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Iliev, Hristiyan
🇧🇬FIDE 2932717· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2006
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Hristiyan Iliev, a 20-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2229 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 20, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 18 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Masters Inca - IV Mallorca Chess International, 47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov", and IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 6 rapid (including FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" Rapid- Under the aegis of BSCF) and 3 blitz events (including FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" Blitz - Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. He reached Bulgarian #43 in May 2025.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #4, #3, #9, #12 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2229
Standard
Rpd2322·Blz2337
All-time high
2229
at best
Nov 2025 · age 19
Nov 2025 · age 19
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#393 · players worldwide under 20 · of 10,035
Career timeline
16 entries2025
4th Bulgarian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2229
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2229
at age 19
Nov 2025
Best 12-month gain (+244 Elo)
1968 → 2212
Jun 2025
Peak Bulgarian rank: #43
at age 19 · rated 2212
May 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 19
Jan 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+17
2212 → 2229
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
16.5/ 2761.1%
11W11D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4/9 | #7 | 2264 | +10.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #10 | 2193 | -4.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #4 | 2218 | +9.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIvajlo EnchevGM
🇧🇬BUL·2400
+1 −6 =6
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPlamen Stoyanov
🇧🇬BUL·2096
+2 −1 =7
10 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsNikola KanovIM
🇧🇬BUL·2395
+3 −2 =4
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsStoyan Or StoyanovFM
🇧🇬BUL·2329
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMetodi Stoinev
🇧🇬BUL·2149
+6 −2 =0
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#44
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#4,635
in continent
World
#6,727
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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