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Velchev, Yoan
🇧🇬FIDE 2944618· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2012
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Yoan Velchev, a 14-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1831 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +234 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A, 3-rd Childrens Tournament"Dimitar Karapchanski", and Teteven Hills, Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 4 rapid (including III Chess Rapid"Memorial GM Krum Georgiev"- Under the aegis of BSCF) and 1 blitz events (including Teteven Blitz, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently.
At junior level, he reached #5, #5 and #2 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1831
Standard
Rpd1835·Blz1769
All-time high
1831
at best
Jun 2026 · age 14
Jun 2026 · age 14
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#66,894
#66,894 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
5th Bulgarian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1831
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1831
at age 14
Jun 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 14
Mar 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 13
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 13
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+403 Elo)
1233 → 1636
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCFperf 2032 (+308) · 5.5/8 · #45
Top opponent
Evolution
+234
1597 → 1831
Tournaments
6
43 games
Score
24.5/ 4357.0%
20W9D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/6 | #46 | 1882 | +20.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #61 | 2010 | +27.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/6 | #7 | 1920 | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #15 | 2029 | +90.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/5 | #9 | 1882 | -42.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/8 | #45 | 2032 | +126.8 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#228
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#48,761
in continent
World
#66,893
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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