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Valentin Iotov
Full name	Valentin Lyubomirov Iotov
Country	Bulgaria
Born	(1988-09-06) 6 September 1988 (age 36) Pleven, Bulgaria
Title	Grandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating	2485 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2603 (July 2009)

Valentin Lyubomirov Iotov (Bulgarian: Валентин Любомиров Йотов, also transliterated Yotov; born 6 September 1988 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian chess player received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2008. He has represented his country in Chess Olympiads and was the Bulgarian chess champion for 2006. In August 2014, Yotov played on Board 3 for Bulgaria at the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, scoring 8/11 points for a performance rating of 2741, narrowly missing out on an individual bronze medal.

There is also a different Bulgarian chess player also known as Valentin Iotov (full name: Valentin Dimitrov Iotov) who received the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster in 2012.

References

1. "Valentin Lyubomirov Yotov". uschess.org. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
2. "Iotov, Valentin". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
3. "Валентин Йотов" [Valentin Yotov]. chessbgnet.org (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 20 October 2013.
4. "Team composition for federation BUL - Open". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014. Iotov, Valentin
5. "Board-prizes (Final Ranking after 11 Rounds) - Open". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014. Iotov, Valentin
6. "Player Details: BUL GM Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov". ICCF.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

External links

• Valentin Iotov rating card at FIDE
• Valentin Iotov player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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