Format
PA
Petrov, Asen
🇧🇬FIDE 2928124· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1940
Follow Asen PetrovTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Asen Petrov, a 86-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1894 — just 12 short of his peak of 1906 (Mar 2024, age 84). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 17 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearance: Primorsko open-B tournament. Also played 18 rapid (including Bulgarian Men Individual Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Bulgarian Men Individual Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 31 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 25 months (2022–2025).
Current rating
1894
Standard
Rpd1836·Blz1769
All-time high
1906
−12 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 84
Mar 2024 · age 84
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#49,597
#49,597 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
All-time peak 1906
at age 84 · −12 from today
Mar 2024
2023
1st Bulgarian 80+ player
at age 83 · rated 1843
Nov 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 82
Dec 2022
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1843 → returned at 1899
Dec 2022
2020
6th Bulgarian 75-80 player
at age 80 · rated 1834
Oct 2020
Best 12-month gain (+61 Elo)
1773 → 1834
Apr 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+13
1881 → 1894
Tournaments
1
14 games
Score
5/ 1435.7%
9W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/7 | #10 | 1936 | +12.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCveta Vasileva
🇧🇬BUL·1661
+10 −0 =0
10 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsValentin Kamenov
🇧🇬BUL·1707
+4 −6 =0
10 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsStanislav Krastev
🇧🇬BUL·1636
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2025
View head-to-head →
vsStojan Emilov Ivanov
🇧🇬BUL·2083
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2026
View head-to-head →
vsGoran Krastev
🇧🇬BUL·2059
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#186
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#36,517
in continent
World
#49,596
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Bulgaria
| 1 | 🇧🇬Follow Veselin TopalovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,695 |
| 2 | 🇧🇬Follow Ivan CheparinovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,634 |
| 3 | 🇧🇬Follow Arkadij NaiditschTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,574 |
| 4 | 🇧🇬Follow Martin PetrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,547 |
| 5 | 🇧🇬Follow Kiril GeorgievTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,525 |
| 6 | 🇧🇬Follow Momchil PetkovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,523 |
| 7 | 🇧🇬Follow Grigor GrigorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,496 |
| 8 | 🇧🇬Follow Radoslav DimitrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,482 |
| 9 | 🇧🇬Follow Tsvetan StoyanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,445 |
| 10 | 🇧🇬Follow Momchil NikolovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,433 |
| ... | ||
| 186 | 1,894 | |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,728 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,713 |
| ... | ||
| 36517 | 1,894 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 49596 | 1,894 | |