Atanas Kolarov ( bg, Атанас Коларов; born 2 March 1934) is

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(1957) and

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

team bronze medal winner ( 1968).

Biography

In 1964, Atanas Kolarov shared the first place

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 recent years some of the very best Bulgaria ...

with

Nikola Padevsky Nikola Bochev Padevsky ( bg, Никола Пъдевски; born May 29, 1933) is a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster. Padevsky was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city. He became Bulgarian National Champion in 1954, going on to win it in ...

, but lost in an additional match for champion title with 1½:2½. In the Bulgarian Chess Championships he another four times won silver medal (1955, 1957, 1958, 1970) and once won bronze medal (1953). Atanas Kolarov was winner of many international chess tournament awards. In 1957, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Atanas Kolarov played for Bulgaria in the

s: * In 1956, at third board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in

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(+1, =5, -4), * In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in

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(+5, =7, -0), * In 1962, at fourth board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in

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(+2, =5, -1), * In 1966, at reserve board in the

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(+4, =5, -1), * In 1968, at fourth board in the

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(+4, =4, -3) and won team bronze medal, * In 1970, at second reserve board in the

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(+6, =1, -1). Atanas Kolarov played for Bulgaria in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

: * In 1970, at sixth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =3, -3). Atanas Kolarov played for Bulgaria in the World Student Team Chess Championships: * In 1954, at first reserve board in the 1st World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+5, =0, -0) and won team bronze medal and individual gold medal, * In 1955, at first reserve board in the 2nd World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =4, -0), * In 1956, at second board in the 3rd World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =3, -3), * In 1957, at first board in the 4th World Student Team Chess Championship in Reykjavik (+7, =4, -1) and won team silver medal, * In 1958, at second board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in

(+1, =6, -1) and won team silver medal, * In 1960, at first board in the 7th World Student Team Chess Championship in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(+4, =6, -3). Atanas Kolarov graduated from Technical University (Sofia) and was a programmer by profession.

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Atanas Kolarov
chess games at 365chess.com 1934 births People from Ruse, Bulgaria Bulgarian chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Technical University, Sofia alumni Living people {{Bulgaria-bio-stub