Aleksander Delchev
| Aleksander Delchev | |
|---|---|
 Aleksander Delchev at Dresden | |
| Full name | Aleksander Delchev |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Born |
July 15, 1971 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
| FIDE rating |
2607 (May 2015) (No. 135 on the May 2010 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2669 (October 2005) |
Aleksander Delchev (Bulgarian: Александър Делчев; born July 15, 1971) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 1994, 1996 and 2001. He participated in five Chess Olympiads with a performance of 60.4% (+20=24-9).[1]
Selected tournament victories include the European Junior Chess Championship (1991–1992), the 47th Reggio Emilia chess tournament (2004–2005),[2] 4th Open Master at the Sixth International Chess Festival in Benidorm (2007)[3] and the International Open Championship of Croatia (2007).[4] In 2011 he tied for 2nd-7th with Julio Granda, Ivan Šarić, Pablo Almagro Llamas, Maxim Turov and Mihail Marin the 31st Villa de Benasque Open.[5]
He is the author of two books on opening theory:
- The Safest Sicilian with International Master Semko Semkov. Provides an opening repertoire for black in the Taimanov Variation of the Sicilian Defense.
- The Safest Grunfeld with Evgenij Agrest. Provides an opening repertoire for black in the Grunfeld Defence.
References
- ↑ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Alexander Delchev
- ↑ Circolo Scacchistico Ippogrifo | Reggio Emilia|
- ↑ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess Festival in Benidorm – where a new genre is born
- ↑ Chess news and events: International Open Championship of Croatia
- ↑ "Tigran Petrosian Victorious in Benasque Open". Chessdom. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
External links
- Aleksander Delchev player profile and games at Chessgames.com