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Petkova, Irina
🇧🇬FIDE 2929392· Female· Bulgaria· Born in 2007
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Irina Petkova, a 19-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1841 — just 29 short of her peak of 1870 (Apr 2024, age 17). She has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 9 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include DOP Women Classic 2025, 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B, and European and World qualifications G-U18, Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 1 rapid (including DOP Women Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including DOP Women Blitz 2025) recently.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, she reached #17, #18, #17, #11, #31 and #42 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1841
Standard
Rpd1922·Blz1812
All-time high
1870
−29 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 17
Apr 2024 · age 17
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#63,967
#63,967 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2026
17th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1841
Jun 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Apr 2025
2024
18th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1870
Apr 2024
All-time peak 1870
at age 17 · −29 from today
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+31
1810 → 1841
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
12.5/ 2746.3%
11W3D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4/6 | #2 | 2057 | +91.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/8 | #55 | 1794 | -3.2 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 0/4 | #5 | 1118 | -57.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/8 | #38 | 1874 | -36.8 |
Worst Elo result: European and World qualifications G-U18, Under the aegis of BSCF (-57.2 Elo, finished #5).
Most-Played Opponents
vsPetya KaraivanovaWFM
🇧🇬BUL·1978
+5 −18 =0
23 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsDilyana IvanovaWCM
🇧🇬BUL·1930
+2 −14 =1
17 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsRalitsa Ilieva
🇧🇬BUL·1861
+2 −5 =6
13 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsNora RashevaWCM
🇧🇬BUL·1928
+6 −5 =1
12 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsPatricie NaymanovaWFM
🇧🇬BUL·2010
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#219
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#46,717
in continent
World
#63,966
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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