Atanas Kolev
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Atanas Kolev is a Bulgaria
n Grandmaster of chess
. As of July 2009, his FIDE rating is 2569. His highest rating was 2582 in July 2000-January 2001. Kolev is the coach
of the Bulgarian women's national chess team. Kolev and fellow Bulgarian grandmaster Kiril Georgiev
are co-authors of The Sharpest Sicilian, a book about the
Najdorf Variation
of the Sicilian Defense, which was published in 2007. Atanas and Macedonian grandmaster Trajko Nedev are co-authors of The Easiest Sicilian, a book about the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian, which was published in 2008.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n Grandmaster of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
. As of July 2009, his FIDE rating is 2569. His highest rating was 2582 in July 2000-January 2001. Kolev is the coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
of the Bulgarian women's national chess team. Kolev and fellow Bulgarian grandmaster Kiril Georgiev
Kiril Georgiev
Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev is a Bulgarian chess master and three times the national champion. He should not be confused with fellow Bulgarian chess player Krum Georgiev....
are co-authors of The Sharpest Sicilian, a book about the
Najdorf Variation
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation
The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most respected and deeply studied of all chess openings. Modern Chess Openings calls it the Cadillac or Rolls Royce of chess openings. The opening is named after the Polish-Argentinian Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf...
of the Sicilian Defense, which was published in 2007. Atanas and Macedonian grandmaster Trajko Nedev are co-authors of The Easiest Sicilian, a book about the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian, which was published in 2008.
External links
- Book Review of The Sharpest Sicilian by John WatsonJohn L. WatsonJohn Leonard Watson is a chess International Master and author.Watson was born in Milwaukee and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. He was educated at Brownell-Talbot, Harvard, and the University of California at San Diego, where he took his degree in engineering...
- Book Review of The Easiest Sicilian by Anthony Rotella