Vasil Spasov (sometimes spelled Spassov; ; born 17 February 1971 in
Varna
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Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city
** Varna Province
** Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
** Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
* Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
* Varna (Šabac), a village in Serbia
Asia
* Var ...
) is a
Bulgaria
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n chess
grandmaster. He won the
World Junior Chess Championship
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The idea was the brainchild of William Rits ...
in 1989, and the
Bulgarian championship
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five times, in 1990, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2008. Spasov also won the Balkan Individual Championship in 2001.
He played for the Bulgarian national team in eight
Chess Olympiad
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s (1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006) and in four
European Team Chess Championship
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s (1992, 2001, 2003 and 2005).
Vasil Spasov
team chess record at Olimpbase.org
References
External links
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Vasil Spasov
chess games at 365Chess.com
1971 births
Living people
Chess Grandmasters
Bulgarian chess players
World Junior Chess Champions
Chess Olympiad competitors
Sportspeople from Varna, Bulgaria
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