Nikola Spiridonov
Number of games in database: 159
Years covered: 1961 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2329
Highest rating achieved in database: 2394
Overall record: +28 -65 =66 (38.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  English (18)      A15 A14 A16 A11 A13  Reti System (13)      A04 A05 A06  English, 1 c4 e5 (8)      A20 A21 A23 A25  King's Indian (7)      E60 E61 E92 E94  King's Indian Attack (5)      A07  English, 1 c4 c5 (5)      A34 A36 A31 A35	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (22)      B17 B14 B10 B12 B11  Sicilian (10)      B35 B30 B32 B21 B73  English, 1 c4 c5 (8)      A30 A39 A36 A34  Grunfeld (7)      D86 D81 D94 D93 D82  English (4)      A16 A12 A15 A10  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      A41 D05 A50

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   Spiridonov vs Shamkovich, 1969 1-0

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NIKOLA SPIRIDONOV (born Feb-28-1938) Bulgaria [what is this?] Nikola Spiridonov was born on the 28th of February 1938. Awarded the IM title in 1970 and the GM title in 1979 he won the Bulgarian Championship in 1969 (after a play-off). His best tournament results include equal firsts at Polanica Zdroj 1971 and Varna 1974.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 159  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Kuijpers vs Spiridonov   ½-½ 40 1961 WchT U26 08th A47 Queen's Indian 2. R Hendrik Wostin vs Spiridonov   0-1 39 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim5 B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 3. Savon vs Spiridonov   ½-½ 43 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 4. Spiridonov vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 27 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A04 Reti Opening 5. B Brinck-Claussen vs Spiridonov   ½-½ 31 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A56 Benoni Defense 6. Spiridonov vs A Hennings   1-0 36 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A07 King's Indian Attack 7. Spiridonov vs H Westerinen   1-0 50 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A15 English 8. Spiridonov vs Kurajica   ½-½ 21 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A07 King's Indian Attack 9. I Polgar vs Spiridonov   0-1 38 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 10. B Brinck-Claussen vs Spiridonov   0-1 32 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim5 D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 11. Y Stepak vs Spiridonov 1-0 39 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B10 Caro-Kann 12. Spiridonov vs M Basman   1-0 53 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A12 English with b3 13. Spiridonov vs S Bouaziz   1-0 26 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim5 A05 Reti Opening 14. Spiridonov vs C Zuidema   1-0 21 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A20 English 15. Hort vs Spiridonov   1-0 39 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 16. V Tukmakov vs Spiridonov   ½-½ 19 1967 DSV-Turnier D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Gulko vs Spiridonov 1-0 35 1967 Sofia D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 18. Spiridonov vs Sliwa   0-1 54 1967 DSV-Turnier A04 Reti Opening 19. Spiridonov vs J Kozma   ½-½ 60 1967 DSV-Turnier A07 King's Indian Attack 20. Bobotsov vs Spiridonov   ½-½ 24 1968 Varna A50 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Spiridonov vs Minev   ½-½ 33 1968 Varna A07 King's Indian Attack 22. Spiridonov vs Matulovic   ½-½ 30 1969 Athens zt E61 King's Indian 23. Spiridonov vs Shamkovich   1-0 49 1969 Tbilisi (Georgia) A06 Reti Opening 24. Huebner vs Spiridonov   ½-½ 30 1969 Athens zt B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 25. Hort vs Spiridonov   1-0 56 1969 Athen A44 Old Benoni Defense  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 159

Nov-03-09    Tabanus: Still going strong! As seen from this tournament win (1st Memorial Kamen Piskov 2009): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr241...

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