Nikola Spiridonov

Nikola Spiridonov ( Bulgarian Никола Йовински Спиридонов , at the World Chess Federation FIDE Nikola Spiridonov ; born February 28, 1938 in Pleven ) is a Bulgarian chess player .

He won the Bulgarian individual championship in 1969 in Plovdiv . He played for Bulgaria at the 1964 Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv . He also took part in the European team championships three times (1970, 1980 and 1983).

In France he played for the Paris Chess Club .

In 1970 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM) and in 1979 the title of Grand Master (GM). His highest rating was 2490 in January 1976.

Important successes

His best results include:

• 1−2. Polanica-Zdrój 1974 (the Rubinstein Memorial Tournament)
• 1–3. Varna 1974
• 1–2. Varna 1977
• 1. Wroclaw 1980

Elo development

Web links

• Nikola Spiridonow at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Replayable chess games by Nikola Spiridonow 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)