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Ivanov, Svetlen
CM🇧🇬FIDE 2924269· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2008
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Svetlen Ivanov, a 18-year-old Bulgarian Candidate Master, is rated 2101 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent appearances: V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A and National team chess championship 2025 - Youth U18 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25. Also played 3 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 3 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Bulgarian #78 in Jun 2026.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded CM in 2015 (age 7). At junior level, he reached World #32 in U10, World #5 in U8 and #3, #2, #4 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2101
Standard
Rpd2054·Blz2015
All-time high
2101
at best
Mar 2026 · age 18
Mar 2026 · age 18
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,324 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
Peak Bulgarian rank: #78
at age 18 · rated 2101
Jun 2026
3rd Bulgarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2101
Apr 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2101
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 17
Jun 2025
2024
2nd Bulgarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1972
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+48
2053 → 2101
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
10/ 1283.3%
8W4D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #7 | 2169 | +39.2 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2082 | +9.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSimeon TodevCM
🇧🇬BUL·2091
+5 −9 =7
21 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsKonstantin Georgiev
🇧🇬BUL·2172
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsIvan Doychev
🇧🇬BUL·1973
+4 −5 =0
9 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsNikola Velikov
🇧🇬BUL·2057
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsNikola KanovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2395
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Jul 2023
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#78
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#11,124
in continent
World
#15,324
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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