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Bakalski, Martin
🇧🇬FIDE 2949210· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2014
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Martin Bakalski, a 12-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1657. He has slipped back 149 Elo over the past 12 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Trayana CUP 2026, Under the aegis of BSCF, Chess Final autumn, Under the aegis of BSCF, and 3-rd Childrens Tournament"Dimitar Karapchanski". Also played 4 rapid events (including CUP BURGAS 2025) recently. His peak of 1806 was reached at age 11 (Jul 2025).
At junior level, he reached #4 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1657
Standard
Rpd1641·Blz1504
All-time high
1806
−149 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 11
Jul 2025 · age 11
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#125,591
#125,591 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2025
4th Bulgarian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1806
Jul 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 11
Jul 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 11
Jul 2025
All-time peak 1806
at age 11 · −149 from today
Jul 2025
First FIDE rating
1806 · at age 11
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-149
1806 → 1657
Tournaments
6
39 games
Score
21.5/ 3955.1%
18W7D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/4 | #17 | 2510 | -39.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 2.5/7 | #7 | 1692 | -17.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #10 | 1799 | -16.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/3 | #11 | 1678 | -8.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #42 | 1662 | -63.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/6 | #6 | 1716 | 0.0 |
Worst Elo result: IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF (-63.6 Elo, finished #42).
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#359
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#86,499
in continent
World
#125,585
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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