaments
5
28 games
Score
19/ 2867.9%
16W6D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
LIX festival"FIRST WEEKEND"- under the aegis of BSCF
Swiss
Jan 20264.5/6#11858+3.8
LVII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF
Swiss
Nov 20254/4#152640-4.8
LVI Festival- under the aegis of BSCF
Swiss
Oct 20252/3#112034+16.4
Primorsko open-B tournament
Open Swiss
Sep 20254/6#522006+9.4
LV Festival- under the aegis of BSCF
Swiss
Sep 20254.5/5#42070+5.2

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#216
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#45,172
in continent
World
#61,759
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
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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
...
216🇧🇬Sharkov, Venko1,849
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
...
45172🇧🇬Sharkov, Venko1,849
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
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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
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
...
61759🇧🇬Sharkov, Venko1,849