Rasheva, Nora

Nora Rasheva, a 18-year-old Bulgarian Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1928. She is progressing steadily with +21 Elo over the past 12 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Qualifications for representatives of Bulgaria to the World and European championships-B16, Under the aegis of BSCF, and Qualifications for representatives of Bulgaria to the World and European championships-G18, Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 3 rapid (including FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" Rapid- Under the aegis of BSCF) and 2 blitz events (including FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" Blitz - Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. Her peak of 2060 was reached at age 16 (Sep 2024); she also reached Bulgarian #87 in Nov 2024.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded WCM in 2017 (age 9). At junior level, she reached World #94 in U8 and #7, #2, #8, #7 and #6 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.