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Botev, Stoyko
🇧🇬FIDE 2925591· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1971
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Stoyko Botev, a 55-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1794 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2017–2019) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent appearances: DOP Men Open Classic 2025 and Ropotamo Cup B tournament. Also played 2 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.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
1794
Standard
Rpd1719·Blz1680
All-time high
1794
at best
Oct 2025 · age 54
Oct 2025 · age 54
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#78,301
#78,301 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
27th Bulgarian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 1794
Jun 2026
2025
All-time peak 1794
at age 54
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+150 Elo)
1617 → 1767
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1611 → returned at 1782
Jul 2023
2020
33rd Bulgarian 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 1632
Oct 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1600
at age 48
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+12
1782 → 1794
Tournaments
1
2 games
Score
2/ 2100.0%
2W0D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/1 | #43 | 2658 | +12.0 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#253
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#56,621
in continent
World
#78,300
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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