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Neychev, Nikola
🇧🇬FIDE 2949385· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2012
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Nikola Neychev, a 14-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1630 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +125 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include International chess tournamment for kids"Shumen 2025", Chess Autumn U16, under the aegis of BSCF, Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF, and 50-th tournament Morsko konche-B14. Also played 1 rapid event (including Open chess tournament"Rapid II 2025", Under the aegis of BSCF) recently.
At junior level, he reached #14, #10 and #6 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1630
Standard
Rpd1669·Blz1613
All-time high
1630
at best
Mar 2026 · age 14
Mar 2026 · age 14
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#135,699
#135,699 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1630
at age 14
Mar 2026
14th Bulgarian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1617
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 13
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+464 Elo)
1112 → 1576
Aug 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 12
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 12
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+52
1578 → 1630
Tournaments
7
46 games
Score
28.5/ 4662.0%
24W9D13L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsGabriel-Ioan GeorgescuFM1,764·First Open Tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF·R2·+29.8
2.[W]vsKemal Bulut1,735·IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF·R7·+29.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/3 | #3 | 2387 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/4 | #29 | 2479 | +10.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/4 | #6 | 2391 | +63.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/6 | #9 | 1535 | -17.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/6 | #80 | 1860 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/5 | #20 | 1896 | +56.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/2 | #5 | 2467 | +16.0 |
Worst Elo result: European and World qualifications B-U14, Under the aegis of BSCF (-17.6 Elo, finished #9).
Most-Played Opponents
vsSamuil Velkov
🇧🇬BUL·1509
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAleks Kabaivanov
🇧🇬BUL·1561
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsNorayr Shahbazyan
🇧🇬BUL·1666
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsStoyan Iliev
🇧🇬BUL·1871
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAleksandar Atanasov
🇧🇬BUL·1873
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#389
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#92,166
in continent
World
#135,691
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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