Momchil Petkov
Bulgarian chess grandmaster (born 2005)
Momchil Petkov | |
---|---|
Country | Bulgaria |
Born | (2005-11-11) November 11, 2005 (age 18) Dobrich, Bulgaria |
Title | Grandmaster (2022)[1] |
FIDE rating | 2540 (September 2024) |
Peak rating | 2540 (September 2024) |
Momchil Petkov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In February 2023, he finished in third place in the Bulgarian Chess Championship. He finished behind winner Kiril Georgiev and runner-up Nurgyul Salimova.[2]
In September 2023, he remained undefeated after the first seven games of the U20 World Youth Chess Championship.[3]
In the November 2023 rankings, he broke into the top 100 juniors, being ranked as the No. 61 junior player.[4]
References
- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (February 4, 2023). "19-year-old Nurgyul Salimova finishes second at Bulgarian Championship 2023 in the Open section".
- ^ Rusev, Momchil (September 28, 2023). "Krasteva, Petkov Remain Unbeaten at U20 World Chess Championship".
- ^ "Bulgaria's Chess Pride Nurgyul Salimova is 4th in the World Rankings, 3 more Bulgarians in the Top 25". November 1, 2023.
- v
- t
- e
Bulgarian Grandmasters
Chess players for Bulgaria with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
- G. Petar Arnaudov
- Milko Bobotsov
- Dejan Bojkov
- Boris Chatalbashev
- Ivan Cheparinov
- Aleksander Delchev
- Radoslav Dimitrov
- Vladimir Dimitrov
- Dimitar Donchev [Wikidata]
- Petar Drenchev
- Ivajlo Enchev [ru]
- Evgenij Ermenkov
- Petar Genov
- Kiril Georgiev
- Krum Georgiev
- Vladimir Georgiev
- Grigor Grigorov [uk; pl; bg]
- Ventzislav Inkiov
- Valentin Iotov
- Evgeni Janev [Wikidata]
- Nino Kirov
- Atanas Kolev
- Valentin Lukov [Wikidata]
- Momchil Nikolov
- Nikolaj Ninov [bg; nl; ru]
- Nikola Padevsky
- Momchil Petkov
- Vladimir Petkov
- Marijan Petrov [Wikidata]
- Martin Petrov
- Milko Popchev
- Ivan Radulov
- Yulian Radulski
- Krasimir Rusev [Wikidata]
- Vasil Spasov
- Luben Spasov
- Nikola Spiridonov
- Antoaneta Stefanova
- Todor Todorov [uk; pl]
- Veselin Topalov
- Georgi Tringov
- Milen Vasilev [bg; pl; uk]
- Petar Velikov
- See also: List of chess grandmasters
- Category:Bulgarian chess players