Aleksander Delchev Explained
| Aleksander Delchev |
| Country: | Bulgaria (until 2024)
Serbia (since 2024) |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Grandmaster (1997) |
| Peakrating: | 2669 (October 2005) |
| Peakranking: | No. 36 (October 2005) |
| Fideid: | 2900394 |
Aleksander Delchev (bg|Александър Делчев; born 15 July 1971) is a Bulgarian chess player and writer currently representing Serbia. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997.Delchev won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 1994, 1996 and 2001. He played for the Bulgarian national team in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012 with a performance of 64.6% (+36=34-12).[1]
Selected tournament victories include the European Junior Chess Championship (1991–1992), the 47th Reggio Emilia chess tournament (2004–2005),[2] the 4th Open Master at the Sixth International Chess Festival in Benidorm (2007),[3] the International Open Championship of Croatia (2007)[4] and the Open International Bavarian Chess Championship in Bad Wiessee (2005[5] and 2013).[6] In 2011 he tied for 2nd-7th with Julio Granda, Ivan Šarić, Pablo Almagro Llamas, Maxim Turov and Mihail Marin at the 31st Villa de Benasque Open.[7]
Books
- Book: Delchev. Alexander. Semkov. Semko. The Safest Sicilian - A Black Repertoire with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6. 2006. Chess Stars. 978-9548782456.
- Book: Delchev. Alexander. Agrest. Evgenij. Evgenij Agrest. The Safest Grünfeld. 2011. Chess Stars. 978-9548782814.
- Book: Delchev, Alexander. The Modern Reti - An Anti-Slav Repertoire. 2012. Chess Stars. 978-9548782876.
- Book: Delchev. Alexander. Semkov. Semko. The Most Flexible Sicilian. 2014. Chess Stars. 978-9548782975.
- Book: Delchev. Alexander. Semkov. Semko. Understanding the Queen's Gambit Accepted. 2015. Chess Stars. 978-6197188059.
- Book: Delchev. Alexander. Semkov. Semko. Attacking the English/Reti. 2016. Chess Stars. 978-6197188097.
- Book: Delchev, Alexander. Bc4 against the Open Games. 2018. Chess Stars. 9786197188172.
- Book: Delchev, Alexander. The Safest Grünfeld Reloaded. 2019. Chess Stars. 9786197188257.
References
- http://www.olimpbase.org/players/zbjvhf1i.html Men's Chess Olympiads: Alexander Delchev
- Web site: Circolo Scacchistico Ippogrifo Reggio Emilia . 2008-05-16 . 2009-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091130210221/http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tdc_storia.asp . dead .
- http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4336 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess Festival in Benidorm – where a new genre is born
- http://chesslodge.blogspot.com/2007/12/international-open-championship-of.html Chess news and events: International Open Championship of Croatia
- Web site: Crowther. Mark. TWIC 574: 9th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft. The Week in Chess. 2 November 2015. 2005-11-07.
- Web site: GM Delchev wins Bavarian International Championship 2013 . European Chess Union . 2 November 2015 . 2013-11-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064204/http://www.ecuonline.net/com/news/pdf/533.html . 4 March 2016 .
- Web site: Tigran Petrosian Victorious in Benasque Open. Chessdom. 17 July 2011. 5 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111205042411/http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2011/benasque-open. dead.
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