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with an unusually strong score of 11½ out of 13. This result automatically gave him the
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in Saint John, Canada, Kiril
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many times, playing on either board 1 or 2. Exceptionally, in 2002 he played for
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Georgiev first caught the eye of the chess world in 1983, when he became the
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260:(3.5 - 4.5). The tournament was eventually won by
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19:For other people named Kiril Georgiev, see
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448:. In 2011 he won the 29th Andorra Open.
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599:"The Week in Chess: 29th Andorra Open"
408:Georgiev has also participated in the
376:European Individual Chess Championship
521:. London Chess Center. Archived from
412:cycle. In 1990, he qualified for the
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504:"1988 World Blitz Championship"
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601:. Chess.co.uk. Archived from
548:. Chess.co.uk. Archived from
517:Crowther, Mark (2005-02-07).
250:1988 World Blitz Championship
233:and eventually giving way to
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705:player profile and games at
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405:) World's 100 top players.
173:; born 28 November 1965 in
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1113:List of chess grandmasters
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348:Gibraltar Chess Festival
214:title. Two years later,
193:Bulgarian Chess Champion
26:Not to be confused with
1154:Bulgarian chess players
703:Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev
171:Кирил Димитров Георгиев
163:Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev
714:member profile at the
460:Bulgarian championship
440:in the 19th Magistral
87:(2002–2004; 2018–2024)
1179:Macedonian Bulgarians
686:at Wikimedia Commons
490:"Fide Transfers page"
208:World Junior Champion
552:on 30 September 2011
212:International Master
156:No. 9 (January 1993)
1048:Antoaneta Stefanova
771:of Grandmaster (GM)
716:Internet Chess Club
578:on 20 February 2012
325:Alexander Beliavsky
293:Vassilios Kotronias
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806:Aleksander Delchev
796:Boris Chatalbashev
763:Chess players for
696:2013-06-22 at the
227:Bulgarian Champion
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1043:Nikola Spiridonov
897:Ventzislav Inkiov
872:Vladimir Georgiev
816:Vladimir Dimitrov
811:Radoslav Dimitrov
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313:Boris Gulko
309:Nigel Short
262:Mikhail Tal
220:Grandmaster
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119:Grandmaster
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1133:Categories
1111:See also:
921:Nino Kirov
769:FIDE title
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655:Chess News
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476:References
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