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Zahariev, Velislav
🇧🇬FIDE 2944383· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2015
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Velislav Zahariev, a 11-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1826 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 12. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include PROLECNI "FENIKS" OPEN BRANICEVSKOG OKRUGA 2026, 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A, and MEMORIJAL VOJKANA PETROVICA 2025. Also played 3 rapid events (including Open Milenium 15.02.2026, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. His peak of 1860 was reached at age 10 (Jun 2025).
At junior level, he reached World #88 in U10, World #11 in U8 and #5 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1826
Standard
Rpd1715·Blz1459
All-time high
1860
−34 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 10
Jun 2025 · age 10
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#688 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,529
Career timeline
10 entries2026
5th Bulgarian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1818
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 11
Apr 2026
2025
88th U10 player worldwide
at age 10 · rated 1860
Jun 2025
All-time peak 1860
at age 10 · −34 from today
Jun 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 10
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+475 Elo)
1260 → 1735
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-24
1850 → 1826
Tournaments
7
45 games
Score
18/ 4540.0%
15W6D24L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsKonstantinos Zouroufidis1,865·9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A·R6·-13.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/7 | #30 | 1837 | +8.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/6 | #14 | 1980 | +70.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/7 | #156 | 1671 | -39.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/4 | #28 | 2200 | +48.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/4 | #85 | 1902 | -11.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/7 | #46 | 1724 | -16.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 0.5/8 | #152 | 1516 | -84.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAtanas Taskov
🇧🇬BUL·1729
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsNiya MalchevaWCM
🇧🇬BUL·1742
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsNikola Malchev
🇧🇬BUL·1813
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsSimeon Trendafilov
🇧🇬BUL·2044
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsGeorgi Koev
🇧🇬BUL·1934
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2023
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#232
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#49,818
in continent
World
#68,403
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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