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Popzafirov, Danail
🇧🇬FIDE 2932156· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2011
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Danail Popzafirov, a 15-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1886 — just 26 short of his peak of 1912 (Mar 2024, age 13). He is currently in the 1850–1900 range. 33 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Trayana CUP 2026, Under the aegis of BSCF, 47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov", and IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 2 rapid events (including V-th "Haralampi Vanev" Memorial, Open Rapid) recently.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached World #94 in U12, World #3 in U10, World #29 in U8 and #6 and #1 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1886
Standard
Rpd1992·Blz1813
All-time high
1912
−26 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 13
Mar 2024 · age 13
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#51,561
#51,561 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
6th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1908
Jan 2026
2024
All-time peak 1912
at age 13 · −26 from today
Mar 2024
1st Bulgarian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1854
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1800
at age 12
Aug 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 11
Jul 2022
94th U12 player worldwide
at age 11 · rated 1818
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-20
1906 → 1886
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
13.5/ 2554.0%
9W9D7L
Top 3 wins
2.[D]vsVelislav KukovIM2,315·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R3·+16.9
3.[W]vsStoyan Iliev1,749·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R6·+12.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/6 | #7 | 1972 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #29 | 1952 | +24.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #30 | 1863 | -21.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAleksandar Tsolov
🇧🇬BUL·1982
+4 −5 =3
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsVladimir Kononenko
🇧🇬BUL·1897
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsAleksandar Atanasov
🇧🇬BUL·1873
+7 −2 =1
10 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsValeri Belchev
🇧🇬BUL·1817
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsDimitar Hr. Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·1582
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met Apr 2022
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#191
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#37,931
in continent
World
#51,560
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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