Nino Kirov

Nino Kirow, Schachbalkaniade 1976
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Nino Kirov ( Bulgarian Нино Киров Иванов ; born September 11, 1945 in Blagoevgrad , † September 25, 2008 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian chess player .

The Bulgarian Individual Championship Kirov won twice: in 1973 in Sofia and 1978 in Varna . Between 1971 and 1985 he took part in fourteen individual championships. He played for Bulgaria at two Chess Olympiads : 1974 and 1984 . He also took part twice in the European team championships (1977 and 1980) and in several chess Balkaniads (1974 to 1977, 1979 to 1981 and 1984 to 1985).

In October 1974 he ended a series of Tal in which he had 95 unbeaten games in a row by beating Michail Tal .

In 1972 Kirov was awarded the title of International Master (IM), in 1975 the title of Grand Master (GM). His highest rating was 2505 in January 1993.

Important successes

His best results include:

• 2. Polanica-Zdrój 1974 (the Rubinstein Memorial Tournament)
• 1-2. Vršac 1975 (shared first with Enver Bukić )
• 1. Białystok 1979
• 1. Thessaloniki 1979
• 1. Warsaw 1980
• 1. Hradec Králové 1983
• 1. Pleven 1986

Elo development

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Nino Kirow on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Edward Winter - 10096. Photographic archives (23)
2. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)