Atanas Kolew

Atanas Kolew, 2008
Association	Bulgaria
Born	July 15, 1967 Botevgrad
title	International Master (1988) Grand Master (1993)
Current  Elo rating	2529 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2604 (July 2012)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Atanas Kolev ( Bulgarian Атанас Иванов Колев , at the World Chess Federation FIDE Atanas Kolev ; born July 15, 1967 in Botevgrad ) is a Bulgarian chess player .

He won the Bulgarian individual championship in 1992 in Bankja . He played for Bulgaria at four Chess Olympiads : 1992 , 1994 , 1998 and 2000 . He also took part in the European team championships in León in 2001 and in two chess Balkaniads (1993 and 1994).

In Spain he played for the CA Alzira-Hilaturas Presencia .

In 1988 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM), and in 1993 the title of Grand Master (GM).

Elo development

Publications

• The Sharpest Sicilian , Chess Stars, Sofia 2007, ISBN 978-954-8782-56-2 . (in cooperation with Kiril Georgiev )
• The Easiest Sicilian . Chess Stars, Sofia 2008, ISBN 954-8782-66-9 . (together with the North Macedonian GM Trajče Nedev )

Web links

Commons : Atanas Kolew  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Atanas Kolew on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)