GM Milko Popchev Full name Milko Popchev Born Nov 11, 1964 (age 61) Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria Federation Bulgaria Profiles #11410 World Ranking 2148 Classical 2245 Rapid 2276 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Indian Game: Tartakower Attack (40 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (29 games) Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (28 games) English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical, Botvinnik System (27 games) Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (26 games) Black Pieces Queen's Pawn Opening: Wade Defense (61 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: English Rat Defense (43 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (28 games) Petrov's Defense: Classical, Cozio Attack (28 games) Owen's Defense (25 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Milko Popchev (2163) Pavel S Dvalishvili (2277) 0-1 50 2026 Milko Popchev (2163) Evgeniy Podolchenko (2272) 0-1 34 2026 Milko Popchev (2162) Savitha Shri B (2356) ½-½ 39 2026 Krasimir Brankov (2217) Milko Popchev (2162) ½-½ 14 2026 Zlatko Ilincic (2208) Milko Popchev (2162) ½-½ 11 2026 Milko Popchev (2154) Roman Shogdzhiev (2329) 0-1 44 2025 Milko Popchev (2157) Anton Demchenko (2619) 0-1 29 2025 Milko Popchev (2154) Aleksa Petrovic (2265) ½-½ 21 2025 Spas Kozhuharov (2349) Milko Popchev (2161) 1-0 31 2025 Md Imran (2472) Milko Popchev (2154) 1-0 24 2025 Show All Games