IM Emil Stefanov Full name Emil Stefanov Born 1999 (age 27) Place of birth Federation Bulgaria Profiles # World Ranking 2335 Classical 2243 Rapid 2243 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined (5 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (3 games) English Opening: Nimzo-English Opening (3 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (3 games) King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense (3 games) Black Pieces Benoni Defense: Modern Variation (7 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (5 games) Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (4 games) Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation (4 games) Modern Defense with 1.d4 (4 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Emil Stefanov (2355) Cristhian Camilo Rios (2382) 1-0 30 2025 Emil Stefanov (2355) Dina Belenkaya (2173) 0-1 65 2025 Emil Stefanov (2355) James A Chirilov (2291) ½-½ 53 2025 Emil Stefanov (2355) Graham Horobetz (2240) ½-½ 46 2025 P Michelle Catherina (2165) Emil Stefanov (2355) 1-0 50 2025 Martha L Fierro Baquero (2247) Emil Stefanov (2355) 0-1 40 2025 James Le Nguyen (2186) Emil Stefanov (2355) 0-1 70 2025 Andrew Wu (2206) Emil Stefanov (2355) ½-½ 25 2025 Nitesh Cherukuri (2246) Emil Stefanov (2355) ½-½ 51 2025 Emil Stefanov (2362) Daniel Fernandez 0-1 34 2024 Show All Games