| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (2000-10-03) October 3, 2000 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Title | Grandmaster (2022)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2530 (July 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2556 (April 2022) |
Martin Petrov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In January 2019, he tied for first place with Daniel Gormally, Oleg Korneev, Šarūnas Šulskis, Alexander Cherniaev, and Conor Murphy at the 94th Hastings Congress.[2]
In March 2020, he won the Bulgarian Chess Championship, during which he also defeated grandmasters Momchil Nikolov and Krasimir Rusev.[3]
In June 2022, he finished in third place at the Targu Mures Open after having the best tiebreak score of six players who initially tied for third.[4]
In February 2023, he finished in fourth place in the Bulgarian Chess Championship after having tied for second place with Nurgyul Salimova and Momchil Petkov.[5]
References
- "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- Pereira, Antonio (January 7, 2019). "Six-way tie at the top of 94th Hastings Congress".
- "84-th Bulgarian Individual Chess Championship 2020 - Men".
- Bulmaga, Irina (June 15, 2022). "Targu Mures: Nisipeanu wins ahead of 13-year old Ukrainian IM".
- Ahmed, Shahid (February 4, 2023). "19-year-old Nurgyul Salimova finishes second at Bulgarian Championship 2023 in the Open section".