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

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