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Velikov, Nikola
🇧🇬FIDE 2932474· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2008
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Nikola Velikov, a 18-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2057 — his current career high and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +41 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A, Arad Grand Prix 2025 - A, and International Tournament "Paracin 2025" - OPEN A. Also played 5 rapid (including FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" Rapid- Under the aegis of BSCF) and 1 blitz events (including FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" Blitz - Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. He reached Bulgarian #95 in Jun 2025.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #5, #7, #2, #5, #9 and #21 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2057
Standard
Rpd2019·Blz1867
All-time high
2057
at best
Mar 2026 · age 18
Mar 2026 · age 18
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,924 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2026
5th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2057
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2057
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Sep 2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #95
at age 17 · rated 2016
Jun 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 17
Jun 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+41
2016 → 2057
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
11/ 2544.0%
7W8D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/7 | #51 | 2111 | +31.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #118 | 2094 | +43.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/9 | #61 | 1950 | -33.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSimeon TodevCM
🇧🇬BUL·2091
+0 −4 =5
9 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsKonstantin Georgiev
🇧🇬BUL·2172
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsMihail Marzakov
🇧🇬BUL·2119
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met May 2023
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vsMartin Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·2144
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsSvetlen IvanovCM
🇧🇬BUL·2101
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#98
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#14,615
in continent
World
#19,924
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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