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Atanasov, Aleksandar
🇧🇬FIDE 2937000· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2011
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Aleksandar Atanasov, a 15-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1873. He has slipped back 97 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF, V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A, and International chess tournament for kids "Cup Pleven 2025"A, under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 4 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 1970 was reached at age 14 (Apr 2025).
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. At junior level, he reached #6, #2, #2, #3 and #2 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1873
Standard
Rpd1917·Blz1907
All-time high
1970
−97 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 14
Apr 2025 · age 14
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#55,025
#55,025 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
6th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1950
Mar 2026
2025
2nd Bulgarian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1970
Apr 2025
All-time peak 1970
at age 14 · −97 from today
Apr 2025
2024
6-month rising streak
+141 Elo
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+400 Elo)
1485 → 1885
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 13
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
First International Chess Festival "Kardzali" U16 - Under the aegis of BSCFperf 2483 (+527) · 6/6 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
-97
1970 → 1873
Tournaments
8
57 games
Score
38.5/ 5767.5%
31W15D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #17 | 1678 | -77.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/7 | #17 | 2091 | +78.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/7 | #4 | 1678 | -65.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #4 | 1876 | -19.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/6 | #1 | 2483 | +16.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/6 | #17 | 1967 | +2.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 1927 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #49 | 1897 | -32.0 |
Worst Elo result: Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF (-77.2 Elo, finished #17).
Most-Played Opponents
vsTeodor Tutekov
🇧🇬BUL·1984
+4 −6 =2
12 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsDanail Popzafirov
🇧🇬BUL·1886
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsGeorgi Y Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·1716
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsKaloyan Pantev
🇧🇬BUL·1808
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsPreslav Evtimov
🇧🇬BUL·1639
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2023
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#201
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#40,396
in continent
World
#55,024
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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