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Bologan 
Photograph courtesy of Babak Zahmat.  
Viktor Bologan
Number of games in database: 920
Years covered: 1989 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2690
Highest rating achieved in database: 2700
Overall record: +339 -210 =347 (57.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      24 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (167) 
    B90 B40 B30 B33 B43
 Ruy Lopez (70) 
    C84 C67 C78 C92 C88
 French Defense (45) 
    C11 C18 C00 C10 C16
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (42) 
    C84 C92 C88 C96 C89
 Sicilian Najdorf (38) 
    B90 B92 B93
 Caro-Kann (32) 
    B12 B19 B14 B17 B18
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (92) 
    E97 E63 E92 E81 E94
 Sicilian (77) 
    B90 B42 B43 B22 B50
 Caro-Kann (42) 
    B12 B17 B10 B18 B14
 Queen's Pawn Game (34) 
    A50 E10 A45 A41 A46
 Ruy Lopez (26) 
    C67 C99 C95 C88 C91
 Pirc (24) 
    B07 B08 B09
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Shabalov vs Bologan, 2005 0-1
   Bologan vs Movsesian, 2005 1-0
   Z Kozul vs Bologan, 2005 0-1
   Bologan vs P Schlosser, 2004 1-0
   Bologan vs B Redon, 1994 1-0
   Bologan vs B Heberla, 2008 1-0
   Kotronias vs Bologan, 2007 0-1
   A Poluljahov vs Bologan, 2002 0-1
   Bologan vs F Caruana, 2008 1-0
   Bologan vs E Van Haastert, 2005 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   4SAM: Paulsen Bologana by Wookash
   Europe's best by Vasilyev90
   Caro-Kann: Peter Wells-Grandmaster Secrets by DanBoyle

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VIKTOR BOLOGAN
(born Dec-14-1971) Moldova

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Viorel (Viktor) Bologan was born December 14, 1971 in Chisinau, Moldova. He began to compete internationally in 1991, reaching the FIDE World Top 100 in ratings when he was in his late twenties. 2003 proved to be a breakthrough year, as Bologan won the Aeroflot Open in Moscow to recieve an invitation to the annual Dortmund supertournament. The Dortmund field included World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, and Peter Leko, among others. In what is widely considered one of the greatest upsets in modern chess, Bologan took first place by a full point.

In 2005, Bologan tied for first in the 6th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament (2005), raising his rating up to 2700 for the first time in his career. He is currently living in Germany.

He became a GM in 1991.


 page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 920  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Bologan vs Ivanchuk  ½-½20 1989 KramatorskB07 Pirc
2. O Sepp vs Bologan  0-153 1989 URS-chTJA07 King's Indian Attack
3. Shirov vs Bologan  ½-½27 1989 Ch URS (team) (juniors)D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
4. Bologan vs A Sokolov  0-133 1991 Nimes opC16 French, Winawer
5. E Magerramov vs Bologan  1-040 1991 URS-ch58E92 King's Indian
6. Yurtaev vs Bologan  ½-½27 1991 Ch URSB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
7. S Ionov vs Bologan 0-195 1991 URS-ch58E70 King's Indian
8. Bologan vs Balashov  ½-½45 1991 Azov URS ch ttC55 Two Knights Defense
9. Bologan vs S Kiselev  1-031 1991 URS-ch58B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
10. A Sokolov vs Bologan 0-132 1991 JurmalaB07 Pirc
11. Glek vs Bologan  0-136 1991 Moskva 52/299C41 Philidor Defense
12. Bologan vs A Minasian  ½-½38 1991 URS-ch58B30 Sicilian
13. Bologan vs H Westerinen 1-032 1991 Gausdal (Norway)C50 Giuoco Piano
14. Bologan vs Shirov ½-½9 1991 Ch URSC01 French, Exchange
15. V Ruban vs Bologan  ½-½53 1991 URS-ch58C41 Philidor Defense
16. Glek vs Bologan  0-136 1991 MoscowC41 Philidor Defense
17. B Kanstler vs Bologan  0-131 1991 URS-ch58E97 King's Indian
18. Bologan vs Shirov 0-161 1991 Moscow (Russia)C78 Ruy Lopez
19. Psakhis vs Bologan  1-044 1991 Nimes 51/123B08 Pirc, Classical
20. Bologan vs Kharlov  1-050 1991 URS-chTB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
21. Bologan vs A Frolov  1-041 1991 URS-ch58B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
22. Bologan vs Rublevsky  ½-½11 1991 MoscowB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
23. Bologan vs Epishin  ½-½62 1991 URS-ch58B10 Caro-Kann
24. Bologan vs Rublevsky  ½-½43 1991 ChW jr,IB40 Sicilian
25. Bologan vs Adianto  1-041 1992 Manila olB12 Caro-Kann Defense
 page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 920  PGN Download
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Mar-29-07
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  Resignation Trap: <Sularus> Bologan reorganized his website shortly after I posted that message. To see what you (and I) missed, go here: http://www.bologan.md/nen_concurs.h... .
Apr-19-07   Sularus: Thanks, Trap. about your avatar, is that one of the three stooges? or is it mikhail tal?

no offense. am just curious.

thanks again.

Apr-21-07
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  Resignation Trap: <Sularus> Yes, that avatar is of Larry Fine, of the Three Stooges fame (see http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Biograp... ), and I mentioned him briefly in my user profile.
Aug-17-07   kramrich: viktor slight against ivanchuk, he's gonna win the FINET CHESS 860 OPEN!
Aug-17-07   kramrich: BOLOGAN WINS!
Aug-17-07   Mameluk: Congratulations to Bologan once again winning a top event, even if a bit different.
Aug-17-07   Eti fan: Congratulations! He beats Ivanchuk http://reports.chessdom.com/bologan...
Aug-18-07   Mameluk: Tournaments with such a strong field as this one can be won only by some elite 2700+ player or Bologan.
Aug-18-07
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  virginmind: bravo bologan!
Dec-14-07   onemorechessplayer: Happy birthday!
Dec-14-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Thanks even though my birthday's in July. :)
Dec-14-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: La Multi Ani, Viorel!
Dec-14-07   DarthStapler: i don't like balogna!!!!!!!!!
Jul-18-08   urnebes: The picture of Bologan is great. You can see, at a glance, that he is married and... that's all you can see.
Sep-25-08   Bobsterman3000: What happened to this guy? I thought he was headed for 2750 at one point, but he seems to have fallen into the 2nd or 3rd tier of elite GM's...

Oct-31-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <waddayaplay> <His name is given as Viorel in all major chess magazines.>

There's another story, concerning my given name. Mama wanted to call me Viorel from the begining - in fact, that's what she calls me to this day. The problem with that is, there's no such name in the Orthodox baptistery; so they wrote my name as Victor. This is the name that adorns all my official papers, including the rating-list. In Moldovian, Viorel means "violet", while Victor is Latin for "winner". So it is that I have spent my whole life oscillating between two personas: the romantic, cheerful, sweet Moldovian Viorel, and the dry, direct, powerfully driven-to-win, sportingly evil Latin Victor. - from "Victor Bologan Selected Games 1985 - 2004".

Dec-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday Viktor!
Dec-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  sallom89: happy birthday!
Dec-14-08   onemorechessplayer: Happy birthday, Victor (Viorel) ! :))
Dec-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: Happy Birthday, Victor! I'll never forget Dortmund 2003.

Your autobiography/games collection is absolutely wonderful...it's one of the books I'm working through now. The three "Lessons" after each game are a very nice touch!

Jan-07-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Cactus: Bologan plays 1...a5 and loses horribly. J Zezulkin vs Bologan, 2005
Feb-09-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  PhilFeeley: Does anyone know what's happening with Viorel these days? His website hasn't been updated since this time last year, and I haven't seen his name in any major tournaments these days, including Bundesliga and Aeroflot.
Feb-09-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  sallom89: <PhilFeeley> All I remember is that he is currently training the Qatari team last time I've seen him. I believe this is an enough reason for him not to appear alot those days.
Feb-17-09   YoungEd: I too just picked up a copy of his Selected Games, and I agree with <dx9293>. It's an interesting book and the annotations are good.
Apr-21-09   Raisin Death Ray: Live long and prosper!
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