Nikola Padevsky
Number of games in database: 317
Years covered: 1949 to 1992
Current FIDE rating: 2355
Highest rating achieved in database: 2460
Overall record: +69 -100 =148 (45.1%)*
   * 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 (40)      B81 B80 B88 B43 B31  Ruy Lopez (24)      C96 C97 C87 C80 C75  Ruy Lopez, Closed (13)      C96 C97 C87 C93 C91  French Defense (13)      C15 C18 C02 C08 C05  Caro-Kann (11)      B18 B14 B15 B13 B10  Sicilian Scheveningen (9)      B81 B80 B83	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (25)      B81 B25 B88 B71 B67  Ruy Lopez (21)      C98 C94 C85 C95 C89  Ruy Lopez, Closed (20)      C98 C94 C85 C95 C89  French Defense (15)      C12 C11 C07 C18 C19  English (14)      A13 A15 A14 A17 A16  Nimzo Indian (12)      E59 E53 E55 E20 E25

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Padevsky vs Karpov, 1972 1-0
   Gulko vs N Padevsky, 1978 0-1
   N Padevsky vs Keres, 1956 1/2-1/2
   Timman vs N Padevsky, 1974 1/2-1/2

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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.

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 317  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. Unzicker vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 23 1956 Alekhine Memorial B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 4. Averbakh vs N Padevsky   1-0 32 1956 Dresden it A16 English 5. Sliwa vs N Padevsky 0-1 37 1956 Alekhine mem E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. N Padevsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 25 1956 A.Alekhin memorial, Moscow B89 Sicilian 7. N Padevsky vs Keres ½-½ 36 1956 Moskva Alekhine-mem (20.10.56) E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 8. S Dittmann vs N Padevsky   0-1 61 1956 Dresden it E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 9. N Padevsky vs Taimanov   0-1 32 1956 Moscow B22 Sicilian, Alapin 10. V Ciocaltea vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 41 1956 Alekhine Memorial C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. Sliwa vs N Padevsky   1-0 44 1956 Dresden it E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 12. Bronstein vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 24 1956 A.Alekhin memorial D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 13. N Padevsky vs Smyslov   0-1 50 1956 A.Alekhin memorial, Moscow C47 Four Knights 14. B Andersen vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 53 1956 Dresden it B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 15. N Padevsky vs S Muehlberg   1-0 22 1956 Dresden it A56 Benoni Defense 16. N Padevsky vs J Sefc   1-0 67 1956 Dresden it C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. Golombek vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 27 1956 Alekhine Memorial E03 Catalan, Open 18. N Padevsky vs R Fuchs   1-0 24 1956 Dresden it C15 French, Winawer 19. N Padevsky vs I Bilek   ½-½ 23 1956 Dresden it B15 Caro-Kann 20. N Padevsky vs Blau   1-0 29 1956 Moscow (ol) B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 21. Najdorf vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 35 1956 Moscow E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 22. Szabo vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 18 1956 Moscow E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 23. Gligoric vs N Padevsky 1-0 28 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 24. N Padevsky vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 32 1956 Dresden it E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 25. Uhlmann vs N Padevsky 1-0 46 1956 Alekhine Memorial E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 317

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!!

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