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Malcheva, Niya

WCM🇧🇬

FIDEFIDE 2947420· Female· Bulgaria· Born in 2014

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Niya Malcheva, a 12-year-old Bulgarian Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1742 and sitting in the top 5% of women worldwide under 12. She is on a steady climb with +44 Elo over the past 12 months. 72 rated games in the past year (≈42/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 Trayana CUP 2026, Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 8 rapid (including III Chess Rapid"Memorial GM Krum Georgiev"- Under the aegis of BSCF) and 5 blitz events (including International Blitz Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. Her peak of 1821 was reached at age 11 (Dec 2025).

Awarded WCM in 2025 (age 11). At junior level, she reached #6, #9 and #5 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.

Current rating

1742

Standard

Rpd1696·Blz1783

All-time high

1821

79 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 11

Activity

61

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#147 · women worldwide under 12 · of 2,965

Career timeline

10 entries
2026
6th Bulgarian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1821
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1821
at age 11 · −79 from today
Dec 2025
WCM title awardedWCM
at age 11
Oct 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 11
Oct 2025
Best 12-month gain (+476 Elo)
1215 → 1691
Feb 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 10
Dec 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Trayana CUP 2026, Under the aegis of BSCF
perf 2430 (+629) · 5/5 · #8
Top opponent
vs Plamena AndreevaWFM 2,049
DOP Women Classic 2025 · Sep 2025 · +11.9 Elo
Evolution
+44
16981742
Tournaments
10
68 games
Score
43/ 6863.2%
35W16D17L

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
May 20263/7#451737-7.2
Open Swiss
Mar 20264.5/4#402474+2.4
Open Swiss
Jan 20263/7#451671-54.8
Open Swiss
Jan 20265/5#82430-25.6
Swiss
Nov 20254.5/7#51765-9.6
Swiss
Oct 20256/4#12361+28.0
Round-Robin
Sep 20253/5#42002+74.4
Round-Robin
Sep 20253.5/4#21968+45.6
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/9#221652-33.2
Worst Elo result: V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A (-54.8 Elo, finished #45).

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Bulgaria
#287
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#67,937
in continent
World
#95,326
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
1
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2,695
2
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2,634
3
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2,574
4
🇧🇬Petrov, MartinFollow Martin PetrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,547
5
🇧🇬Georgiev, KirilFollow Kiril GeorgievTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,525
6
🇧🇬Petkov, MomchilFollow Momchil PetkovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,523
7
🇧🇬Grigorov, GrigorFollow Grigor GrigorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,496
8
🇧🇬Dimitrov, RadoslavFollow Radoslav DimitrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,482
9
🇧🇬Stoyanov, TsvetanFollow Tsvetan StoyanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,445
10
🇧🇬Nikolov, MomchilFollow Momchil NikolovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,433
...
287🇧🇬Malcheva, Niya1,742
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
67937🇧🇬Malcheva, Niya1,742
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
95326🇧🇬Malcheva, Niya1,742