Oleg Neikirch
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Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch (Neikirh, Nejkirch, Neykirch) (Template:Langx) (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.
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