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Nikolov, Yavor
🇧🇬INACTIVEFIDE 2926644· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2005
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Yavor Nikolov, a 21-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2046 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months). Also played 4 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2200 was reached at age 17 (Aug 2022); he also reached Bulgarian #67 in Jan 2025.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #6, #4, #4, #3, #5 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2046
Standard
Rpd2098·Blz1981
All-time high
2200
−154 pts below
Aug 2022 · age 17
Aug 2022 · age 17
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,245 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
23 entries2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #67
at age 20 · rated 2107
Jan 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 19
Sep 2024
6th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2113
Jan 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
2046 → 2046
Score
0/ 120.0%
9W1D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsGeorgi Stoyanov1,973·National University Individual Chess Championship 2025 Under the auspice·R6·+7.9
2.[W]vsStanislav Botev1,965·National University Team Chess Championship 2026,Under the auspices of BSCF·R2·+7.7
3.[W]vsLazar Nasar1,903·National University Individual Chess Championship 2025 Under the auspice·R4·+6.1
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsNikola Dimov
🇧🇬BUL·1818
+6 −5 =3
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIliyan Manov
🇧🇬BUL·1875
+11 −0 =1
12 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsStanislav Botev
🇧🇬BUL·1965
+6 −3 =0
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsEfim Kan
🇧🇬BUL·2030
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsLachezar Kolev
🇧🇬BUL·2063
+3 −5 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2022
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#102
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#15,592
in continent
World
#21,225
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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