Krum Ivanov Georgiev ( bg, Крум Иванов Георгиев) (born May 24, 1958) is a

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 Macedo ...

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 dist ...

grandmaster, born in

Pazardzhik Pazardzhik ( bg, Пазарджик ) is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, southern Bulgaria. It is the capital of Pazardzhik Province and centre for the homonymous Pazardzhik Municipality. The Tatars founded Pazardzhik i ...

. He beat

Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...

in a wild game in Malta, 1980. Georgiev earned the International Master (IM) title in 1977 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1988.by email from Bulgarian Chess Federation - see Discussion

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* * 1958 births Living people Chess grandmasters Bulgarian chess players Bulgarian people of Greek descent People from Pazardzhik {{Bulgaria-chess-bio-stub