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Martin Petrov (chess player)

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Martin Petrov
CountryBulgaria
Born (2000-10-03) October 3, 2000 (age 24)
Sofia, Bulgaria
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE rating2534 (July 2025)
Peak rating2556 (April 2022)

Martin Petrov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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In January 2019, he tied for first place with Daniel Gormally, Oleg Korneev, Šarūnas Šulskis, Alexander Cherniaev, and Conor Murphy at the 94th Hastings Congress.[2]

In March 2020, he won the Bulgarian Chess Championship, during which he also defeated grandmasters Momchil Nikolov and Krasimir Rusev.[3]

In June 2022, he finished in third place at the Targu Mures Open after having the best tiebreak score of six players who initially tied for third.[4]

In February 2023, he finished in fourth place in the Bulgarian Chess Championship after having tied for second place with Nurgyul Salimova and Momchil Petkov.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Pereira, Antonio (January 7, 2019). "Six-way tie at the top of 94th Hastings Congress".
  3. ^ "84-th Bulgarian Individual Chess Championship 2020 - Men".
  4. ^ Bulmaga, Irina (June 15, 2022). "Targu Mures: Nisipeanu wins ahead of 13-year old Ukrainian IM".
  5. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (February 4, 2023). "19-year-old Nurgyul Salimova finishes second at Bulgarian Championship 2023 in the Open section".