Nikola Padevsky
Number of games in database: 349
Years covered: 1949 to 1992
Last FIDE rating: 2355
Highest rating achieved in database: 2460
Overall record: +79 -107 =163 (46.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (44)      B81 B43 B88 B80 B31  Ruy Lopez (26)      C73 C96 C75 C97 C93  Ruy Lopez, Closed (13)      C96 C97 C93 C91 C87  French Defense (13)      C15 C18 C02 C08 C16  Caro-Kann (12)      B17 B18 B14 B15 B13  Sicilian Scheveningen (9)      B81 B80 B83	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (26)      B81 B88 B25 B91 B36  Ruy Lopez (23)      C98 C94 C85 C95 C86  Ruy Lopez, Closed (22)      C98 C94 C85 C95 C86  French Defense (18)      C12 C11 C07 C18 C16  English (15)      A13 A15 A14 A17 A16  Nimzo Indian (12)      E59 E53 E20 E55 E25

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Padevsky vs Karpov, 1972 1-0
   N Padevsky vs Keres, 1956 1/2-1/2
   N Padevsky vs I Asmundsson, 1957 1-0
   Botvinnik vs N Padevsky, 1956 1/2-1/2

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

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NIKOLA PADEVSKY (born May-29-1933) Bulgaria [what is this?] Nikola Bochev Padevsky was born on the 29th of May 1933 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Awarded the IM title in 1957 and the GM title in 1964 he has been Bulgarian Champion in 1954, 1955, 1962 and 1964 (after play-off). He won the Rubinstein Memorial in 1963. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola...

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 349  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Padevsky vs A Kiprov   1-0 33 1949 BUL-ch D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 2. E Paoli vs N Padevsky   0-1 41 1955 Ljubljana C57 Two Knights 3. Franz vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 47 1955 Tournament A03 Bird's Opening 4. N Padevsky vs Taimanov   0-1 32 1956 Alekhine Memorial B22 Sicilian, Alapin 5. Golombek vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 27 1956 Alekhine Memorial E03 Catalan, Open 6. N Padevsky vs Smyslov   0-1 50 1956 Alekhine Memorial C47 Four Knights 7. N Padevsky vs R Fuchs 1-0 24 1956 Dresden it C15 French, Winawer 8. Bronstein vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 24 1956 Alekhine Memorial D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 9. N Padevsky vs I Bilek   ½-½ 23 1956 Dresden it B15 Caro-Kann 10. N Padevsky vs Blau   1-0 29 1956 Moscow (ol) B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 11. O Benkner vs N Padevsky   0-1 17 1956 Moscow ol (Men) D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 12. Gligoric vs N Padevsky 1-0 28 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 13. N Padevsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 25 1956 Alekhine Memorial B89 Sicilian 14. N Padevsky vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 32 1956 Dresden it E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 15. Uhlmann vs N Padevsky 1-0 46 1956 Alekhine Memorial E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O 16. Pachman vs N Padevsky   1-0 40 1956 Dresden it E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 17. Najdorf vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 35 1956 Moscow E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 18. Szabo vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 18 1956 Alekhine Memorial E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 19. M Trajkovic vs N Padevsky   0-1 57 1956 Dresden it B33 Sicilian 20. N Padevsky vs Larsen 0-1 38 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 21. N Padevsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 25 1956 Moscow B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 22. A Vestol vs N Padevsky   0-1 36 1956 Moscow ol (Men) C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 23. Gligoric vs N Padevsky   1-0 41 1956 Alekhine Memorial D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. W Golz vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 24 1956 Dresden it E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 25. N Padevsky vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 20 1956 Alekhine Memorial D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 349

May-29-06    BIDMONFA: Nikola Padevsky PADEVSKY, Nikola http://www.bidmonfa.com/padevsky_ni... _ 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    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

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