Vasil Hristov Chekalarov or Vasil Tcakalarov (1874, Smardesh, Ottoman Empire, today Krystallopigi, Florina Prefecture, Greece - July 9, 1913, Belkamen, today Drosopigi, Florina Prefecture) was a Bulgarian[1][2] revolutionary and one of the leaders of Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation in Aegean Macedonia. H. N. Brailsford described Chekalarov as the "cruel but competent general" of the Bulgarian insurgents in Macedonia.[3] In Republic of Macedonia he is considered ethnic Macedonian.
He was a leading komitaji in the bands of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees and took part in the battles against the Ottoman authorities as well before the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising as after it. In 1901-1902 he created a channel for illegal purchase and transfer of firearms from Greece to Southern Macedonia. In 1904 he migrated into Bulgaria and became one of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) organizers of the military campaign against the Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
As a commander of a Bulgarian guerilla band, Chekalarov supported the Greek army in the First Balkan War 1912-1913.[4] He was killed by Greek troops during the Second Balkan War.