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Zlatkov, Nikolay
🇧🇬FIDE 2959119· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2013
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Nikolay Zlatkov, a 13-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1801 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +100 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3rd International Open Katerini chess 2026 - A, V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A, and LVII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF. Also played 12 rapid (including V-th "Haralampi Vanev" Memorial, Open Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Kupa Rila - Blitz - 2025, Under the aegis of BSCF) recently.
At junior level, he reached #7 and #9 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
1801
Standard
Rpd1904·Blz1575
All-time high
1801
at best
Jun 2026 · age 13
Jun 2026 · age 13
Activity
47
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#76,064
#76,064 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
Crossed 1800
at age 13
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1801
at age 13
Jun 2026
7th Bulgarian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1798
Mar 2026
100 career games
at age 13
Mar 2026
2025
9th Bulgarian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1768
Dec 2025
Best 12-month gain (+366 Elo)
1402 → 1768
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+99
1702 → 1801
Tournaments
9
62 games
Score
33.5/ 6254.0%
24W19D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/7 | #33 | 1826 | +12.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/7 | #90 | 1782 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #73 | 2071 | +30.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #12 | 1982 | +17.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/10 | #128 | 1935 | +88.4 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 1.5/3 | #19 | 1613 | -8.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/8 | #27 | 1707 | -37.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/5 | #7 | 2032 | +15.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsValentin Kamenov
🇧🇬BUL·1707
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsAsen Petrov
🇧🇬BUL·1894
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMartin Sokolov
🇧🇬BUL·1505
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsRumen Gachev
🇧🇬BUL
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Bulgaria
#251
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#55,078
in continent
World
#76,063
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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