Aleksander Delchev

SRB Born 1971 Male NA,Grandmaster
FIDE ID
2900394

About Aleksander Delchev

Aleksander Delchev was born in Sofia in 1971 and won the 1991-92 European junior championship. He became Bulgarian champion in 1994, 1996 and 2001. FIDE records his international master title in 1988 and his grandmaster title in 1998. He represented Bulgaria at eight Olympiads, beginning in 1994. Show more

Aleksander Delchev was born in Sofia in 1971 and won the 1991-92 European junior championship. He became Bulgarian champion in 1994, 1996 and 2001. FIDE records his international master title in 1988 and his grandmaster title in 1998. He represented Bulgaria at eight Olympiads, beginning in 1994. His tournament victories include Reggio Emilia in 2004-05 and Bad Wiessee in 2005 and 2013. He has also written opening guides, including The Safest Sicilian with Semko Semkov and The Safest Grünfeld with Evgenij Agrest. His book The Modern Réti appeared in 2012.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2441

Published FIDE

Rapid

2475

Published FIDE

Blitz

2477

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#1104
National rank · SRB
#16

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2669 Oct 2005
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
831

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Rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
551 2016-09-26 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2016 Monzon ESP 1.4 Aleksander Delchev 13900463 Lost: 0-1 40 Open
552 2016-05-08 10th Wunsiedel Open 2016 Wunsiedel GER 7.3 Aleksander Delchev Andriy Vovk Draw: 1/2-1/2 84 Open
553 2016-05-07 10th Wunsiedel Open 2016 Wunsiedel GER 6.5 Grzegorz Nasuta Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
554 2016-05-07 10th Wunsiedel Open 2016 Wunsiedel GER 5.5 Aleksander Delchev Francesco Rambaldi Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
555 2016-05-06 10th Wunsiedel Open 2016 Wunsiedel GER 4.7 Christian Troyke Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 42 Open
556 2016-05-06 10th Wunsiedel Open 2016 Wunsiedel GER 3.7 Aleksander Delchev Tycho Dijkhuis Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
557 2016-05-05 10th Wunsiedel Open 2016 Wunsiedel GER 2.7 Emil Schmidek Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 47 Open
558 2016-05-05 10th Wunsiedel Open 2016 Wunsiedel GER 1.7 Aleksander Delchev Christian Linner Won: 1-0 28 Open
559 2016-04-17 2nd Ordu Open 2016 Ordu TUR 7.9 Aleksander Delchev Tolga Tugay Benk Won: 1-0 37 Open
560 2016-04-17 2nd Ordu Open 2016 Ordu TUR 6.15 Ali Nailer Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 24 Open
561 2016-04-16 2nd Ordu Open 2016 Ordu TUR 5.6 Aleksander Delchev Lucian-Costin Miron Lost: 0-1 55 Open
562 2016-04-16 2nd Ordu Open 2016 Ordu TUR 4.6 Kadir Erden Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
563 2016-04-15 2nd Ordu Open 2016 Ordu TUR 3.3 Aleksander Delchev Morteza Darban Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
564 2016-04-15 2nd Ordu Open 2016 Ordu TUR 2.3 Veysi Aysoy Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 24 Open
565 2016-04-14 2nd Ordu Open 2016 Ordu TUR 1.3 Aleksander Delchev Fatih Selami Agurlu Won: 1-0 26 Open
566 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 9.2 Aleksander Delchev Kiril Georgiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
567 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 8.1 Aleksander Delchev G. Petar Arnaudov Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
568 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 7.2 Ivan Ivanisevic Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 55 Open
569 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 6.2 Aleksander Delchev Aleksandar Colovic Won: 1-0 33 Open
570 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 5.4 Nikola Nikolovski Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 62 Open
571 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 3.4 Dejan Dinev Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
572 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 2.4 Aleksander Delchev Maja Velickovski-Nejkovic Won: 1-0 36 Open
573 2015-11-08 Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem Skopje MKD 1.4 Daniel Angjelovski Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 27 Open
574 2015-10-23 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 6.21 Michael Wiedenkeller Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
575 2015-10-22 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 5.18 Mladen Palac Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
576 2015-10-21 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 4.13 Aleksander Delchev David W L Howell Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
577 2015-10-20 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 3.19 Andreas Diermair Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
578 2015-10-12 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 Porto Rio GRE 7.2 Aleksander Delchev Vasilios Kotronias Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
579 2015-10-11 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 Porto Rio GRE 6.2 Robert Kempinski Aleksander Delchev Lost: 1-0 40 Open
580 2015-10-10 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 Porto Rio GRE 5.1 Aleksander Delchev Ioannis Papaioannou Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
581 2015-10-10 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 Porto Rio GRE 4.2 Grigor Grigorov Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
582 2015-10-09 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 Porto Rio GRE 3.1 Aleksander Delchev Dimitrios Mastrovasilis Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
583 2015-10-08 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 Porto Rio GRE 2.2 Burak Firat Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
584 2015-10-08 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 Porto Rio GRE 1.2 Aleksander Delchev Nikolaos Galopoulos Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
585 2015-08-21 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 Linares ESP 7.4 Aleksander Delchev Manuel Perez Candelario Won: 1-0 30 Open
586 2015-08-20 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 Linares ESP 6.2 4101685 Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
587 2015-08-19 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 Linares ESP 5.3 Aleksander Delchev Mathilde Congiu Won: 1-0 51 Open
588 2015-08-18 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 Linares ESP 4.3 Angel Arribas Lopez Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
589 2015-08-17 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 Linares ESP 3.2 Aleksander Delchev Francisco Vallejo Pons Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
590 2015-08-16 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 Linares ESP 2.4 Alfonso Romero Holmes Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
591 2015-08-15 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015 Linares ESP 1.1 Aleksander Delchev Alejandro Franco Alonso Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
592 2015-08-11 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 9.5 G. Petar Arnaudov Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 11 Open
593 2015-08-10 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 8.4 Aleksander Delchev Diptayan Ghosh Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
594 2015-08-09 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 7.5 Andrey Rychagov Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 9 Open
595 2015-08-08 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 6.7 Aleksander Delchev Georgi Filev Won: 1-0 29 Open
596 2015-08-07 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 5.7 Angelos Sandalakis Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
597 2015-08-06 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 4.5 Aleksander Delchev Srinath Narayanan Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
598 2015-08-05 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 3.5 Jolanta Zawadzka Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
599 2015-08-04 24th Kavala Open 2015 Kavala GRE 1.6 Aleksander Delchev Mihail Grigoriadis Won: 1-0 30 Open
600 2015-08-01 11th Gazi Open 2015 Gazi GRE 9.3 Aleksander Delchev Andreas Kelires Won: 1-0 68 Open
  1. vs 13900463Lost · 0-1White · 2016-09-26 · Round 1.4TCh-ESP Div Honor 2016
  2. vs Andriy VovkDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-08 · Round 7.310th Wunsiedel Open 2016
  3. vs Grzegorz NasutaDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-05-07 · Round 6.510th Wunsiedel Open 2016
  4. vs Francesco RambaldiDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-07 · Round 5.510th Wunsiedel Open 2016
  5. vs Christian TroykeWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-06 · Round 4.710th Wunsiedel Open 2016
  6. vs Tycho DijkhuisDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-06 · Round 3.710th Wunsiedel Open 2016
  7. vs Emil SchmidekWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-05 · Round 2.710th Wunsiedel Open 2016
  8. vs Christian LinnerWon · 1-0White · 2016-05-05 · Round 1.710th Wunsiedel Open 2016
  9. vs Tolga Tugay BenkWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-17 · Round 7.92nd Ordu Open 2016
  10. vs Ali NailerWon · 0-1Black · 2016-04-17 · Round 6.152nd Ordu Open 2016
  11. vs Lucian-Costin MironLost · 0-1White · 2016-04-16 · Round 5.62nd Ordu Open 2016
  12. vs Kadir ErdenDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-04-16 · Round 4.62nd Ordu Open 2016
  13. vs Morteza DarbanDraw · ½–½White · 2016-04-15 · Round 3.32nd Ordu Open 2016
  14. vs Veysi AysoyWon · 0-1Black · 2016-04-15 · Round 2.32nd Ordu Open 2016
  15. vs Fatih Selami AgurluWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-14 · Round 1.32nd Ordu Open 2016
  16. vs Kiril GeorgievDraw · ½–½White · 2015-11-08 · Round 9.2Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  17. vs G. Petar ArnaudovDraw · ½–½White · 2015-11-08 · Round 8.1Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  18. vs Ivan IvanisevicWon · 0-1Black · 2015-11-08 · Round 7.2Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  19. vs Aleksandar ColovicWon · 1-0White · 2015-11-08 · Round 6.2Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  20. vs Nikola NikolovskiWon · 0-1Black · 2015-11-08 · Round 5.4Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  21. vs Dejan DinevDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-11-08 · Round 3.4Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  22. vs Maja Velickovski-NejkovicWon · 1-0White · 2015-11-08 · Round 2.4Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  23. vs Daniel AngjelovskiWon · 0-1Black · 2015-11-08 · Round 1.4Todor Mitrov-Tikata Mem
  24. vs Michael WiedenkellerDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-10-23 · Round 6.2131st ECC Open 2015
  25. vs Mladen PalacDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-10-22 · Round 5.1831st ECC Open 2015
  26. vs David W L HowellDraw · ½–½White · 2015-10-21 · Round 4.1331st ECC Open 2015
  27. vs Andreas DiermairDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-10-20 · Round 3.1931st ECC Open 2015
  28. vs Vasilios KotroniasDraw · ½–½White · 2015-10-12 · Round 7.243rd TCh-GRE 2015
  29. vs Robert KempinskiLost · 1-0Black · 2015-10-11 · Round 6.243rd TCh-GRE 2015
  30. vs Ioannis PapaioannouDraw · ½–½White · 2015-10-10 · Round 5.143rd TCh-GRE 2015
  31. vs Grigor GrigorovDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-10-10 · Round 4.243rd TCh-GRE 2015
  32. vs Dimitrios MastrovasilisDraw · ½–½White · 2015-10-09 · Round 3.143rd TCh-GRE 2015
  33. vs Burak FiratDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-10-08 · Round 2.243rd TCh-GRE 2015
  34. vs Nikolaos GalopoulosDraw · ½–½White · 2015-10-08 · Round 1.243rd TCh-GRE 2015
  35. vs Manuel Perez CandelarioWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-21 · Round 7.4TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015
  36. vs 4101685Draw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-20 · Round 6.2TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015
  37. vs Mathilde CongiuWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-19 · Round 5.3TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015
  38. vs Angel Arribas LopezDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-18 · Round 4.3TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015
  39. vs Francisco Vallejo PonsDraw · ½–½White · 2015-08-17 · Round 3.2TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015
  40. vs Alfonso Romero HolmesDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-16 · Round 2.4TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015
  41. vs Alejandro Franco AlonsoDraw · ½–½White · 2015-08-15 · Round 1.1TCh-ESP Div Honor 2015
  42. vs G. Petar ArnaudovDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-11 · Round 9.524th Kavala Open 2015
  43. vs Diptayan GhoshDraw · ½–½White · 2015-08-10 · Round 8.424th Kavala Open 2015
  44. vs Andrey RychagovDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-09 · Round 7.524th Kavala Open 2015
  45. vs Georgi FilevWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-08 · Round 6.724th Kavala Open 2015
  46. vs Angelos SandalakisDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-07 · Round 5.724th Kavala Open 2015
  47. vs Srinath NarayananDraw · ½–½White · 2015-08-06 · Round 4.524th Kavala Open 2015
  48. vs Jolanta ZawadzkaDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-05 · Round 3.524th Kavala Open 2015
  49. vs Mihail GrigoriadisWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-04 · Round 1.624th Kavala Open 2015
  50. vs Andreas KeliresWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-01 · Round 9.311th Gazi Open 2015

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-17Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2026Classical6½
2026-10-091. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026Classical2
2026-09-12Craiova Grand Prix Rapid 2026Rapid7½

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