Luben Spasov


Luben Spasov is Bulgarian chess Grandmaster , World Senior Chess Championship winner, Bulgarian Chess Championship medalist, European Team Chess Championships individual medalist.

Biography

In the 1970s and 1980s Luben Spasov was one of the leading Bulgarian chess players. He twice in row won Bulgarian Junior Chess Championship. In the Bulgarian Chess Championships Luben Spasov two times won bronze medals. Luben Spasov was winner of many international chess tournament awards, including first place or shared first place in Lublin, Gausdal, Albena, Sofia, Pristina, Oslo, Pernik, Virovitica, Stara Zagora, Hamburg, Kikinda, Oberwart, Pamporovo.
Luben Spasov played for Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiads:
Luben Spasov played for Bulgaria in the European Team Chess Championships:
Luben Spasov played for Bulgaria in the World Student Team Chess Championships:
Also Luben Spasov nine times played for Bulgaria in the Men's Chess Balkaniads and won 3 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals in team competition, and won 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals in individual competition.
In 1972, he was awarded the FIDE International Master title and received the FIDE Grandmaster title four years later.
Luben Spasov achieved his greatest career success in World Senior Chess Championships in S60 age group. In 2005 he won gold medal in Lignano, and in 2006 in Arvier he won bronze medal in this competition.