
Name:	Sasho Nikolov
Federation:	Bulgaria
Sex:	Male
Born:	1958
FIDE ID:	2900297 FIDE Profile
Title:	International Master
ELO Classic:	2223
ELO Rapid:	2266
ELO Blitz:	2241
Years:	1982 - 2025
Total Games:	675
Wins:	303 (44.89 %)
Draws:	156 (23.11 %)
Losses:	216 (32 %)
Score:	56.44 %

Repertoire with
black pieces

Sasho Nikolov

Last tournaments played

Tournament	Date	Elo Avg.	Country
1st Sofia Spring 2025	05/23/2025	2230	Bulgaria
ch-BUL 2023	01/21/2023	2285	Bulgaria
Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp	12/15/2022	2226	Turkey
10th Varna Closed 2016	06/27/2016	2400	Bulgaria

Most Played Openings as White

ECO	Opening	Games
E94	King's Indian, orthodox variation	15 games
E97	King's Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)	13 games
B33	Sicilian defence	10 games
D85	Gruenfeld, exchange variation	9 games

Most Played Openings as Black

ECO	Opening	Games
B01	Scandinavian (centre counter) defence	30 games
B07	Pirc defence	14 games
B48	Sicilian, Taimanov variation	12 games
D46	Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, 6.Bd3	12 games

Games played by Sasho Nikolov

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White	ELO W	Black	ELO B	Result	Moves	ECO	Date	Tournament	View
Nikolov, S	2257	Celebi, M	1908	1-0	51	D00	2025	1st Sofia Spring 2025
Tilicheev, V	2428	Nikolov, S	2257	1-0	15	D37	2025	1st Sofia Spring 2025
Nikolov, S	2257	Georgiev, B	2218	1-0	55	A20	2025	1st Sofia Spring 2025
Nikolov, S	2222	Nikolov, Y	2086	1-0	34	B35	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Dimitrov, R	2501	Nikolov, S	2222	½-½	67	D59	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Nikolov, S	2222	Ivelinov, H	2216	1-0	34	B33	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Kolev, L	2018	Nikolov, S	2222	½-½	56	A40	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Rusev, K	2478	Nikolov, S	2222	1-0	59	A45	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Nikolov, S	2222	Georgiev, K	2546	0-1	28	B97	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Nikolov, S	2222	Stoyanov, T	2446	1-0	61	D37	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Petrov, M	2535	Nikolov, S	2222	½-½	41	C11	2023	ch-BUL 2023
Maksimovic, B	2210	Nikolov, S	2254	½-½	14	B33	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Nikolov, S	2254	Sahin, O	2254	1-0	32	A44	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Nikolov, S	2254	Dedebas, E	2312	1-0	53	E52	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Gunduz, U	2245	Nikolov, S	2254	1-0	49	B48	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Dronjic, S	1881	Nikolov, S	2254	½-½	30	A01	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Nikolov, S	2254	Citak, S	2272	½-½	60	C90	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Tinmaz, K	2253	Nikolov, S	2254	0-1	60	B06	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Nikolov, S	2254	Ozsakallioglu, O	2258	1-0	39	D10	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Ozdemir, S	2142	Nikolov, S	2254	0-1	74	B12	2022	Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp
Dimitrov, R	2500	Nikolov, S	2348	½-½	8	C01	2016	10th Varna Closed 2016
Nikolov, S	2348	Dimov, D	2255	0-1	47	A43	2016	10th Varna Closed 2016
Smirnov, A	2416	Nikolov, S	2348	1-0	68	D30	2016	10th Varna Closed 2016
Nikolov, S	2348	Firman, N	2519	1-0	33	B08	2016	10th Varna Closed 2016
Nikolov, S	2348	Bernadskiy, V	2521	½-½	65	A81	2016	10th Varna Closed 2016
Ivanov, J	2330	Nikolov, S	2348	½-½	11	A15	2016	10th Varna Closed 2016
Nikolov, S	2348	Panbukchian, V	2308	1-0	68	A04	2016	10th Varna Closed 2016
Kanmazalp, O	2444	Nikolov, S	2346	1-0	40	A45	2016	Karpos Open 2016
Mastrovasilis, A	2538	Nikolov, S	2346	1-0	42	A15	2016	Karpos Open 2016
Sundararajan, K	2474	Nikolov, S	2346	1-0	44	E09	2016	Karpos Open 2016
Nikolov, S	2364	Smolkov, I	2347	½-½	31	E60	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Dastan, M	2454	Nikolov, S	2364	1-0	39	B12	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Dimov, D	2317	Nikolov, S	2364	0-1	25	B90	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Nikolov, S	2364	Fernandez, D	2474	0-1	44	D96	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Piza, V	2298	Nikolov, S	2364	0-1	38	B32	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Nikolov, S	2364	Radovanovic, J	2325	½-½	29	A45	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Koehler, G	2178	Nikolov, S	2364	½-½	28	A42	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Nikolov, S	2364	Stefanov, E	2241	½-½	58	B06	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Aliyev, R	2117	Nikolov, S	2364	½-½	53	A13	2015	14th Kesarovski-Stanchev
Nikolov, S	2353	Nikolov, J	2067	1-0	34	E53	2015	64th TCh-BUL Men 2015