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IM Sasho Nikolov

Full name

Sasho Nikolov

Born

1/1/1958 (age 67)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Bulgaria

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (12 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (11 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (11 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (10 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (20 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (19 games)

Modern Defense: Averbakh, Kotov Variation (14 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Bogoljubov Variation (14 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (12 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Sasho Nikolov (2236) Georgi Filev (2335)	½-½	56	2024
Sasho Nikolov (2222) Tsvetan Stoyanov (2446)	1-0	61	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2224) Valentin Kamenov (1664)	1-0	26	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2224) Valentin Danov (1896)	1-0	28	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2224) Habil Javadov (1980)	1-0	33	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2246) Hayri Beyhun Senel (1953)	1-0	26	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2246) Arian Baradaran Tamadon (2202)	1-0	50	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2246) Huseyin Said Deveci (2059)	1-0	48	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2246) Bora Yagiz (1757)	1-0	30	2023
Sasho Nikolov (2246) Sara Davari (2133)	1-0	15	2023

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