Oleg Neikirch

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

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

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).

In 1939, at second board in 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+6 –5 =4);
In 1954, at second board in 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1 –2 =4);
In 1958, at first board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+1 –6 =6);
In 1960, at third board in 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+4 –4 =6).^[8]

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.

References[]

^ "1937 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^ "1938 Varna Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^ "1940 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^ "1943 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^ "1948 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^ "1953 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^ "1957 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^ Wojciech Bartelski (2011-01-01). "The encyclopaedia of team chess". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

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[1] "1937 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[2] "1938 Varna Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[3] "1940 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[4] "1943 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[5] "1948 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[6] "1953 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[7] "1957 Sofia Bulg Ch". Thechesslibrary.com. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[8] Wojciech Bartelski (2011-01-01). "The encyclopaedia of team chess". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

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