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Belchev, Valeri
🇧🇬FIDE 2930587· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2009
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Valeri Belchev, a 17-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1817. He has slipped back 33 Elo over the past 12 months. 47 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A, European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U16, and 47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov". Also played 7 rapid (including Rapid_Chess Festival 50 years Chess Club ALKALOID) and 2 blitz events (including Blitz_Chess Festival 50 years Chess Club ALKALOID) recently. He took a 16-month break between Jun 2018 and Nov 2019. His peak of 1888 was reached at age 16 (Sep 2025).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #18, #6, #6, #7 and #17 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1817
Standard
Rpd1913·Blz1914
All-time high
1888
−71 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 16
Sep 2025 · age 16
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#71,063
#71,063 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Jun 2026
18th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1819
Jan 2026
2025
6th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1888
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1888
at age 16 · −71 from today
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+377 Elo)
1441 → 1818
Sep 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-32
1849 → 1817
Tournaments
6
52 games
Score
21/ 5240.4%
20W10D22L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/7 | #38 | 1919 | +58.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #69 | 1738 | -59.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/7 | #108 | 1933 | -68.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/8 | #33 | 1936 | +20.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/5 | #3 | 1924 | +22.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #27 | 1845 | -5.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDanail Popzafirov
🇧🇬BUL·1886
+1 −6 =2
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAleksandar Tsolov
🇧🇬BUL·1982
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDenislav Blagoev
🇧🇬BUL·1819
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsMartin Kanchev
🇧🇬BUL·1874
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsVladimir Kononenko
🇧🇬BUL·1897
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2021
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#238
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#51,624
in continent
World
#71,062
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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