Alexander Alexandrov Kiprov (Bulgarian: Александър Александров Кипров; 11 September 1916 – 6 June 2000) was a Bulgarian chess player and chess administrator.

Alexander Kiprov
Full nameAlexander Alexandrov Kiprov
CountryBulgaria
Born(1916-09-11)11 September 1916
Sofia, Bulgaria
Died6 June 2000(2000-06-06) (aged 83)
Sofia, Bulgaria

Biography edit

Alexander Kiprov studied law at Sofia University. He worked as a judge.

Alexander Kiprov played for Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiad:[1]

Alexander Kiprov played for Bulgaria in the unofficial Chess Olympiad:[2]

Alexander Kiprov played for Bulgaria in the Men's Chess Balkaniad:[3]

  • In 1946, at sixth board in the 1st Men's Chess Balkaniad in Belgrade (+1, =1, -1) and won team bronze and individual silver medals.

Later Alexander Kiprov played correspondence chess actively. In 1964 he won the Bulgarian Correspondence Chess Championship, and later helped the Bulgarian national team to win silver medals at the 7th Correspondence Chess Olympiad (1972–1976).

For many years Alexander Kiprov was vice president of Bulgarian Chess Federation. Also he was author of many chess books.

Bibliography edit

  • Терминология на шахматната игра (Terminology of the chess game), Publishing house „Медицина и физкултура“, Sofia 1957;
  • XV шахматна олимпиада (XV Chess Olympiad), Andrey Malchev/Oleg Neikirch/Alexander Kiprov, Publishing house „Медицина и физкултура“, 1963;[4]
  • Идеите на шахматните комбинации (The ideas of chess combinations), 1974;
  • Как бихте играли? (How would you play?), Publishing house „Медицина и физкултура“, Sofia, 1977;
  • Да се посмеем, шахматисти (Let's laugh, chess players), Publishing house „Медицина и физкултура“, Sofia, 1985;
  • 50 години кореспондентен шах в България (50 years of correspondence chess in Bulgaria), Alexander Kiprov/Georgy Sapundzhiev/Stefan Sergiev, Publishing house „Национален център за шахматна информация“, Sofia, 1990.

References edit

  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Alexander Kiprov". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiads :: Alexander Kiprov". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Balkaniads :: Alexander Kiprov". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ 1962 Olympiad:Malchev, A., O. Neikirch, A. Kiprov (1963), XV shakhmatna olimpiada, „Meditsina i Fizkultura“, Sofia, 269pp

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