Krum Georgiev
Bulgarian chess player (1958–2024)
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Country | Bulgaria |
Born | (1958-05-24)24 May 1958 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria |
Died | 31 July 2024(2024-07-31) (aged 66) |
Title | Grandmaster (1988) |
Peak rating | 2532 (July 2000) |
Krum Ivanov Georgiev (Bulgarian: Крум Иванов Георгиев; 24 May 1958 – 31 July 2024) was a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.[1] He is best known for beating future world champion Garry Kasparov in a wild game in Malta, 1980.[2]
Georgiev was born in Pazardzhik on 24 May 1958. He earned the International Master (IM) title in 1977[1] and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1988.[3] He died on 31 July 2024, at the age of 66.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 137, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ Krum Georgiev–Garry Kasparov, Malta 1980 game score at chessgames.com
- ^ by email from Bulgarian Chess Federation - see Discussion
- ^ Grivas, Efstratios (August 2, 2024). "Krum Ivanov Georgiev, 1958-2024". ChessBase. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ Ganev, Milen (July 31, 2024). "Chess player Krum Georgiev died". fakti.bg. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
External links
- Krum Georgiev rating card at FIDE
- Krum Georgiev player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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Bulgarian Grandmasters
Chess players for Bulgaria with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
- G. Petar Arnaudov
- Milko Bobotsov
- Dejan Bojkov
- Boris Chatalbashev
- Ivan Cheparinov
- Aleksander Delchev
- Radoslav Dimitrov
- Vladimir Dimitrov
- Dimitar Donchev [Wikidata]
- Petar Drenchev
- Ivajlo Enchev [ru]
- Evgenij Ermenkov
- Petar Genov
- Kiril Georgiev
- Krum Georgiev
- Vladimir Georgiev
- Grigor Grigorov [uk; pl; bg]
- Ventzislav Inkiov
- Valentin Iotov
- Evgeni Janev [Wikidata]
- Nino Kirov
- Atanas Kolev
- Valentin Lukov [Wikidata]
- Momchil Nikolov
- Nikolaj Ninov [bg; nl; ru]
- Nikola Padevsky
- Momchil Petkov
- Vladimir Petkov
- Marijan Petrov [Wikidata]
- Martin Petrov
- Milko Popchev
- Ivan Radulov
- Yulian Radulski
- Krasimir Rusev [Wikidata]
- Vasil Spasov
- Luben Spasov
- Nikola Spiridonov
- Antoaneta Stefanova
- Todor Todorov [uk; pl]
- Veselin Topalov
- Georgi Tringov
- Milen Vasilev [bg; pl; uk]
- Petar Velikov
- See also: List of chess grandmasters
- Category:Bulgarian chess players
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