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FIDE rankings: Veselin Topalov 13th, Antoaneta Stefanova 11th

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In men Bulgarian chess player Veselin Topalov saw a slight decline on the previous month and has placed 13th in the October FIDE rankings. Topalov has a coefficient of 2760, eight points down on the previous month when he ranked 10th. The other Bulgarian in the Top 100 is Ivan Cheparinov who moved down from the 58th to the 65th notch but preserves his Elo at 2677 points.  In women Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova has climbed from 13th to the 11th notch in the FIDE monthly rankings.




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