Momchil Nikolov

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Momchil Nikolov
Country Bulgaria
Born (1985-03-03) March 3, 1985 (age 38)
Title Grandmaster (2010)
FIDE   rating 2496 (April 2023)
Peak rating 2589 (July 2011)

Momchil Nikolov (born 1985) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.

He earned his International Master title in 2007, and grandmaster title in 2010. [1]

He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 2016, and has also won a number of strong open tournaments including Glasgow 2012, Monthey 2012, Apokoronas 2015, Albena Vivacom 2015, Guingamp 2016, Albena 2016, Primorsko 2016, Lille 2017, Athens 2017, Primorsko 2017, Noisiel 2018, Capelle-la-Grande 2018 (joint winner), Athens 2018, Heusenstamm 2018 and Guingamp 2019 . [2]

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References

  1. "Nikolov, Momchil". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. "GM Momchil Nikolov (MNikolov) - Chess Profile". Chess.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.