Ivan Radulov ( bg, Иван Радулов) (born 7 January 1939, in

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) is a

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n chess grandmaster. As a chess player, he was most prominent during the 1970s, winning the Bulgarian Championship in 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980. He just missed out at the 1976 event, finishing 2nd (with Peicho Peev, after Evgeny Ermenkov). It was during this decade that Radulov took over from

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as Bulgaria's leading player, eventually giving way to

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in the 1980s. International tournament victories came at Torremolinos 1971 (shared with Miguel Quinteros), Helsinki 1972, Montilla 1974 (ahead of a strong field including

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, Miguel Quinteros,

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and

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), Bajmok 1975 (shared with

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and Milan Vukić), Montilla 1975 (shared with

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) and Kikinda 1976. Second places at Varna 1968, Debrecen 1968 and Silkeborg 1983 were also noteworthy achievements and his third place at Albena in 1975, contributed to a busy and successful year. In 2013 in Plovdiv he won the European Senior Rapid Championships. He was a regular member of the Bulgarian

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team, competing eight times between 1968 and 1986 and winning bronze team and individual medals at his first appearance.

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and International Grandmaster titles were awarded to Radulov in 1968 and 1972, respectively. He was for many years a practicing

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and among other projects, contributed to the design of the central train station of

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. Ivan Radulov has been married for more than 40 years to Eleonora and together they have two children and four grandchildren: Viktoria, Ivan, another Ivan, and Julian.

References

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Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information

External links

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Ivan Radulov
player profile and games at chess-db.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Radulov, Ivan 1939 births Living people Chess grandmasters Bulgarian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Sportspeople from Burgas