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Iliev, Stoyan
🇧🇬FIDE 2949350· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2014
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Stoyan Iliev, a 12-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1871 — just 2 short of his peak of 1873 (Dec 2025, age 11) and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide under 12. He is rising rapidly, having gained +158 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3-rd Childrens Tournament"Dimitar Karapchanski", European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U12, and Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 4 rapid (including International Rapid Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) and 2 blitz events (including International Blitz Open Shumen, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently.
At junior level, he reached #3, #2 and #6 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1871
Standard
Rpd1836·Blz1693
All-time high
1873
−2 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 11
Dec 2025 · age 11
Activity
74
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
63 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#495 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,529
Career timeline
9 entries2026
3rd Bulgarian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1873
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1873
at age 11 · −2 from today
Dec 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 11
Oct 2025
2024
2nd Bulgarian U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1790
Sep 2024
100 career games
at age 10
Jul 2024
Best 12-month gain (+557 Elo)
1184 → 1741
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCFperf 1893 (+81) · 4.5/6 · #9
Top opponent
Evolution
+124
1747 → 1871
Tournaments
8
57 games
Score
37/ 5764.9%
30W14D13L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIvan KukushkinFM2,008·European and World qualifications B-U12, Under the aegis of BSCF·R3·+31.3
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSlavi Radev1,553·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R8·-31.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 1920 | +42.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/8 | #81 | 1951 | +19.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/6 | #9 | 1893 | +38.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 1708 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #16 | 1781 | +3.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/4 | #1 | 2505 | +71.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/8 | #53 | 1762 | -30.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/3 | #58 | 2576 | -50.4 |
Worst Elo result: First Open Tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF (-50.4 Elo, finished #58).
Most-Played Opponents
vsNikola Malchev
🇧🇬BUL·1813
+3 −3 =4
10 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsIvan Pisev
🇧🇬BUL·1427
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsNorayr Shahbazyan
🇧🇬BUL·1666
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMiroslav Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·1503
+7 −0 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMartin Kyosev
🇧🇬BUL·1599
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#203
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#40,776
in continent
World
#55,552
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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