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Atanas Kolarov

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Atanas Kolarov
CountryBulgaria
Born(1934-03-02)2 March 1934
Ruse, Bulgaria
Died22 September 2016(2016-09-22) (aged 82)
TitleInternational Master (1957)
FIDE rating2415 (November 2024)
Peak rating2445 (July 1973)

Atanas Kolarov (Bulgarian: Атанас Коларов; 2 March 1934 – 22 September 2016) was Bulgarian chess International Master (1957) and Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner (1968).

Biography

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In 1964, Atanas Kolarov shared the first place Bulgarian Chess Championship with Nikola Padevsky, but lost in an additional match for champion title with 1½:2½. In the Bulgarian Chess Championships he another four times won silver medal (1955, 1957, 1958, 1970) and once won bronze medal (1953). Atanas Kolarov was winner of many international chess tournament awards. In 1957, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

Atanas Kolarov played for Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Atanas Kolarov played for Bulgaria in the European Team Chess Championship:[2]

  • In 1970, at sixth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in Kapfenberg (+1, =3, -3).

Atanas Kolarov played for Bulgaria in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[3]

  • In 1954, at first reserve board in the 1st World Student Team Chess Championship in Oslo (+5, =0, -0) and won team bronze medal and individual gold medal,
  • In 1955, at first reserve board in the 2nd World Student Team Chess Championship in Lyon (+2, =4, -0),
  • In 1956, at second board in the 3rd World Student Team Chess Championship in Uppsala (+2, =3, -3),
  • In 1957, at first board in the 4th World Student Team Chess Championship in Reykjavík (+7, =4, -1) and won team silver medal,
  • In 1958, at second board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in Varna (+1, =6, -1) and won team silver medal,
  • In 1960, at first board in the 7th World Student Team Chess Championship in Leningrad (+4, =6, -3).

Atanas Kolarov graduated from Technical University (Sofia) and was a programmer by profession.

Kolarov died on 22 September 2016, at the age of 82.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Atanas Kolarov". olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Atanas Kolarov". olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Atanas Kolarov". olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "Atanas Kolarov". Chess Games. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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