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. Gligoric vs N Padevsky 1-0 28 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. N Padevsky vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 32 1956 Dresden it E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 5. Uhlmann vs N Padevsky 1-0 46 1956 Alekhine Memorial E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O 6. N Padevsky vs Korchnoi 0-1 19 1956 Uppsala D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 7. Pachman vs N Padevsky   1-0 40 1956 Dresden it E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 8. N Padevsky vs Szabo   ½-½ 35 1956 Moscow E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 9. M Trajkovic vs N Padevsky   0-1 57 1956 Dresden it B33 Sicilian 10. N Padevsky vs Larsen 0-1 38 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 11. N Padevsky vs Botvinnik   0-1 25 1956 Moscow B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 12. Gligoric vs N Padevsky   1-0 41 1956 Alekhine mem D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. W Golz vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 24 1956 Dresden it E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 14. N Padevsky vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 20 1956 Alekhine Memorial D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 15. Botvinnik vs N Padevsky 1-0 32 1956 Moscow Ol E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 16. N Padevsky vs V Ciocaltea   ½-½ 36 1956 Dresden it C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. N Padevsky vs Kholmov 0-1 47 1956 Dresden it C45 Scotch Game 18. N Padevsky vs Filip   ½-½ 25 1956 Moscow ol (Men) fin-A D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 19. N Padevsky vs Najdorf   ½-½ 28 1956 Alekhine Memorial E89 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Main line 20. N Padevsky vs O Sterner   ½-½ 52 1956 Dresden it E14 Queen's Indian 21. N Padevsky vs Pachman   ½-½ 16 1956 A.Alekhin memorial D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 22. Unzicker vs N Padevsky   ½-½ 23 1956 Alekhine Memorial B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 23. N Padevsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 25 1956 A.Alekhin memorial, Moscow B89 Sicilian 24. N Padevsky vs Keres ½-½ 36 1956 Moskva Alekhine-mem (20.10.56) E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 25. Averbakh vs N Padevsky   1-0 32 1956 Dresden it A16 English  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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