Evgenij Petkov Ermenkov (; born 29 September 1949) is a Bulgarian

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player.

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awarded him the titles

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, in 1974, and Grandmaster in 1977. Ermenkov represented

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from October 2003 to December 2010. Ermenkov won the

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in 1973, 1975 (after a play-off), 1976, 1979 (after a play-off) and 1984 (jointly). In international competition, he has had tournament victories, including

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1977 (and 1979),

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1978 (and 1979),

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1986,

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1990 (Open Dutch Championship),

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2004 and

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2005. He has a long career in team chess, beginning at the World Student Olympiad of 1972, where he represented his country of birth. Graduating to the full Bulgarian men's team, he first played at the

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in 1977 (Moscow) and won an individual bronze medal in 1983 (Plovdiv). At the

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, he represented Bulgaria from 1978 to 1992, taking individual bronze in 1990. From 1992, there was a break from team chess which lasted twelve years, during which time he switched his place of residence and chess registration to Palestine. Playing for his adopted nation in the Olympiad from 2004 to 2008, he won the gold medal at Calvià 2004 for the best result on (87.5%, 10½/12) and at Turin 2006, the silver medal (85%, 8½/10, again on top board).Evgeny Ermenkov
team chess record at Olimpbase.org But later, he returned to Bulgaria.

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