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
832

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Rating history

FIDE 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
651 2014-10-30 18th OIBM 2014 Bad Wiessee GER 6.11 Aleksander Delchev Dieter Morawietz Won: 1-0 29 Open
652 2014-10-29 18th OIBM 2014 Bad Wiessee GER 5.21 Reiner Heimrath Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 57 Open
653 2014-10-28 18th OIBM 2014 Bad Wiessee GER 4.36 Aleksander Delchev Michael Babar Won: 1-0 19 Open
654 2014-10-27 18th OIBM 2014 Bad Wiessee GER 3.3 Ludwig Deglmann Aleksander Delchev Lost: 1-0 23 Open
655 2014-10-26 18th OIBM 2014 Bad Wiessee GER 2.3 Aleksander Delchev Andreas, Dr. Tennstedt Won: 1-0 53 Open
656 2014-10-25 18th OIBM 2014 Bad Wiessee GER 1.4 Gregor Fehrmann Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 27 Open
657 2014-09-25 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 7.1 Aleksander Delchev Ilian Iliev Won: 1-0 30 Open
658 2014-09-24 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 6.1 Davorin Kuljasevic Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
659 2014-09-23 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 5.1 Aleksander Delchev Vasil Spasov Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
660 2014-09-22 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 4.1 Nikolay Milchev Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
661 2014-09-21 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 3 Aleksander Delchev Krum Georgiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
662 2014-09-21 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 3.1 Aleksander Delchev Krum Georgiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
663 2014-09-19 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 1 Ljudmil Nenkov Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 42 Open
664 2014-09-19 64th TCh-BUL Men 2014 Sunny Beach BUL 1.1 Ljudmil Nenkov Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 42 Open
665 2014-09-10 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014 Linares ESP 7.2 Aleksander Delchev Laurent Fressinet Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
666 2014-09-09 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014 Linares ESP 6.1 Grigoriy Oparin Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
667 2014-09-08 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014 Linares ESP 5.4 Eric Hansen Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
668 2014-09-07 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014 Linares ESP 4.3 Aleksander Delchev Loek Van Wely Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
669 2014-09-06 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014 Linares ESP 3.2 Kevin Spraggett Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
670 2014-09-05 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014 Linares ESP 2.3 Aleksander Delchev Zoltan Almasi Lost: 0-1 43 Open
671 2014-08-25 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 9.3 Aleksander Delchev Konstantinos Markidis Won: 1-0 43 Open
672 2014-08-24 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 8.8 Lazar Lekic Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 51 Open
673 2014-08-23 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 7.7 Aleksander Delchev Ioannis Stathopoulos Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
674 2014-08-22 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 6.5 Stavroula Tsolakidou Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 93 Open
675 2014-08-21 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 5.3 Aleksander Delchev Sotirios Malikentzos Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
676 2014-08-20 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 4.2 Dejan Antic Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
677 2014-08-19 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 3.1 Aleksander Delchev Mikita Mayorau Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
678 2014-08-19 4th Isthmia Open 2014 Vrachati GRE 2.1 Andreas Kelires Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 31 Open
679 2014-07-28 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 9.2 Alberto David Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 9 Open
680 2014-07-27 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 8.1 Aleksander Delchev Prasanna Raghuram Rao Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
681 2014-07-26 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 7.1 Abhijeet Gupta Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
682 2014-07-25 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 6.1 Aleksander Delchev Yaroslav Zinchenko Won: 1-0 59 Open
683 2014-07-24 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 5.1 Jan Werle Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
684 2014-07-23 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 4.1 Aleksander Delchev Zbigniew Pakleza Won: 1-0 51 Open
685 2014-07-22 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 3.1 David J Eggleston Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 35 Open
686 2014-07-22 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 2.1 Aleksander Delchev Svetoslav Mihajlov Won: 1-0 33 Open
687 2014-07-21 7th Paleochora Open 2014 Paleochora GRE 1.1 Angeliki Kafetzi Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 25 Open
688 2014-07-18 23rd TCh-MKD 2014 Struga MKD 5.1 Dejan Gjorgjieski Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 56 Open
689 2014-07-17 23rd TCh-MKD 2014 Struga MKD 4.1 Aleksander Delchev Tome Todorovski Won: 1-0 42 Open
690 2014-07-16 23rd TCh-MKD 2014 Struga MKD 3.1 Yuriy Kryvoruchko Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
691 2014-07-02 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 9.2 Aleksander Delchev Davorin Komljenovic Won: 1-0 33 Open
692 2014-07-01 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 8.1 Antonio Gamundi Salamanca Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
693 2014-07-01 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 7.2 Aleksander Delchev Bogdan Lalic Won: 1-0 54 Open
694 2014-06-30 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 6.1 Lawrence Trent Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 31 Open
695 2014-06-29 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 5.1 Aleksander Delchev Angel Espinosa Aranda Won: 1-0 37 Open
696 2014-06-29 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 4.1 Jaime Santos Latasa Aleksander Delchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
697 2014-06-28 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 3.3 Aleksander Delchev Antonio Granero Roca Won: 1-0 69 Open
698 2014-06-28 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 2.1 Sergio Castillo Gallego Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 48 Open
699 2014-06-27 2nd Jaen Open 2014 Jaen ESP 1.1 Aleksander Delchev Francisco Jose Fernandez Garcia Won: 1-0 42 Open
700 2014-06-21 5th Dolomiti Open A 2014 Forni di Sopra ITA 9.2 Marina Brunello Aleksander Delchev Won: 0-1 22 Open
  1. vs Dieter MorawietzWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-30 · Round 6.1118th OIBM 2014
  2. vs Reiner HeimrathWon · 0-1Black · 2014-10-29 · Round 5.2118th OIBM 2014
  3. vs Michael BabarWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-28 · Round 4.3618th OIBM 2014
  4. vs Ludwig DeglmannLost · 1-0Black · 2014-10-27 · Round 3.318th OIBM 2014
  5. vs Andreas, Dr. TennstedtWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-26 · Round 2.318th OIBM 2014
  6. vs Gregor FehrmannWon · 0-1Black · 2014-10-25 · Round 1.418th OIBM 2014
  7. vs Ilian IlievWon · 1-0White · 2014-09-25 · Round 7.164th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  8. vs Davorin KuljasevicDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-09-24 · Round 6.164th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  9. vs Vasil SpasovDraw · ½–½White · 2014-09-23 · Round 5.164th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  10. vs Nikolay MilchevDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-09-22 · Round 4.164th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  11. vs Krum GeorgievDraw · ½–½White · 2014-09-21 · Round 364th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  12. vs Krum GeorgievDraw · ½–½White · 2014-09-21 · Round 3.164th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  13. vs Ljudmil NenkovWon · 0-1Black · 2014-09-19 · Round 164th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  14. vs Ljudmil NenkovWon · 0-1Black · 2014-09-19 · Round 1.164th TCh-BUL Men 2014
  15. vs Laurent FressinetDraw · ½–½White · 2014-09-10 · Round 7.2TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014
  16. vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-09-09 · Round 6.1TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014
  17. vs Eric HansenDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-09-08 · Round 5.4TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014
  18. vs Loek Van WelyDraw · ½–½White · 2014-09-07 · Round 4.3TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014
  19. vs Kevin SpraggettDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-09-06 · Round 3.2TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014
  20. vs Zoltan AlmasiLost · 0-1White · 2014-09-05 · Round 2.3TCh-ESP Div Honor 2014
  21. vs Konstantinos MarkidisWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-25 · Round 9.34th Isthmia Open 2014
  22. vs Lazar LekicWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-24 · Round 8.84th Isthmia Open 2014
  23. vs Ioannis StathopoulosDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-23 · Round 7.74th Isthmia Open 2014
  24. vs Stavroula TsolakidouDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-22 · Round 6.54th Isthmia Open 2014
  25. vs Sotirios MalikentzosDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-21 · Round 5.34th Isthmia Open 2014
  26. vs Dejan AnticDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-20 · Round 4.24th Isthmia Open 2014
  27. vs Mikita MayorauDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-19 · Round 3.14th Isthmia Open 2014
  28. vs Andreas KeliresWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-19 · Round 2.14th Isthmia Open 2014
  29. vs Alberto DavidDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-07-28 · Round 9.27th Paleochora Open 2014
  30. vs Prasanna Raghuram RaoDraw · ½–½White · 2014-07-27 · Round 8.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  31. vs Abhijeet GuptaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-07-26 · Round 7.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  32. vs Yaroslav ZinchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2014-07-25 · Round 6.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  33. vs Jan WerleDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-07-24 · Round 5.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  34. vs Zbigniew PaklezaWon · 1-0White · 2014-07-23 · Round 4.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  35. vs David J EgglestonWon · 0-1Black · 2014-07-22 · Round 3.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  36. vs Svetoslav MihajlovWon · 1-0White · 2014-07-22 · Round 2.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  37. vs Angeliki KafetziWon · 0-1Black · 2014-07-21 · Round 1.17th Paleochora Open 2014
  38. vs Dejan GjorgjieskiWon · 0-1Black · 2014-07-18 · Round 5.123rd TCh-MKD 2014
  39. vs Tome TodorovskiWon · 1-0White · 2014-07-17 · Round 4.123rd TCh-MKD 2014
  40. vs Yuriy KryvoruchkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-07-16 · Round 3.123rd TCh-MKD 2014
  41. vs Davorin KomljenovicWon · 1-0White · 2014-07-02 · Round 9.22nd Jaen Open 2014
  42. vs Antonio Gamundi SalamancaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-07-01 · Round 8.12nd Jaen Open 2014
  43. vs Bogdan LalicWon · 1-0White · 2014-07-01 · Round 7.22nd Jaen Open 2014
  44. vs Lawrence TrentWon · 0-1Black · 2014-06-30 · Round 6.12nd Jaen Open 2014
  45. vs Angel Espinosa ArandaWon · 1-0White · 2014-06-29 · Round 5.12nd Jaen Open 2014
  46. vs Jaime Santos LatasaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-06-29 · Round 4.12nd Jaen Open 2014
  47. vs Antonio Granero RocaWon · 1-0White · 2014-06-28 · Round 3.32nd Jaen Open 2014
  48. vs Sergio Castillo GallegoWon · 0-1Black · 2014-06-28 · Round 2.12nd Jaen Open 2014
  49. vs Francisco Jose Fernandez GarciaWon · 1-0White · 2014-06-27 · Round 1.12nd Jaen Open 2014
  50. vs Marina BrunelloWon · 0-1Black · 2014-06-21 · Round 9.25th Dolomiti Open A 2014

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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