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Atanas Kolev
A Kolev 
Photo copyright © 2008, courtesy of "WannaBe"  

Number of games in database: 369
Years covered: 1983 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2529
Highest rating achieved in database: 2604
Overall record: +138 -70 =157 (59.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (35) 
    B33 B43 B48 B60 B92
 King's Indian (17) 
    E92 E60 E94 E97 E71
 Queen's Pawn Game (12) 
    D02 A46 A40 E10 A41
 French Defense (9) 
    C05 C07 C11 C10
 Semi-Slav (9) 
    D44 D45 D46 D43 D48
 Queen's Gambit Declined (8) 
    D37 D31 D30 D38
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (33) 
    B93 B25 B23 B80 B30
 Ruy Lopez (31) 
    C84 C81 C77 C82 C80
 Nimzo Indian (22) 
    E32 E59 E46 E25 E54
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (12) 
    C84 C85 C90 C93 C99
 King's Indian (10) 
    E97 E60 E67 E90 E63
 English (10) 
    A10 A15 A13 A17 A14
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Suba vs A Kolev, 1993 1/2-1/2
   A Kolev vs C Crevillen Abad, 2003 1-0
   A Gual Pascual vs A Kolev, 2001 0-1
   A Kolev vs J Friedel, 2007 1-0
   A Kolev vs Damljanovic, 2002 1-0
   A Kolev vs M Martinez Romero, 2012 1-0
   J D Pinzon vs A Kolev, 2012 0-1
   A Kolev vs I Krush, 2007 1/2-1/2
   A Kolev vs M Feng, 2017 1-0
   H Blanco Ronquillo vs A Kolev, 2012 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Salou Open (2005)
   Bulgarian Open (2011)
   Albena (1986)
   Toulouse Open (1990)
   Bulgarian Championship (1996)
   Badalona 2nd (2003)
   Sitges Open (1993)
   Skopje Open (2002)
   Cannes Open (1990)
   National Open (2007)
   Andorra Open (1993)
   World Junior Championship (1984)
   Vienna Open (1990)
   Ibercaja Open (1993)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2000)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 National Open
   A Kolev vs A Gorovets (Jun-18-17) 0-1
   A Kolev vs M Feng (Jun-17-17) 1-0
   N Raptis vs A Kolev (Jun-17-17) 1/2-1/2
   A He vs A Kolev (Jun-16-17) 1/2-1/2
   A Kolev vs D Shevelev (Jun-16-17) 1/2-1/2

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FIDE player card for Atanas Kolev

ATANAS KOLEV
(born Jul-15-1967, 57 years old) Bulgaria

[what is this?]
IM in 1988. GM in 1993. ICC handle: TAM

Played in the olympiads 1992 (1st reserve), 1994 (board 4), 1996 (bd. 4) and 2000 (bd. 4), and in European Team Ch 2001 (bd. 3).

He was Bulgarian champion in 1992 and 2010 (Open). He tied for first at the 2008 Las Vegas Open.

Wikipedia article: Atanas Kolev


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 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 377  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Lukov vs A Kolev  1-0361983BUL-chB64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
2. J Klinger vs A Kolev  0-1621984World Junior ChampionshipC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
3. A Kolev vs E Arlandi  1-0571984World Junior ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
4. A Kolev vs P K Wells  0-1441984World Junior ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
5. M Abarca Aguirre vs A Kolev  1-0361984World Junior ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
6. A Kolev vs A Hernandez  ½-½421984World Junior ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
7. N Billah vs A Kolev  1-0651984World Junior ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
8. A Kolev vs I Poor  ½-½471984World Junior ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
9. M O'Cinneide vs A Kolev  0-1591984World Junior ChampionshipA10 English
10. A Kolev vs P Kekki  1-0421984World Junior ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
11. G Rechlis vs A Kolev  1-0481984World Junior ChampionshipB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
12. A Kolev vs L Rueda  1-0561984World Junior ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. P Wolff vs A Kolev  0-1351984World Junior ChampionshipC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
14. A Kolev vs A Romero Holmes  ½-½601984World Junior ChampionshipB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
15. A Kolev vs B Andonov  0-1641985Bulgarian ChampionshipA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
16. A Kolev vs I Radulov  ½-½741985Bulgarian ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. A Kolev vs S Danailov  ½-½441985Bulgarian ChampionshipE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
18. M Popchev vs A Kolev  1-0331985Bulgarian ChampionshipD16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
19. K Georgiev vs A Kolev  ½-½241985Bulgarian ChampionshipC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
20. D Donchev vs A Kolev  1-0561985Bulgarian ChampionshipE91 King's Indian
21. N Dobrev vs A Kolev  ½-½171985Bulgarian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
22. A Kolev vs V Inkiov  ½-½211985Bulgarian ChampionshipE46 Nimzo-Indian
23. A Kolev vs J Grigorov  ½-½231985Bulgarian ChampionshipA81 Dutch
24. P Peev vs A Kolev  1-0421985Bulgarian ChampionshipD16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
25. G Tringov vs A Kolev  1-0351985Bulgarian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 377  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-15-06  BIDMONFA: Atanas Kolev

KOLEV, Atanas
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kolev_atana...
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Jun-12-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: D@ng, that's a good loooooking pic!! :-)

Thanks CG!!

Mar-30-09  WhiteRook48: game 6, don't trampl me
Feb-06-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Atanas Kolev, Bulgaria, born 15 July 1967. Now rated 2571, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 1988. GM in 1993. Rated 2582 in 2000 (world no. 127). ICC handle: TAM

Played in the olympiads 1992 (1st reserve), 1994 (board 4), 1996 (bd. 4) and 2000 (bd. 4), and in European Team Ch 2001 (bd. 3).

He was Bulgarian champion in 1992. In later years, notable is shared 1st in Las Vegas Open 2008: http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/r...

Biographies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas...
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas... (in Polish)

Bulgarian champion again today (2010)!
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr300... http://reports.chessdom.com/news-20...

Apr-18-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: That's the Open, sorry. The BUL Ch was yesterday:

http://bulchamp2010.chessmix.com/st...
http://chess-results.com/tnr32524.a...

Jul-15-10  wordfunph: <his ICC handle: TAM>

also Satana..

Mar-30-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Enjoy being POTD!

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