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Velichkov, Nikolay

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FIDEFIDE 2953927· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2011

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Nikolay Velichkov, a 15-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1559. He has slipped back 53 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include DIUP Boys 15, National team chess championship 2025 - Boys U14 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25, and 50-th tournament Morsko konche-B14. Also played 1 rapid event (including V-th "Haralampi Vanev" Memorial, Open Rapid) recently. His peak of 1637 was reached at age 14 (Aug 2025).

At junior level, he reached #35, #20 and #16 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1559

Standard

Rpd1598·Blz—

All-time high

1637

−78 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 14

Activity

21

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#162,787

#162,787 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2026
35th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1566
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 14
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1637
at age 14 · −78 from today
Aug 2025
20th Bulgarian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1611
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 13
Sep 2024
6-month rising streak
+341 Elo
Jul 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF
perf 1789 (+152) · 4.5/8 · #50
Top opponent
vs Nikola Malchev 1,769
IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF · Jul 2025 · +7.3 Elo
Evolution
-52
1611 → 1559
Tournaments
5
37 games
Score
19.5/ 3752.7%
17W5D15L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYavor Petkov1,438·50-th tournament Morsko konche-B14·R3·-26.3
2.[L]vsYulian Burvanov1,447·50-th tournament Morsko konche-B14·R1·-25.9
3.[L]vsGabriel Stoyanov1,481·DIUP Boys 15·R6·-24.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
DIUP Boys 15
Round-Robin
Oct 20252.5/7#81465-54.8
National team chess championship 2025 - Boys U14 Borovets, 01.09.25 - 04.09.25
Swiss
Sep 20254.5/4#32375+89.6
50-th tournament Morsko konche-B14
Swiss
Aug 20253.5/6#151587-51.2
47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov" - B
Open Swiss
Aug 20254.5/8#401578-62.0
IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCF
Swiss
Jul 20254.5/8#501789+26.0
Worst Elo result: 47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov" - B (-62.0 Elo, finished #40).

Rankings

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Bulgaria
#476
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#106,475
in continent
World
#162,770
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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476🇧🇬Velichkov, Nikolay1,559
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,721
9
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10
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2,713
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106475🇧🇬Velichkov, Nikolay1,559
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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9
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162770🇧🇬Velichkov, Nikolay1,559