Oleg Neikirch

Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch (Neikirh, Nejkirch, Neykirch) (Bulgarian: Олег Николаев Нейкирх) (8 March 1914, Tbilisi, Georgia - 26 August 1985, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian chess master.

He won seven times Bulgarian Chess Championship (1937,^[1] 1938,^[2] 1940 (jointly),^[3] 1943,^[4] 1948 (jointly),^[5] 1953 (jointly),^[6] and 1957^[7]).

He represented Bulgaria in four Chess Olympiads (1939, 1954, 1958, and 1960).

• In 1939, at second board in 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+6 –5 =4);
• In 1954, at second board in 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1 –2 =4);
• In 1958, at first board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+1 –6 =6);
• In 1960, at third board in 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+4 –4 =6).^[8]

He tied for 2nd-4th at Sofia 1957 (zonal; Miroslav Filip won), and took 15th at Portorož 1958 (Interzonal; Mikhail Tal won).

He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1957.

References

1. ^ "1937 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1937SofiaBulgCh.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
2. ^ "1938 Varna Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1938VarnaBulgCh.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
3. ^ "1940 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1940SofiaBulgCh.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
4. ^ "1943 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-09-23. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1943SofiaBulgCh.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
5. ^ "1948 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-30. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1948SofiaBulgCh.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
6. ^ "1953 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1953SofiaBulgCh.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
7. ^ "1957 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2007-03-20. http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1957SofiaBulgCh.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
8. ^ Wojciech Bartelski (2011-01-01). "The encyclopaedia of team chess". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/. Retrieved 2011-12-14.