Nikolay (or Nikolai) Nikolaev Minev (, 8 November 1931 – 10 March 2017) was a Bulgarian
chess
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International Master (IM) and noted chess author.
Minev was born on 8 November 1931, in
Rousse,
Bulgaria
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. He was awarded the IM title by
FIDE in 1960. He was the
champion of Bulgaria in 1953, 1965, and 1966. He played for Bulgaria in the
Chess Olympiad six times (1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1966). Minev's best international results were: third at
Varna in 1960, second at
Warsaw
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in 1961, а tie for first at
Sombor in 1966, and second at
Albena in 1975. He contributed to early editions of the ''
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings'' and the ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings'' (see
Chess endgame literature). Minev and his wife emigrated to the United States in the mid-1980s and settled in
Seattle, Washington. He was associated with
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan and his magazine ''Inside Chess'' in the 1980s and 1990s.
He died on 10 March 2017 in Seattle.
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The Life & Career of Nikolay MinevInterview with Nikolay Minev
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1931 births
2017 deaths
American chess players
Chess International Masters
American chess writers
American male non-fiction writers
Sportspeople from Ruse, Bulgaria
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century Bulgarian chess players