Maria Velcheva
Number of games in database: 132
Years covered: 1991 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2262
Highest rating achieved in database: 2331
Overall record: +50 -46 =35 (51.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (30)      B90 B32 B30 B41 B28  French Tarrasch (6)      C06 C03 C07  Scotch Game (6)      C45  French Defense (6)      C06 C03 C07  Sicilian Kan (5)      B41 B43  Sicilian Najdorf (5)      B90	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (28)      B47 B48 B22 B40 B45  Sicilian Taimanov (15)      B47 B48 B45  Slav (11)      D11 D19 D13 D18 D15

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Velcheva vs H Puuska, 2007 1-0
   P J Draganova vs M Velcheva, 2001 0-1

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MARIA VELCHEVA (born Oct-14-1976) Bulgaria [what is this?] She is a WGM. Bulgarian champion (w) in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 132  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Stefanova vs M Velcheva   0-1 35 1991 Bankia ch-BG-W D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 2. O Maznitsina vs M Velcheva 0-1 27 1993 Ch World (cadets) (g) (under 18) C26 Vienna 3. K Maric vs M Velcheva   0-1 33 1995 EU-ch U20 Girls B22 Sicilian, Alapin 4. E Repkova vs M Velcheva   1-0 34 1996 Ch Croatia (team) (2nd league) C55 Two Knights Defense 5. K Spraggett vs M Velcheva   1-0 31 1996 It (open) A04 Reti Opening 6. M Velcheva vs Plachetka   1-0 57 1998 Pula op 12th B57 Sicilian 7. E Djingarova vs M Velcheva   ½-½ 30 2001 TCh-BUL w C42 Petrov Defense 8. T Kosintseva vs M Velcheva 1-0 39 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women B22 Sicilian, Alapin 9. E Repkova vs M Velcheva   1-0 39 2001 EuTChw B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. M Velcheva vs L Genova   0-1 69 2001 ch-BUL Women C45 Scotch Game 11. M Velcheva vs E Lopatskaya   1-0 37 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women B07 Pirc 12. M Velcheva vs A Dragasevic   1-0 60 2001 TCh-BUL w B56 Sicilian 13. T Plachkinova vs M Velcheva   ½-½ 28 2001 ch-BUL Women D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 14. K Arakhamia-Grant vs M Velcheva   ½-½ 26 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 15. M Velcheva vs Olja Vaseva   1-0 49 2001 TCh-BUL w B01 Scandinavian 16. M Velcheva vs E Zaiatz   1-0 48 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women C45 Scotch Game 17. M Velcheva vs Y Hernandez Estevez   ½-½ 22 2001 EuTChw C42 Petrov Defense 18. S Besheva vs M Velcheva   0-1 67 2001 ch-BUL Women B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. A Kucypera vs M Velcheva   0-1 34 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women B40 Sicilian 20. T Plachkinova vs M Velcheva   0-1 31 2001 TCh-BUL w D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. M Velcheva vs M Andreeva   1-0 21 2001 ch-BUL Women B44 Sicilian 22. M Doncheva vs M Velcheva   0-1 52 2001 ch-BUL Women B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 23. P J Draganova vs M Velcheva 0-1 36 2001 TCh-BUL w B02 Alekhine's Defense 24. O Stjazhkina vs M Velcheva   1-0 38 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women B23 Sicilian, Closed 25. M Velcheva vs I Brandis   ½-½ 48 2001 EuTChw C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 132

May-17-08    wanabe2000: Picture from the European Individual Women Championship http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Aug-27-09    Bondsamir: There's somthing wrong in the rating system. Maria Velchva should be at 2486. Jul-21-10    GrahamClayton: Another photo: http://www.kosteniuk.com/albums/got... Jul-30-11    OhioChessFan: http://www.sunnybeach-chess.com/upl...

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