Oleg Neikirch
Number of games in database: 118
Years covered: 1939 to 1977
Overall record: +28 -37 =53 (46.2%)*
   * 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 (12)      E92 E70 E91 E66 E85  Nimzo Indian (6)      E59 E47 E30 E24 E40  English, 1 c4 c5 (5)      A35 A37 A38  Sicilian (5)      B39 B88 B29 B50 B93  English (4)      A16 A17 A13	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (12)      C67 C75 C89 C84 C99  Nimzo Indian (5)      E49 E42 E54 E33 E46  Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)      C89 C84 C99 C98 C92  King's Indian (4)      E62 E70 E94 E67  Sicilian (4)      B57 B90 B45 B72

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Petrosian vs O Neikirch, 1958 1/2-1/2
   O Neikirch vs Tal, 1958 1/2-1/2
   O Neikirch vs G Fuster, 1958 1-0

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OLEG NEIKIRCH (born Mar-08-1914, died 1985) Georgia (citizen of Bulgaria) [what is this?] Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch was born on the 8th of March 1914 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Awarded the IM title in 1957 he was Bulgarian Champion in 1937, 1938 (joint), 1940 (joint), 1943, 1948 (joint), 1953 and 1957. After finishing 2nd= at the Sofia Zonal in 1957 he qualified for the Interzonal at Portoroz in 1958. He finished 15th in this event. He also represented Bulgaria in the Olympiads of 1939, 1954, 1958 and 1960.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Neikirch vs P Baender   0-1 43 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B A35 English, Symmetrical 2. F Apsenieks vs O Neikirch   1-0 32 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B C55 Two Knights Defense 3. O Neikirch vs A Gromer   ½-½ 37 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B A25 English 4. LA Gulla vs O Neikirch   0-1 25 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B B72 Sicilian, Dragon 5. O Neikirch vs L Engels   ½-½ 30 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 6. Gligoric vs O Neikirch   1-0 48 1945 YUG-ch C71 Ruy Lopez 7. O Neikirch vs Pirc   ½-½ 31 1945 YUG-ch B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 8. B Tot vs O Neikirch   1-0 56 1945 YUG-ch A03 Bird's Opening 9. Gligoric vs O Neikirch 0-1 43 1947 Balkaniad tt D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 10. O Neikirch vs Sajtar   ½-½ 41 1949 BUL-CSR A07 King's Indian Attack 11. Sajtar vs O Neikirch   ½-½ 42 1949 BUL-CSR D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 12. Sliwa vs O Neikirch   ½-½ 49 1951 Sopot E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 13. O Neikirch vs K Makarczyk   ½-½ 41 1951 Sopot D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. O Neikirch vs S Szabo   1-0 30 1951 Sopot E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 15. B Rabar vs O Neikirch   0-1 59 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. O Neikirch vs Minev   1-0 31 1954 BUL-ch m A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 17. O Neikirch vs V Maher   ½-½ 26 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. M Czerniak vs O Neikirch   1-0 35 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 19. O Neikirch vs Minev   1-0 34 1954 BUL-ch m E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 20. O Neikirch vs F R Anderson   0-1 80 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 21. O Neikirch vs Minev   ½-½ 60 1954 BUL-ch m D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. O Neikirch vs J H Donner   ½-½ 82 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 23. Sajtar vs O Neikirch   ½-½ 17 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) pre-II D84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted 24. Minev vs O Neikirch   1-0 28 1954 BUL-ch m D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. O Neikirch vs Pachman   ½-½ 24 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A46 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118

Jul-06-04    Ribeiro: Neikirch, from Bulgaria, played the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). He finished in 15th place, having won his games against Olafsson, Szabó, Rossetto, Cardoso and Fuster. Feb-05-07    Mibelz: Oleg Neikirch (Nejkirch, Neykirch) (1914-1985) was one of the best Bulgarian chess players. He won 6-times Bulgarian championships (1937, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1953, and 1957). He represented Bulgaria in four Chess Olympiads (1939, 1954, 1958, and 1960). He tied for 2nd-4th at Sofia 1957 (zonal), and took 15th at Portoroz 1958 (interzonal). Awarded the IM title in 1957. Feb-05-07    nescio: Perhaps someone should mention to <chessgames.com> that Oleg Neikirch, O Nejkirch, Oleg Neikirkh and Nejkirch are all the same player and can safely be merged into one page. Feb-05-07    Mibelz: <nescio> I have already send a message to <chessgames.com>. I would like to add an information on Neikirch. He won BUL-ch in 1937, 1938 (joint), 1940 (joint), 1943, 1948 (joint), 1953, and 1957. Feb-05-07    nescio: <Mibelz> I see. But the biographies are not written by the administrators, but by some designnated users. You could try to contact User: benzol or User: iron maiden on their forum to see if they know who is responsible for Neikirch's biography. Mar-08-08    brankat: It appears the duplication, or quadriplication, has been corrected :-)

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