Nikola Spiridonov


Nikola Spiridonov is Bulgarian chess Grandmaster , Bulgarian Chess Championship winner, European Team Chess Championships individual medalist.

Biography

From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s Nikola Spiridonov was one of the leading Bulgarian chess players. In 1969, he won Bulgarian Chess Championship. In the Bulgarian Chess Championships Nikola Spiridonov another two times won silver medals. He was winner of many international chess tournament awards, including shared first place with Helmut Pfleger in Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica-Zdrój.
Nikola Spiridonov played for Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiad:
Nikola Spiridonov played for Bulgaria in the European Team Chess Championships:
Also Nikola Spiridonov four times played for Bulgaria in the World Student Team Chess Championships
and won individual gold medal. He was awarded the FIDE International Master title in 1970 and the FIDE Grandmaster title in 1979.