Oleg Neikirch
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Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch (Neikirh, Nejkirch, Neykirch) (Bulgarian: Олег Николаев Нейкирх) (8 March 1914, Tbilisi, Georgia - 1985, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian chess master.
He won the Bulgarian Championships several times: 1938 (jointly), 1940 (jointly), 1943, 1948 (jointly), 1953 (jointly), and 1957.
He represented Bulgaria in four Chess Olympiads (1939, 1954, 1958, and 1960).
- In 1939, at second board in 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+6 –5 =4);
- In 1954, at second board in 11th Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1 –2 =4);
- In 1958, at first board in 13th Olympiad in Munich (+1 –6 =6);
- In 1960, at third board in 14th Olympiad in Leipzig (+4 –4 =6).[1]
He tied for 2nd-4th at Sofia 1957 (zonal; Miroslav Filip won), and took 15th at Portoroz 1958 (Interzonal; Mikhail Tal won).
He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1957.
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