Nikola Padevsky
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Nikola Bochev Padevsky is a Bulgaria
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Grandmaster.
Padevsky was born in Plovdiv
, Bulgaria's second largest city. He became Bulgarian National Champion
in 1954, going on to win it in 1955, 1962 and 1964 in a play off after which he gained the status of a grandmaster, after initially being awarded International Master in 1957.
Padevsky played in the World Student Team Championship six times (every year from 1954 through 1959).
Playing first board in 1959 he helped Bulgaria win the team gold medal.
He played on the Bulgarian team in eleven Chess Olympiad
s (every Olympiad from 1956 through 1978 except for 1976),
playing first board in his first Olympiad appearance in 1956 and again in 1962 and 1964.
Padevsky shared first place at the international tournaments Varna 1960 and Varna 1975, and at Athens 1983 (Acropolis International
).
Padevsky was a corporate lawyer.
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...
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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...
Grandmaster.
Padevsky was born in Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, Bulgaria's second largest city. He became Bulgarian National Champion
Bulgarian Chess Championship
The Bulgarian Chess Championship is an event inaugurated in 1933 to crown the best chess player in Bulgaria. The championship has been held on a nearly annual basis since, with only a few years missed...
in 1954, going on to win it in 1955, 1962 and 1964 in a play off after which he gained the status of a grandmaster, after initially being awarded International Master in 1957.
Padevsky played in the World Student Team Championship six times (every year from 1954 through 1959).
Playing first board in 1959 he helped Bulgaria win the team gold medal.
He played on the Bulgarian team in eleven Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s (every Olympiad from 1956 through 1978 except for 1976),
playing first board in his first Olympiad appearance in 1956 and again in 1962 and 1964.
Padevsky shared first place at the international tournaments Varna 1960 and Varna 1975, and at Athens 1983 (Acropolis International
Acropolis International chess tournament
The Acropolis International is a chess tournament held in Athens.The longest running international chess tournament in Greece, the first event was won by Luděk Pachman in 1968....
).
Padevsky was a corporate lawyer.