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Oleg Neikirch

Bulgarian chess player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oleg Neikirch
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Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch (Neikirh, Nejkirch, Neykirch) (Bulgarian: Олег Николаев Нейкирх) (8 March 1914, Tbilisi, Georgia - 26 August 1985, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian chess master.

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Chess Olympiad 1954: Neikirch (right) playing J. H. Donner

He won seven times Bulgarian Chess Championship (in 1937,[1] 1938,[2] 1940 (jointly),[3] 1943,[4] 1948 (jointly),[5] 1953 (jointly),[6] and 1957[7]).

He represented Bulgaria in four Chess Olympiads (1939, 1954, 1958, and 1960).

He tied for 2nd-4th at Sofia 1957 (zonal; Miroslav Filip won), and took 15th at Portorož 1958 (Interzonal; Mikhail Tal won).

He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1957.

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