Grandmaster Atanas Kolev

Grandmaster Atanas Kolev

Atanas Ivanov Kolev ( born 15 of July 1967) is a Bulgarian  chess grandmaster with a more than 30 years of practice. 
He started at the age of 10 and became an international master (IM) in 1988. He won the grandmaster title(GM) in 1993 and can claim more than 60 victories in international chess tournaments throughout the world.

He had worked as a coach of the Bulgarian women’s  national team and also had helped some of the best Bulgarian chess players (like ex –world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova, GM Kiril Georgiev, GM Vasil Spasov, etc.). Atanas Kolev helps and works with talented young players in the last years.
 Grandmaster Kolev and fellow Bulgarian grandmaster Kiril Georgiev are co-authors of The Sharpest Sicilian, a book about the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense, which was published in 2007. Five years after the first edition, the book was completely rewritten and redesigned - The Sharpest Sicilian 2012.
Atanas and Macedonian grandmaster Trajko Nedev are co-authors of The Easiest Sicilian, a book about the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian, which was published in 2008.

Currently GM Kolev lives and works as a chess coach in Las Vegas.
The modern technologies are very useful for the chess lessons and GM Kolev uses mainly Skype and ICC for his lectures and classes with his students. 

If you would like to learn how to play chess, to improve your chess skills or you need a quality chess training, please do not hesitate to send an email: kolevatanas@hotmail.com or contact directly at: 702-330-1850.

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Tournament victories

№	Year	Tournament	Place	Ranking
1	1988	Plovdiv Open	Plovdiv	1
2	1989	Bad Ragaz Open, Switzerland	Bad Ragaz	1
3	1990	Toulouse Open, France	Toulouse	1-3
4	1990	Cannes Open, France	Cannes	1-6
5	1990	XI Obert internacional de l'Hospitalet de l'Infant	Hospitalet de l'Infant	1
6	1991	Caldas de Reis(Galicia) Open	Caldas de Reis	1
7	1992	56 Bulgarian Ind. Championship	Bankya	1
8	1992	Tortosa Open	Tortosa	1
9	1993	VI Obert internacional de Sant Cugat	Sant Cugat	1
10	1993	III Open Internacional La Pobla de Lillet	La Pobla de Lillet	1
11	1993	X Torneo Abierto Internacional Collado Villalba	Collado Villalba	1
12	1993	II Obert internacional de Vilanova i la Geltrú	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1
13	1994	Round Robin, 9 cat., Elenite	Bourgas, Elenite	1
14	1995	Qmbol, mem. Angel Milev,	Qmbol	1
15	1995	Pernik, sponsored by Ognqn Antonov	Pernik	1-2
16	1995	Hockenheim Open	Hockenheim	1
17	1995	I Open "Posada de los Portales" Tomelloso	Ciudad Real	1
18	1995	IV Open Internacional Ciudad de Isla Cristina,	Isla Cristina	1
19	1996	V Abierto Cidade das Burgas	Orense	1
20	1996	VI Obert Ciutat de Reus	Reus	1
21	1997	II Obert Infant Pere	Hospitalet de l'Infant	1 - 5
22	1997	III Open Internacional UDAPI	Alicante	1
23	1998	XV Obert Club escacs Vulcà	Barcelona	1
24	1998	XXI Obert internacional del Vallès	Barberà del Vallès	1
25	1998	Durango	Durango	1
26	1998	X Festival Ibercaja " Memorial Dr. Rey Ardid"	Zaragoza	1
27	1998	Amposta,	Amposta	1
28	1998	Ciudad Real, 26.12-04.01.1999	Ciudad Real	1
29	1999	IX Obert Ciutat de Lleida	Lleida	1
30	1999	Obert internacional de Castellar del Vallès	Castellar del Vallès	1
31	1999	XIV Abierto Int. de Ajedrez Ciudad de Sevilla	Sevilla	1
32	1999	XIII Abierto Villa de Estadilla	Huesca	1 - 2
33	1999	I Open Villa de Salou	Salou	1
34	1999	IV Memorial Leandro Mercader Cegarra	Los Alcázares	1 - 3
35	2000	Durango	Durango	1
36	2000	Campionat Individual de Catalunya,	Barcelona	1
37	2000	Carboneras	Carboneras(Almeria)	1
38	2001	I Cerrado Internacional Badalona	Badalona	1
39	2001	Puebla de Montalban	Puebla de Montalban	1
40	2001	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	1
41	2001	XXVII Ciudad de Badalona	Badalona	1
42	2001	VII Virgen de Valencia	Viono(Santander)	1
43	2001	Socuellamos	Socuellamos	1
44	2001	Alzira(Valencia)	Alzira	1
45	2001	Barcelona	Barcelona	1
46	2003	IV Abierto Internacional "Villa de Gójar"	Gójar	1
47	2004	III Torneig escacs actius Terrassa	Terrassa	1
48	2004	VI Open Internacional Torrdembarra	Torredembarra	1
49	2005	Torneo Internacional Paz de Ziganda	Pamplona	1
50	2005	VII Villa de Salou	Salou	1-2
51	2007	I Abierto Ciudad de la Laguna	La Laguna	1
52	2007	Torneo Internacional Paz de Ziganda	Pamplona	1
53	2008	Las Vegas National Open	Las Vegas	1 - 6
54	2009	24 Acropolis Open	Chalkida	1 - 4
55	2010	32 Plovdiv Open	Plovdiv	1
56	2011	33 Plovdiv Open	Plovdiv	1
57	2011	Albena Open	Albena	1 - 2
58	2011	Plovdiv, Kan Krum	Plovdiv	1 - 4
59	2011	20th annual Midway Ch.	Chicago	1
60	2011	First Annual Int.Chess Festival	Detroit	1
61	2012	2 San Bernardino Open	San Bernardino	1

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