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Zhelev, Momchil
🇧🇬FIDE 2956969· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2010
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Momchil Zhelev, a 16-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1977 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +282 Elo over the past 12 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Chess semi final Winter - Under the aegis of BSCF, V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A, and Trayana CUP 2026, Under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 6 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Memorial "Georgi Yankov" - Under the aegis of BSCF) recently.
At junior level, he reached #5 and #15 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1977
Standard
Rpd1964·Blz1637
All-time high
1977
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
57 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31,310
#31,310 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
5th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1977
Jun 2026
Best 12-month gain (+282 Elo)
1695 → 1977
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1977
at age 16
Jun 2026
100 career games
at age 16
Jun 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Oct 2025
2024
15th Bulgarian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1701
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Best result
IV-th International Chess Festival"Georgi Rakovski", under the aegis of BSCFperf 1974 (+241) · 6/8 · #28
Evolution
+282
1695 → 1977
Tournaments
10
69 games
Score
42/ 6960.9%
40W13D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #17 | 2033 | +34.4 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 6/7 | #1 | 2095 | +71.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/7 | #24 | 1910 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/4 | #11 | 2424 | -54.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/3 | #23 | 2861 | +35.6 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2006 | +62.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/5 | #22 | 2067 | +59.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #6 | 1860 | +33.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/4 | #8 | 1510 | -38.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/8 | #28 | 1974 | +76.4 |
Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#142
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#23,155
in continent
World
#31,309
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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