Mikhail Kantardzhiev (; 24 October 1914 – 20 November 2002) was a

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player,

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individual gold medal winner (

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Biography

From the second half of the 1930s until the end of the 1940s, Mikhail Kantardzhiev was one of the leading Bulgarian chess players. He was multiple times participated in

Bulgarian Chess Championship The Bulgarian Chess Championship is an event inaugurated in 1933 to crown the best chess player in Bulgaria. The championship has been held on a nearly annual basis since, with only a few years missed. In recent years some of the very best Bulgaria ...

finals. The best result in these tournaments was in 1937, when he became a Bulgarian chess vice champion. Mikhail Kantardzhiev played for Bulgaria in the

: * In 1939, at fourth board in the

8th Chess Olympiad The 8th Chess Olympiad (), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), comprised an open tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest. The main team event took place between August 21 and September 19, 1939, in ...

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(+8, =1, -2) and won individual gold medal for group "B". After

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Mikhail Kantardzhiev has become known as a chess writer and journalist. In 1945 he published the first chess book in Bulgarian - ''Шахматно ръководство'' ("Chess Guide"). In 1947 Mikhail Kantardzhiev was one of the founders of the Bulgarian chess magazine ''Шахматна мисъл''. In 1956 he published the book ''Първи шахматни уроци'' ("First Chess Lessons").

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Mikhail Kantardzhiev
chess games at 365chess.com 1914 births 2002 deaths People from Lom, Bulgaria Chess Olympiad competitors Bulgarian chess writers 20th-century Bulgarian chess players {{Bulgaria-chess-bio-stub