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Kanchev, Martin

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FIDEFIDE 2933012· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2009

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Martin Kanchev, a 17-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1874. He is on a steady climb with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A, Primorsko open-B tournament, and Primorsko open-A tournament. His peak of 1911 was reached at age 16 (Oct 2025).

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #9, #4, #7, #3 and #4 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

1874

Standard

Rpd1875·Blz1708

All-time high

1911

−37 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 16

Activity

30

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#54,766

#54,766 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
9th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1911
Jan 2026
2025
4th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1911
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1911
at age 16 · −37 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Apr 2025
2023
7th Bulgarian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1440
Jan 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Primorsko open-B tournament
perf 2037 (+126) · 4/6 · #60
Top opponent
vs Ivan Karadzhov 2,105
Primorsko open-B tournament · Sep 2025 · +10.1 Elo
Evolution
+48
1826 → 1874
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
13/ 2748.1%
8W10D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A
Open Swiss
Feb 20262.5/7#1231821-37.2
Primorsko open-B tournament
Open Swiss
Sep 20254/6#602037+34.4
Primorsko open-A tournament
Open Swiss
Sep 20255/9#181972+81.2
European and World qualifications B-U16, Under the aegis of BSCF
Swiss
Jul 20251.5/4#61686-30.0
Worst Elo result: 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A (-37.2 Elo, finished #123).

Most-Played Opponents

vsVladimir Kononenko
🇧🇬BUL·1897
+0 −6 =3
9 games·last met May 2023
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vsAleks Enev
🇧🇬BUL·1778
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsRadmil Georgiev
🇧🇬BUL·1651
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsKristiyan Ignatov
🇧🇬BUL·1914
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsStefan V Ivanov
🇧🇬BUL·1754
+2 −0 =4
6 games·last met Sep 2023
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Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#200
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#40,208
in continent
World
#54,765
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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200🇧🇬Kanchev, Martin1,874
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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40208🇧🇬Kanchev, Martin1,874
World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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54765🇧🇬Kanchev, Martin1,874