WGMAdriana Nikolova

BUL Born 1988 (Age ≈38) Female
FIDE ID
2908689

About Adriana Nikolova

Adriana Nikolova was born in Stara Zagora in 1988. She became a woman international master in 2008 and a woman grandmaster in 2011. That same year, she won the Bulgarian women's championship with 9/11. Playing for Lokomotiv 2000 Plovdiv, she was part of three Bulgarian championship-winning teams. Show more

Adriana Nikolova was born in Stara Zagora in 1988. She became a woman international master in 2008 and a woman grandmaster in 2011. That same year, she won the Bulgarian women's championship with 9/11. Playing for Lokomotiv 2000 Plovdiv, she was part of three Bulgarian championship-winning teams. She represented Bulgaria in four consecutive Olympiads from 2010 to 2016, as well as the European Team Championships of 2009 and 2011.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2214.0 +8.0

Live estimate

Rapid

2162

Published FIDE

Blitz

2231

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#7995
National rank · BUL
#45
Women’s world rank
#365

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2389 Nov 2009
Recorded years
2005–2026
Archived games
672

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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
301 2018-07-17 TCh-TUR 1st League 2018 Konya TUR 3.8 Adriana Nikolova Ayca Fatma Durmaz Won: 1-0 40 Open
302 2018-07-17 TCh-TUR 1st League 2018 Konya TUR 2.9 Irmak Dai Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 36 Open
303 2018-07-16 TCh-TUR 1st League 2018 Konya TUR 1.7 Adriana Nikolova Nino Khomeriki Won: 1-0 36 Open
304 2018-05-21 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 9.2 Elitsa Raeva Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 41 Open
305 2018-05-20 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 8.5 Adriana Nikolova Rumiana Gocheva Won: 1-0 59 Open
306 2018-05-19 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 7.1 Adriana Nikolova Nurgyul Salimova Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
307 2018-05-18 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 6.5 Gabriela Antova Adriana Nikolova Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
308 2018-05-17 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 5.2 Adriana Nikolova Viktoria Radeva Won: 1-0 36 Open
309 2018-05-17 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 4.4 Maria Velcheva Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 50 Open
310 2018-05-16 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 3.3 Adriana Nikolova Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic Lost: 0-1 64 Open
311 2018-05-15 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 2.3 Margarita Voyska Adriana Nikolova Lost: 1-0 27 Open
312 2018-05-14 BUL Tournament of Champs Pleven BUL 1.4 Adriana Nikolova Lyubka Genova Won: 1-0 36 Open
313 2018-04-07 20th Dubai Open 2018 Dubai UAE 6.24 Deepan Chakkravarthy J. Adriana Nikolova Lost: 1-0 67 Open
314 2018-04-04 20th Dubai Open 2018 Dubai UAE 3.21 Leandro Krysa Adriana Nikolova Lost: 1-0 46 Open
315 2017-12-21 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 9.4 Keti Tsatsalashvili Adriana Nikolova Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
316 2017-12-20 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 8.6 Adriana Nikolova Wadima Al Kalbani Won: 1-0 28 Open
317 2017-12-19 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 7.2 Svetlana Moskalets Adriana Nikolova Lost: 1-0 63 Open
318 2017-12-18 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 6.5 Adriana Nikolova Shanya Mishra Won: 1-0 38 Open
319 2017-12-18 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 5.4 Turkan Mamedjarova Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 55 Open
320 2017-12-17 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 4.8 Maryam Hussein Al-Hammadi Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 21 Open
321 2017-12-16 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 3.6 Adriana Nikolova Aleksandra Vakhania Lost: 0-1 53 Open
322 2017-12-16 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 2.6 Mohammad Ali Hassan Rayan Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 28 Open
323 2017-12-15 8th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE 1.6 Adriana Nikolova Almaeeni Mariam Mohammed Won: 1-0 15 Open
324 2017-03-18 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 9.2 Ana Berke Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 36 Open
325 2017-03-17 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 8.5 Adriana Nikolova Petra Kejzar Won: 1-0 25 Open
326 2017-03-16 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 7.1 Adriana Nikolova Nikolina Golub Won: 1-0 32 Open
327 2017-03-16 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 6.5 Katarina Bogdanic Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 53 Open
328 2017-03-15 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 5.2 Adriana Nikolova Ljilja Drljevic Won: 1-0 54 Open
329 2017-03-14 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 4.4 Laura Unuk Adriana Nikolova Draw: 1/2-1/2 19 Open
330 2017-03-14 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 3.3 Adriana Nikolova Mirjana Medic Won: 1-0 36 Open
331 2017-03-13 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 2.3 Evgeniya Doluhanova Adriana Nikolova Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
332 2017-03-12 17th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO 1.4 Adriana Nikolova Ena Cvitan Won: 1-0 53 Open
333 2017-03-06 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 9.1 Adriana Nikolova Dilyana Ivanova Won: 1-0 72 Open
334 2017-03-05 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 8.5 Viktoria Radeva Adriana Nikolova Lost: 1-0 57 Open
335 2017-03-04 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 7.2 Adriana Nikolova Margarita Voyska Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
336 2017-03-03 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 6.4 Simoneta Ivanova Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 29 Open
337 2017-03-02 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 5.3 Adriana Nikolova Svetla Yordanova Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
338 2017-03-01 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 4.3 Donika Shivacheva Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 81 Open
339 2017-02-28 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 3.4 Adriana Nikolova Nurgyul Salimova Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
340 2017-02-27 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 2.2 Gergana Peycheva Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 43 Open
341 2017-02-26 66th ch-BUL w 2017 Pleven BUL 1.5 Adriana Nikolova Gabriela Antova Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
342 2016-10-01 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 10.5 Margarita Voyska Adriana Nikolova Draw: 1/2-1/2 10 Open
343 2016-09-30 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 9.1 Adriana Nikolova Tijana Mandura Won: 1-0 33 Open
344 2016-09-29 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 8.4 Anastasija Gogic Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 51 Open
345 2016-09-28 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 7.2 Adriana Nikolova Alina Kashlinskaya Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
346 2016-09-27 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 6.3 Adriana Nikolova Danijela Grujic Won: 1-0 27 Open
347 2016-09-25 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 4.2 Maria Manakova Adriana Nikolova Lost: 1-0 37 Open
348 2016-09-24 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 3.4 Adriana Nikolova Natalia Zhukova Draw: 1/2-1/2 10 Open
349 2016-09-23 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 2.1 Natasa Bojkovic Adriana Nikolova Won: 0-1 42 Open
350 2016-09-22 TCh-SRB Premier w 2016 Kragujevac SRB 1.5 Adriana Nikolova Dusica Sekulovic Won: 1-0 40 Open
  1. vs Ayca Fatma DurmazWon · 1-0White · 2018-07-17 · Round 3.8TCh-TUR 1st League 2018
  2. vs Irmak DaiWon · 0-1Black · 2018-07-17 · Round 2.9TCh-TUR 1st League 2018
  3. vs Nino KhomerikiWon · 1-0White · 2018-07-16 · Round 1.7TCh-TUR 1st League 2018
  4. vs Elitsa RaevaWon · 0-1Black · 2018-05-21 · Round 9.2BUL Tournament of Champs
  5. vs Rumiana GochevaWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-20 · Round 8.5BUL Tournament of Champs
  6. vs Nurgyul SalimovaDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-19 · Round 7.1BUL Tournament of Champs
  7. vs Gabriela AntovaDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-18 · Round 6.5BUL Tournament of Champs
  8. vs Viktoria RadevaWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-17 · Round 5.2BUL Tournament of Champs
  9. vs Maria VelchevaWon · 0-1Black · 2018-05-17 · Round 4.4BUL Tournament of Champs
  10. vs Iva Videnova-KuljasevicLost · 0-1White · 2018-05-16 · Round 3.3BUL Tournament of Champs
  11. vs Margarita VoyskaLost · 1-0Black · 2018-05-15 · Round 2.3BUL Tournament of Champs
  12. vs Lyubka GenovaWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-14 · Round 1.4BUL Tournament of Champs
  13. vs Deepan Chakkravarthy J.Lost · 1-0Black · 2018-04-07 · Round 6.2420th Dubai Open 2018
  14. vs Leandro KrysaLost · 1-0Black · 2018-04-04 · Round 3.2120th Dubai Open 2018
  15. vs Keti TsatsalashviliDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-12-21 · Round 9.48th Sharjah Cup for Women
  16. vs Wadima Al KalbaniWon · 1-0White · 2017-12-20 · Round 8.68th Sharjah Cup for Women
  17. vs Svetlana MoskaletsLost · 1-0Black · 2017-12-19 · Round 7.28th Sharjah Cup for Women
  18. vs Shanya MishraWon · 1-0White · 2017-12-18 · Round 6.58th Sharjah Cup for Women
  19. vs Turkan MamedjarovaWon · 0-1Black · 2017-12-18 · Round 5.48th Sharjah Cup for Women
  20. vs Maryam Hussein Al-HammadiWon · 0-1Black · 2017-12-17 · Round 4.88th Sharjah Cup for Women
  21. vs Aleksandra VakhaniaLost · 0-1White · 2017-12-16 · Round 3.68th Sharjah Cup for Women
  22. vs Mohammad Ali Hassan RayanWon · 0-1Black · 2017-12-16 · Round 2.68th Sharjah Cup for Women
  23. vs Almaeeni Mariam MohammedWon · 1-0White · 2017-12-15 · Round 1.68th Sharjah Cup for Women
  24. vs Ana BerkeWon · 0-1Black · 2017-03-18 · Round 9.217th Mediterranean Flower
  25. vs Petra KejzarWon · 1-0White · 2017-03-17 · Round 8.517th Mediterranean Flower
  26. vs Nikolina GolubWon · 1-0White · 2017-03-16 · Round 7.117th Mediterranean Flower
  27. vs Katarina BogdanicWon · 0-1Black · 2017-03-16 · Round 6.517th Mediterranean Flower
  28. vs Ljilja DrljevicWon · 1-0White · 2017-03-15 · Round 5.217th Mediterranean Flower
  29. vs Laura UnukDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-03-14 · Round 4.417th Mediterranean Flower
  30. vs Mirjana MedicWon · 1-0White · 2017-03-14 · Round 3.317th Mediterranean Flower
  31. vs Evgeniya DoluhanovaDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-03-13 · Round 2.317th Mediterranean Flower
  32. vs Ena CvitanWon · 1-0White · 2017-03-12 · Round 1.417th Mediterranean Flower
  33. vs Dilyana IvanovaWon · 1-0White · 2017-03-06 · Round 9.166th ch-BUL w 2017
  34. vs Viktoria RadevaLost · 1-0Black · 2017-03-05 · Round 8.566th ch-BUL w 2017
  35. vs Margarita VoyskaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-03-04 · Round 7.266th ch-BUL w 2017
  36. vs Simoneta IvanovaWon · 0-1Black · 2017-03-03 · Round 6.466th ch-BUL w 2017
  37. vs Svetla YordanovaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-03-02 · Round 5.366th ch-BUL w 2017
  38. vs Donika ShivachevaWon · 0-1Black · 2017-03-01 · Round 4.366th ch-BUL w 2017
  39. vs Nurgyul SalimovaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-28 · Round 3.466th ch-BUL w 2017
  40. vs Gergana PeychevaWon · 0-1Black · 2017-02-27 · Round 2.266th ch-BUL w 2017
  41. vs Gabriela AntovaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-26 · Round 1.566th ch-BUL w 2017
  42. vs Margarita VoyskaDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-01 · Round 10.5TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  43. vs Tijana ManduraWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-30 · Round 9.1TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  44. vs Anastasija GogicWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-29 · Round 8.4TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  45. vs Alina KashlinskayaDraw · ½–½White · 2016-09-28 · Round 7.2TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  46. vs Danijela GrujicWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-27 · Round 6.3TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  47. vs Maria ManakovaLost · 1-0Black · 2016-09-25 · Round 4.2TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  48. vs Natalia ZhukovaDraw · ½–½White · 2016-09-24 · Round 3.4TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  49. vs Natasa BojkovicWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-23 · Round 2.1TCh-SRB Premier w 2016
  50. vs Dusica SekulovicWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-22 · Round 1.5TCh-SRB Premier w 2016

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