Valentin Iotov

{{short description|Bulgarian chess player}}

{{redirect|Valentin Yotov|the Bulgarian football player|Valentin Yotov (footballer)}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Valentin Iotov

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| full_name = Valentin Lyubomirov Iotov

| country = {{BUL}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|09|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pleven, Bulgaria

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| title = Grandmaster (2008)

| FideID = 2906074

| peakrating = 2603 (July 2009)

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Valentin Lyubomirov Iotov ({{langx|bg|Валентин Любомиров Йотов}}, also transliterated Yotov;{{cite web |url=https://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?13484812 |title=Valentin Lyubomirov Yotov |website=uschess.org |access-date=23 December 2021}} born 6 September 1988 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian chess player received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2906074 |title= Iotov, Valentin |website=FIDE.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029161901/http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2906074 |archive-date=29 October 2012 |access-date=20 October 2013}} He has represented his country in Chess Olympiads and was the Bulgarian chess champion for 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbgnet.org/view-chess-profil.php?num=96# |title=Валентин Йотов |trans-title=Valentin Yotov |website=chessbgnet.org |language=bg |access-date=20 October 2013}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=BUL&flag=30&wi=821 |title=Team composition for federation BUL - Open |website=Chess-Results.com |access-date=15 August 2014 |quote=Iotov, Valentin}}{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=1&art=21&fed=BUL&flag=30&wi=821 |title=Board-prizes (Final Ranking after 11 Rounds) - Open |website=Chess-Results.com |access-date=15 August 2014 |quote=Iotov, Valentin}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.iccf.com/player?id=50173 |title=Player Details: BUL GM Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov |website=ICCF.com |access-date=23 December 2021}}