Liuben D Spassov
Number of games in database: 241
Years covered: 1965 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2335
Highest rating achieved in database: 2460
Overall record: +54 -64 =123 (47.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (15)      E92 E76 E94 E85 E62  Queen's Indian (13)      E12 E17 E14 E19  Modern Benoni (12)      A56 A58 A65 A60 A61  English, 1 c4 c5 (7)      A30 A35 A39 A36  Grunfeld (6)      D85 D78 D91 D90  Reti System (6)      A04 A06	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (52)      B42 B93 B89 B22 B28  Queen's Indian (10)      E12 E15 E13 E14 E17  Queen's Pawn Game (10)      A46 A45 A40 E00  Sicilian Kan (10)      B42 B43  Nimzo Indian (10)      E46 E31 E49 E47 E32  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (9)      B68 B62 B69 B64 B60

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Radulov vs L Spassov, 1974 0-1
   L Spassov vs P Popov, 1977 1-0
   L Spassov vs J Kozma, 1965 1-0

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LIUBEN D SPASSOV (born Mar-22-1943) Bulgaria [what is this?] Liuben Dimitrov Spassov was awarded the GM title in 1976. He has played for the Bulgarian Olympic teams of 1978 and 1980. In tournaments he was 1st= at Pamporovna 1981 and 2nd at Warsaw 1983. He won the World Seniors Championship (2005) in Italy.

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 241  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Spassov vs J Kozma 1-0 33 1965 DSV-Turnier 02nd B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 2. Vadasz vs L Spassov   0-1 36 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA E60 King's Indian Defense 3. G Geotgelvek vs L Spassov   0-1 49 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim5 E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 4. L Spassov vs I Gat   0-1 34 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Smejkal vs L Spassov 1-0 53 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 6. L Spassov vs E Scholl   ½-½ 74 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 7. E Pantazi vs L Spassov   0-1 39 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 8. L Spassov vs Keene   ½-½ 24 1966 Oerebro (Sweden) B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 9. Gulko vs L Spassov   ½-½ 26 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C67 Ruy Lopez 10. L Spassov vs T Porrasmaa 0-1 24 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B07 Pirc 11. L Spassov vs U Fritsche   0-1 49 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. L Spassov vs Z A Glenza 1-0 35 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim5 B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 13. Kolbak vs L Spassov   1-0 40 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA E15 Queen's Indian 14. L Spassov vs V Tukmakov 1-0 23 1968 WchT U26 15th fin-A B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Smejkal vs L Spassov   1-0 33 1968 WchT U26 15th fin-A B89 Sicilian 16. L Spassov vs Plachetka   1-0 34 1969 WchT U26 fin-A 16th B06 Robatsch 17. L Spassov vs V Tukmakov   0-1 39 1969 WchT U26 fin-A 16th D90 Grunfeld 18. J Sloth vs L Spassov   0-1 60 1969 WchT U26 fin-A 16th A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 19. L Spassov vs Suetin   ½-½ 34 1970 Albena (Bulgaria) A56 Benoni Defense 20. Smejkal vs L Spassov   0-1 54 1971 Varna A14 English 21. L Spassov vs Minev   0-1 58 1971 BUL-ch 24th A55 Old Indian, Main line 22. L Spassov vs Minev   ½-½ 51 1971 Varna B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 23. Adorjan vs L Spassov   1-0 34 1972 Varna (Bulgaria) B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 24. Tringov vs L Spassov   ½-½ 22 1972 Varna B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 25. Podgaets vs L Spassov   1-0 41 1972 Varna A17 English  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 241

Oct-17-05    siggemannen: congrats for winning the senior WCC Oct-17-05    monopole2313: And congrats to Bulgaria! WCC Men, WCC Women, and WCC Senior (did I leave anybody out?) Oct-17-05    AlexanderMorphy: Bulgaria rule the chess world at the moment! thi sguy is just another gr8 bulgarian chess player! Oct-17-05    Dionyseus: Grats to Spassov and the Bulgarians. Oct-17-05    Happypuppet: Who's the Bulgarian woman WCC? Stefanova? Nov-18-05    AlexanderMorphy: <happypuppet> yes the womens WC is Stefanova. Nov-14-06    stanleys: Well GM Spassov didn't manage to defend its title in the last WCC,but finishing third after "Victor the terrible" and GM Jansa is also an excellent result!Congratulations! May-08-09    BIDMONFA: Liuben D Spassov SPASSOV, Liuben D. http://www.bidmonfa.com/spassov_liu... _ Mar-27-10    Tabanus: He won yesterday a tournament in Bulgaria, against lower rated opposition: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr318... Jan-29-13    TheTamale: If Spassky and Karpov had a kid...

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