Top chess coaches in Bulgaria: 10 Grandmasters & Titled Coaches accepting students

Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer, FIDE around 2539, now based in Plovdiv. His teaching is analysis-first: deep game review, calculation and visualization work, and building awareness of an opponent's resources. He asks for students serious about improving, roughly 1600 and up.

Bulgarian Grandmaster, FIDE around 2493, and a positional player by nature. He's collected prizes across a run of European opens, and he pitches himself as much on teaching as on results.

Bulgarian national champion in 2016 and a two-time Olympian, with a European Club Cup board-four silver on the record. A universal, positional coach, strong on strategy, technical endgames and the craft of converting an advantage.

Grandmaster since 2013 and a current Bulgarian team champion, with 20-plus years playing all over Europe. His coaching leans on tailored programs and understanding over memorized theory, with real attention to tournament pressure and readiness.

A veteran Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer who's produced champions in four different countries. Two-time Bulgarian men's champion, and he works the old Russian way — x-ray the main weakness, then rebuild it, one student at a time.

Bulgarian national champion and an authorized FIDE Trainer who's played for the men's Olympic team. His specialty is dynamic opening prep — closed, double-edged positions worked out with the strongest engines. He tied for first at the historic Hastings in 2019.

Woman Grandmaster, peak around 2350, and a decorated junior — World Junior bronze in 2023 and a European team gold with Bulgaria the same year. Ambitious and still climbing, she builds personalized plans for players of every level. A strong pick if you want a female coach for a girl starting out.

A true veteran: 19 Olympiads for Bulgaria, eleven national women's titles, and a FIDE Trainer with 15 years of coaching. Peak FIDE around 2387. If you want deep, old-school grounding in strategy, tactics and endgames, this is decades of it.

Woman Grandmaster, peak FIDE around 2389, with eight years of coaching and a Bulgarian women's title across all three time controls in 2011. She's beaten strong opposition, including a reigning Women's World Champion.

International Master with a positional style and a broad teaching range — opening theory, typical middlegame structures, endgames and tactics. Recent form is real: he took second at the 2025 Bulgarian Championship. Individual plans, and plenty of homework.