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Nikola Padevsky
N Padevsky 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 1,103
Years covered: 1949 to 1992
Last FIDE rating: 2355
Highest rating achieved in database: 2490
Overall record: +324 -208 =571 (55.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (130) 
    B43 B23 B92 B32 B30
 Ruy Lopez (74) 
    C69 C73 C91 C63 C92
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (36) 
    C91 C92 C96 C97 C85
 King's Indian (36) 
    E77 E69 E80 E67 E86
 French Defense (31) 
    C18 C02 C07 C09 C15
 English (28) 
    A14 A15 A10 A12 A13
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (123) 
    B81 B84 B32 B30 B90
 Ruy Lopez (52) 
    C98 C85 C96 C95 C92
 French Defense (48) 
    C07 C09 C01 C11 C12
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (44) 
    C98 C85 C96 C95 C92
 Nimzo Indian (28) 
    E59 E43 E56 E55 E58
 English (27) 
    A14 A15 A13 A12 A10
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Padevsky vs I Asmundsson, 1957 1-0
   N Padevsky vs Kasparov, 1980 1/2-1/2
   N Padevsky vs Karpov, 1972 1-0
   N Padevsky vs Keres, 1956 1/2-1/2
   R Nezhmetdinov vs N Padevsky, 1961 1/2-1/2
   N Padevsky vs S Muehlberg, 1956 1-0
   Fischer vs N Padevsky, 1962 1/2-1/2
   Gulko vs N Padevsky, 1978 0-1
   M Trajkovic vs N Padevsky, 1956 0-1
   N Padevsky vs Tal, 1968 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Sofia (1962)
   Rubinstein Memorial (1963)
   Bulgarian Championship (1962)
   Varna (1960)
   Ourense (1973)
   Pula Zonal (1975)
   Ljubljana (1955)
   Asztalos Memorial (1961)
   Reykjavik (1970)
   Dresden (1959)
   Bulgarian Championship (1958)
   World Student Team Championship (1957)
   Capablanca Memorial (1964)
   Bulgarian Championship (1972)
   Zagreb (1965)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Dresden 1956 by Phony Benoni

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NIKOLA PADEVSKY
(born May-29-1933, died Dec-17-2023, 90 years old) Bulgaria

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Nikola Bochev Padevsky was born in Plovdiv. Awarded the IM title in 1957 and the GM title in 1964, he was Bulgarian champion in 1954, 1955, 1962 and 1964 (after play-off).

Padevsky played in the World Student Team Championship six times (every year from 1954 through 1959). Playing first board in 1959 he helped Bulgaria win the team gold medal. He played on the Bulgarian team in eleven Chess Olympiads (every Olympiad from 1956 through 1978 except for 1976), playing first board in his first Olympiad appearance in 1956 and again in 1962 and 1964.

Padevsky won the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdrój in 1963 at its inception, and shared first place at the international tournaments Varna 1960 and Varna 1975, and at Athens 1983 (Acropolis International).

In the 1980s, Padevski was the head coach of the national team

Wikipedia article: Nikola Padevsky

Last updated: 2024-11-01 13:18:09

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 page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,103  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N Padevsky vs A Kiprov  1-0331949BUL-chD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
2. N Padevsky vs A Malchev  ½-½411952Bulgarian ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
3. S Hinkov vs N Padevsky  0-1301952Bulgarian ChampionshipC57 Two Knights
4. S Mechkarov vs N Padevsky  0-1361952Bulgarian ChampionshipA02 Bird's Opening
5. N Padevsky vs Z Milev  0-1301952Bulgarian ChampionshipA02 Bird's Opening
6. Bobotsov vs N Padevsky  ½-½241952Bulgarian ChampionshipD74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
7. N Padevsky vs A Tsvetkov  ½-½341952Bulgarian ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
8. V Popov vs N Padevsky  1-0311952Bulgarian ChampionshipC41 Philidor Defense
9. N Padevsky vs R Filchev  1-0621952Bulgarian ChampionshipC50 Giuoco Piano
10. P Ivanov vs N Padevsky  ½-½401952Bulgarian ChampionshipA53 Old Indian
11. M Valchanov vs N Padevsky  ½-½111952Bulgarian ChampionshipE81 King's Indian, Samisch
12. N Padevsky vs E Jakovlev  ½-½161952Bulgarian ChampionshipD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. D Mandrov vs N Padevsky  ½-½411952Bulgarian ChampionshipB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
14. B Markov vs N Padevsky  1-0551952Bulgarian ChampionshipC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
15. E Karastoichev vs N Padevsky  ½-½401952Bulgarian ChampionshipA02 Bird's Opening
16. N Padevsky vs R Bobekov  0-1531952Bulgarian ChampionshipB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
17. N Padevsky vs O Neikirch  1-0641952Bulgarian ChampionshipC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
18. N Padevsky vs F Filipov  0-1471952Bulgarian ChampionshipB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
19. N Padevsky vs H Platz  ½-½441954DDR-BULE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
20. H Platz vs N Padevsky  ½-½371954DDR-BULC77 Ruy Lopez
21. A Nikitin vs N Padevsky  1-0331954World Student Team ChampionshipB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. N Padevsky vs S Puc  0-1301955LjubljanaE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
23. Pirc vs N Padevsky  ½-½411955LjubljanaA06 Reti Opening
24. N Padevsky vs N Karaklajic  0-1311955LjubljanaB01 Scandinavian
25. N Padevsky vs G Kieninger  1-0601955LjubljanaC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
 page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,103  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-29-06  BIDMONFA: Nikola Padevsky

PADEVSKY, Nikola
http://www.bidmonfa.com/padevsky_ni...
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May-29-08  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Padevsky!
May-29-08  whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola...
Olympiads: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/91... chessmetric: http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Play...
Dec-12-08  Karpova: A great success was his win in the Rubinstein Memorial, Polanica Zdroj 08.1963.

He scored 10.5/15 (+7 -1 =7) and won 1.0 point ahead of Moshe Czerniak and 1.5 points ahead of Matulovic.

Source: http://www.akibarubinstein.republik...

May-29-09  WhiteRook48: Happy birthday!!
May-29-10  wordfunph: inactive 77 year-old GM with 2355 rating..

http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev...

happy birthday GM Nikola Padevsky!

Apr-28-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <Padevsky> photograph-

<Bobby Fischer> v. <Nikola Padevski> Varna Olympiad 1962:

http://www.echesspedia.com/wp-conte...

And here is the game in the photo- <Padevski> draws <Fischer> with the black pieces:

Fischer vs N Padevsky, 1962

May-29-23  stanleys: Happy 90th birthday, GM Padevsky!
Dec-19-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: RIP GM Padevsky:

https://trud.bg/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%...

Dec-24-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: At death he was the third oldest living GM.

The new top 3 are Nikolac, Kraidman, Darga.

Jan-01-24  Messiah: Oh, I did not know he passed away. :( Back in the '90s and potentially in the late '80s he trained my then-trainer for multiple brief intervals. We have studied several of his Nimzo-Indians as Black. It had definitely a visible value.

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