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Vishev, Nikolay
🇧🇬FIDE 2932482· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1977
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Nikolay Vishev, a 49-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1583 — just 24 short of his peak of 1607 (May 2024, age 47). He is progressing steadily with +52 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LXII festival"FIRST WEEKEND", Under the aegis of BSCF, LXI festival"FIRST WEEKEND"- under the aegis of BSCF, and LX festival"FIRST WEEKEND"- under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 2 rapid (including V-th "Haralampi Vanev" Memorial, Open Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Balkaniada "Blitz 3 in 1" N61, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2016–2019) and 51 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
1583
Standard
Rpd1631·Blz1484
All-time high
1607
−24 pts below
May 2024 · age 47
May 2024 · age 47
Activity
42
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#153,484
#153,484 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
100 career games
at age 48
Oct 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 47
Jun 2024
Best 12-month gain (+259 Elo)
1348 → 1607
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 47
May 2024
All-time peak 1607
at age 47 · −24 from today
May 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 47
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+65
1518 → 1583
Tournaments
12
77 games
Score
30.5/ 7739.6%
28W15D34L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/2 | #5 | 2603 | +14.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/5 | #7 | 1786 | +33.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/4 | #6 | 1694 | +19.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/6 | #6 | 1577 | +9.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/4 | #15 | 1612 | -9.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/5 | #22 | 1458 | -34.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #18 | 2053 | +4.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/4 | #10 | 1686 | +13.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #7 | 1878 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/3 | #73 | 2353 | -7.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGeorgi Nenchev
🇧🇬BUL·1432
+9 −0 =2
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsVladko Merdzhanov
🇧🇬BUL·1681
+4 −6 =0
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsCveta Vasileva
🇧🇬BUL·1661
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsValeriy Petrov
🇧🇬BUL·1703
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsAtanas Taskov
🇧🇬BUL·1729
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#438
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#101,704
in continent
World
#153,469
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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