| Kiril Georgiev | ||
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
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| Born | November 28, 1965 Petrich, Bulgaria |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2665 (No. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Petrich (Петрич is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Belasitsa mountain The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. 54 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2695 (July 2001) | |
Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev (Bulgarian: Кирил Димитров Георгиев) (born November 28, 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian chess master and three times the national champion. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Petrich (Петрич is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Belasitsa mountain The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. He should not be confused with fellow Bulgarian chess player (and no relation), Krum Georgiev. Krum Ivanov Georgiev (born May 24 1958 is a Bulgarian Chess Grandmaster, born in Pazardzhik.
Kiril Georgiev first caught the eye of the chess world in 1983, when he became the World Junior Champion and an International Master. The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 Chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition organized The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Two years later, he was awarded the International Grandmaster title. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.
In the process of becoming the Bulgarian Champion of 1984 (shared), 1986 and 1989, he rapidly became recognised as Bulgaria's number one player, taking over from Radulov and eventually giving way to Topalov. Ivan Radulov (Иван Радулов (born January 7, 1939 in Burgas) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. Veselin Topalov (vɛsɛ'lin to'pɑlof Веселин Топалов (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Chess grandmaster He has represented his country at the Chess Olympiad many times, playing on either board 1 or 2. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other Exceptionally, in 2002 he played for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, while he was temporarily resident there. The Republic of Macedonia (Република
His record in international competition has been remarkable, considering that he has never quite reached supergrandmaster status (ELO 2700 or above). He was a winner at Sarajevo 1986 (and would meet board boy Ivan Sokolov there again, some 15 years later), San Bernardino 1988, Elenite (Burgas) 1992 (ahead of Sokolov, Topalov, Dorfman, Razuvaev and Kotronias) and the 1993 Budapest Zonal (ahead of J. Polgar and Ftacnik). TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Ivan Sokolov (born 13 June 1968) is a Chess grandmaster born in Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia, who currently resides in the Burgas (Бургас sometimes transliterated as Bourgas) is the second-largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast with population 210260 Josif (Josef Iossif Iosif Davidovich Dorfman (born 1 May 1952, Zhitomir) is a Ukrainian-French Chess Grandmaster, coach and chess Yuri Razuvayev (sometimes written Yuri Razuvaev) (born 10 October 1945) is a Soviet Chess player Vassilios Kotronias (first name sometimes spelled Vasilios, born 25 August 1964) is a Greek Chess grandmaster. Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian Chess grandmaster. Ľubomír Ftáčnik (born Bratislava October 30, 1957) is a Slovak Chess player and a former European Junior Champion He repeated his Elenite success in 1995 (with Topalov, ahead of Short, Gulko and Dolmatov) and won at Belgrade 2000 (ahead of Beliavsky and Andersson). Nigel David Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is often regarded as the strongest British Chess Boris Franzevich Gulko (b February 9, 1947 in Erfurt, East Germany) is a U Sergey Viktorovich Dolmatov (born February 20 1959) is a Russian International Grandmaster of Chess and former World Junior Chess Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. Alexander Henrikhovich Beliavsky (sometimes transliterated as Belyavsky born December 17, 1953) is a Ukrainian Chess grandmaster. Ulf Andersson (born June 27[[ 951]] in Västerås Sweden) is a leading Swedish Chess player
Since 2000, his achievements have been no less impressive. First at Sarajevo 2001 (his first Category 16 tournament win - ahead of Topalov, Smirin, Dreev and Ivan Sokolov) and first at Bad Worishofen 2002. Ilya (or Ilia) Yulievich Smirin (איליה יוליביץ' סמירין Илья Юльевич Смирин born January 21, 1968, in Alexey Dreev (born 1969) is a Chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak ELO rating was 2705 attained in October 2003 and again Bad Wörishofen vørɪshofən is a Spa town in the district Unterallgäu, Bavaria Germany. At Gibraltar, he was joint winner (with Aronian, Efimenko, Shirov and Sutovsky) in 2005 and the outright winner in 2006 (ahead of Short, Sutovsky, Shirov, Akopian and Bologan) with an imposing 8. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar Levon Aronian (Լևոն Արոնյան born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian Chess player Zahar Efimenko ( ukr Захар Ефименко is a Ukrainian Chess player born July 3 1985 Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov ( Aleksejs Širovs, Алексей Дмитриевич Широв) (born July 4, 1972 in Riga, Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September, 1977) is an Israeli Chess Grandmaster. Victor Viorel Bologan (born December 14, 1971) is a Moldovan Chess grandmaster. 5/10 score. This was also the year that he won a bronze medal at the European Individual Chess Championship (behind Zdenko Kozul and Vassily Ivanchuk). The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organized by the European Chess Union. Zdenko Kožul (born May 21, 1966) is a Croatian chess grandmaster and the 2006 European champion Vassily Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyl (Василь Михайлович Іванчук, Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk) (born March 18 1969 At the Moscow Aeroflot Open, he finished only a half point off the lead. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of
Accordingly, these fine results have caused his Elo rating to advance rapidly during 2005 and 2006, reaching 2680 (at July 2006) and placing him at number 26 in the (FIDE) World's 100 top players. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the
Georgiev has also participated in the World Chess Championship. See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess In 1990, he qualified for the Interzonal Tournament in Manila and placed a creditable 14th out of 64, surpassing expectation and losing only to Alexei Dreev. Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation The City of Manila At Groningen in 1997, he lost in round 4 to Loek Van Wely. Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Loek van Wely (born October 7 1972) is a Chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands.
References
- Kenneth Whyld (1986). Kenneth Whyld ( March 6, 1926 - July 11, 2003) was a British Chess author and researcher best known as the co-author (with Guinness Chess, The Records. Guinness Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85112-455-1.
- Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information
External links
- Kiril Georgiev at ChessGames.com
- FIDE rating card for Kiril Georgiev
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