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Dimov, Nikola

🇧🇬INACTIVE

FIDEFIDE 2924242· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2005

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Nikola Dimov, a 21-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1818. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2018–2019), 13 months (2022–2023) and 19 months (2023–2025). Also played 4 rapid (including International Rapid Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) and 1 blitz events (including International Blitz Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. His peak of 1863 was reached at age 19 (Mar 2024).

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #12, #13, #10, #8, #16 and #16 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

1818

Standard

Rpd1880·Blz1828

All-time high

1863

−45 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 19

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#70,754

#70,754 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

22 entries
2026
57th Bulgarian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1818
May 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1863
at age 19 · −45 from today
Mar 2024
12th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1771
Jan 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1771 → returned at 1818
Oct 2023

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Yavor Nikolov 2,046
National University Individual Chess Championship 2025 Under the auspice · Nov 2025 · +5.8 Elo
Evolution
0
1818 → 1818
Score
0/ 70.0%
4W2D1L
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.

Last 12 months — tournaments

0 events

Most-Played Opponents

vsYavor Nikolov
🇧🇬BUL·2046
+5 −6 =3
14 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
vsLachezar Kolev
🇧🇬BUL·2063
+0 −8 =0
8 games·last met May 2025
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vsIliyan Manov
🇧🇬BUL·1875
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsKonstantin Georgiev
🇧🇬BUL·2172
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsEfim Kan
🇧🇬BUL·2030
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Jul 2021
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Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#246
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#51,362
in continent
World
#70,703
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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