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Vasil Spasov

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Vasil Spasov (sometimes spelled Spassov; Bulgarian: Васил Спасов; born 17 February 1971 in Varna) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1989, and the Bulgarian championship five times, in 1990, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2008. Spasov also won the Balkan Individual Championship in 2001. He played for the Bulgarian national team in eight Chess Olympiads (1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006) and in four European Team Chess Championships (1992, 2001, 2003 and 2005). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasil Spasov is the 310th most popular chess player (up from 325th in 2024), the 352nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 378th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Bulgarian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Vasil Spasov ranks 310 out of 461. Before him are Sergei Rublevsky, Atousa Pourkashiyan, R Vaishali, Elina Danielian, Alexander Moiseenko, and Alberto David. After him are Hans Niemann, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Ye Jiangchuan, Sergei Shipov, and Wang Yue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Vasil Spasov ranks 780. Before him are Christophe Moreau, Marek Koźmiński, Friderika Bayer, Benito Carbone, Craig McCracken, and Marina de Van. After him are Sébastien Fournier, Rennae Stubbs, Javier Sierra, Byambasuren Davaa, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Vik Sahay.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Vasil Spasov ranks 352 out of 415. Before him are Luis Álvarez (null), Ognyana Petrova (1964), Georgi Dimitrov (1959), Bratan Tsenov (1964), Rumyana Neykova (1973), and Ivan Tsonov (1966). After him are Dimitar Rangelov (1983), Petar Hubchev (1964), Rumiana Jeleva (1969), Miroslav Kostadinov (1976), Korneliya Ninova (1969), and Nadezhda Neynsky (1962).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among chess players born in Bulgaria, Vasil Spasov ranks 5. Before him are Veselin Topalov (1975), Kiril Georgiev (1965), Antoaneta Stefanova (1979), and Ivan Cheparinov (1986). After him are Aleksander Delchev (1971), Boris Chatalbashev (1974), and Nurgyul Salimova (2003).

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