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Dimitrov, Martin
🇧🇬FIDE 2924099· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2009
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Martin Dimitrov, a 17-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2144 — just 7 short of his peak of 2151 (Sep 2025, age 16) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +207 Elo over the past 12 months. 40 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U16, 47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov", and European and World qualifications B-U16, Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 3 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Bulgarian #60 in Sep 2025.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached World #20 in U8 and #1, #1, #2, #2 and #1 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2144
Standard
Rpd2024·Blz2028
All-time high
2151
−7 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 16
Sep 2025 · age 16
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#677 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
15 entries2026
1st Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2144
Jan 2026
2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #60
at age 16 · rated 2151
Sep 2025
1st Bulgarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2151
Sep 2025
Best 12-month gain (+268 Elo)
1883 → 2151
Sep 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2151
at age 16 · −7 from today
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+170
1974 → 2144
Tournaments
5
40 games
Score
26.5/ 4066.3%
19W15D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsSasho NikolovIM2,242·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R4·-10.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/11 | #74 | 2116 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #6 | 2277 | +101.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/5 | #1 | 2019 | +14.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #11 | 2094 | +62.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/6 | #2 | 2056 | +37.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir Kononenko
🇧🇬BUL·1897
+4 −6 =2
12 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsSimeon TodevCM
🇧🇬BUL·2091
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsNikola Velikov
🇧🇬BUL·2057
+3 −1 =4
8 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsStefan Uzunov
🇧🇬BUL·1844
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMihail Marzakov
🇧🇬BUL·2119
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2024
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#68
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#8,390
in continent
World
#11,701
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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