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Danov, Valentin
🇧🇬FIDE 2928701· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2007
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Valentin Danov, a 19-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2092 — just 8 short of his peak of 2100 (Aug 2025, age 18) and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2050 and 2100 for 10 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent appearances: 47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov" and IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 1 rapid event (including V-th "Haralampi Vanev" Memorial, Open Rapid) recently. He reached Bulgarian #71 in Jun 2025.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #5, #3, #6, #20, #42 and #25 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2092
Standard
Rpd2033·Blz1803
All-time high
2100
−8 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 18
Aug 2025 · age 18
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,149 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2026
5th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2091
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
3rd Bulgarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2100
Aug 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2100
at age 18 · −8 from today
Aug 2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #71
at age 18 · rated 2080
Jun 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+11
2081 → 2092
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
10/ 1758.8%
8W4D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHristiyan Iliev2,212·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R9·-13.8
3.[L]vsSasho NikolovIM2,242·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R5·-12.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/8 | #20 | 2079 | -8.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 2090 | +18.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKonstantin Georgiev
🇧🇬BUL·2172
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsDimitar Ardenski
🇧🇬BUL·2083
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsHristiyan Iliev
🇧🇬BUL·2229
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsSimeon Mikov
🇧🇬BUL·1887
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsMihail Marzakov
🇧🇬BUL·2119
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#83
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#11,745
in continent
World
#16,149
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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