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Ivanov, Lachezar
🇧🇬FIDE 2934140· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2008
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Lachezar Ivanov, a 18-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1918 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +158 Elo over the past 12 months. 52 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A, Primorsko open-B tournament, and Primorsko open-A tournament. Also played 4 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #9, #11, #13, #32 and #62 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1918
Standard
Rpd1786·Blz1811
All-time high
1918
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
35
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#43,725
#43,725 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
9th Bulgarian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1918
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1918
at age 18
Jun 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Sep 2025
2024
11th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1640
Jan 2024
2023
Best 12-month gain (+368 Elo)
1272 → 1640
Sep 2023
100 career games
at age 15
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+159
1759 → 1918
Tournaments
6
47 games
Score
28.5/ 4760.6%
25W7D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #27 | 2009 | +46.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/7 | #22 | 1927 | +36.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/6 | #42 | 2050 | +27.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/9 | #29 | 1795 | -24.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #32 | 1940 | +68.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/8 | #33 | 1865 | +3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAsen Petrov
🇧🇬BUL·1894
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsMetodi Stoinev
🇧🇬BUL·2149
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsSimeon Mikov
🇧🇬BUL·1887
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsNikola Velikov
🇧🇬BUL·2057
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsAdrian Mitushev
🇧🇬BUL·1864
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2021
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#176
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#32,253
in continent
World
#43,724
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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