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Merdinyan, Bozhidar
🇧🇬FIDE 2965968· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 2010
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Bozhidar Merdinyan, a 16-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1859 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +111 Elo over the past 12 months. 57 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LXII festival"FIRST WEEKEND", Under the aegis of BSCF, LXI festival"FIRST WEEKEND"- under the aegis of BSCF, and V-th Chess tournament"Memorial Yulian Radulski"-A. Also played 4 rapid (including III Chess Rapid"Memorial GM Krum Georgiev"- Under the aegis of BSCF) and 1 blitz events (including Balkaniada"BLITZ FIRST WEEKEND 62", Under the aegis of BSCF) recently.
At junior level, he reached #13 and #8 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1859
Standard
Rpd1796·Blz1786
All-time high
1859
at best
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
57
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
57 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#58,893
#58,893 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
13th Bulgarian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1859
May 2026
All-time peak 1859
at age 16
May 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Apr 2026
100 career games
at age 16
Mar 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Jan 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+133 Elo)
1666 → 1799
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+111
1748 → 1859
Tournaments
10
71 games
Score
37.5/ 7152.8%
34W16D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #3 | 2019 | +51.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #5 | 2075 | +53.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #57 | 1898 | -11.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #11 | 1788 | -40.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/6 | #7 | 1808 | +6.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/5 | #10 | 2120 | +33.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/5 | #9 | 1948 | -13.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/4 | #9 | 2006 | +20.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #14 | 1728 | -21.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/8 | #40 | 1914 | +32.0 |
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#212
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#43,153
in continent
World
#58,892
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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