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Stoyanov, Viktor
FM🇬🇧FIDE 450308· Male· England· Born in 2003
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Viktor Stoyanov, a 23-year-old English FIDE Master, is rated 2236 and sitting in the top 4% of English players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 5-6 and 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 1-2. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool B) recently. His peak of 2304 was reached at age 20 (Oct 2023, English #64 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2023 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #1, #2, #1 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2236
Standard
Rpd2181·Blz2218
All-time high
2304
−68 pts below
Oct 2023 · age 20
Oct 2023 · age 20
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#100 · English players · of 2,546
Career timeline
18 entries2023
Peak English rank: #64
at age 20 · rated 2304
Oct 2023
1st English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2304
Oct 2023
Crossed 2300
at age 20
Oct 2023
All-time peak 2304
at age 20 · −68 from today
Oct 2023
FM title awardedFM
at age 20
Sep 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-3
2239 → 2236
Tournaments
2
4 games
Score
2/ 450.0%
1W2D1L
Top 2 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #22 | 2263 | +0.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #81 | 2172 | -4.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAaravamudhan BalajiIM
🇬🇧ENG·2304
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsJovica RadovanovicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2188
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsAlexander CherniaevGM
🇬🇧ENG·2268
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsMatthew J WadsworthGM
🇬🇧ENG·2529
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsAditya Munshi
🇬🇧ENG
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2019
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Rankings
/
England
#100
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#4,415
in continent
World
#6,427
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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