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Petrov, Bozhidar
🇧🇬FIDE 2934523· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2008
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Bozhidar Petrov, a 18-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1510 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +57 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: National team chess championship 2025 - Youth U18 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25 and European and World qualifications B-U18, Under the aegis of BSCF.
At junior level, he reached #41 and #51 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1510
Standard
Rpd1516·Blz—
All-time high
1510
at best
Oct 2025 · age 17
Oct 2025 · age 17
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#181,874
#181,874 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2025
41st Bulgarian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1510
Oct 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 17
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1510
at age 17
Oct 2025
Best 12-month gain (+421 Elo)
1033 → 1454
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1400
at age 16
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 16
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
National team chess championship 2025 - Youth U18 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25perf 1731 (+221) · 2/5 · #16
Top opponent
National team chess championship 2025 - Youth U18 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25 · Sep 2025 · +36.2 Elo
Evolution
+57
1453 → 1510
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
3/ 1225.0%
2W2D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMario Bayatov1,903·National team chess championship 2025 - Youth U18 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25·R1·+36.2
2.[W]vsNikola Vladimirov1,655·National team chess championship 2025 - Youth U18 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25·R5·+27.9
3.[D]vsTeodor Tsvetanov1,839·European and World qualifications B-U18, Under the aegis of BSCF·R1·+15.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 2/5 | #16 | 1731 | +47.2 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 1/7 | #8 | 1572 | +8.8 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#556
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#115,421
in continent
World
#181,829
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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