Victor Bologan

Infobox chess player
playername = Victor Bologan


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birthname = Victor Viorel Bologan
country = MDA
datebirth = birth date and age|1971|12|14
placebirth = Chişinău, Moldova
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2686
(No. 37 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating = 2700 (April 2005)

Victor Viorel Bologan (born December 14, 1971) is a Moldovan chess grandmaster.

On the July 2007 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2650, making him number 62 in the world and Moldova's best chess player. His major accomplishment has been winning the Dortmund Sparkassen 2003, ahead of higher-rated and well-known players such as Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, and Peter Leko. In 2003 he won also the Aeroflot Open, one of the largest open tournaments with 150 grandmasters participating. He won the 2005 Canadian Open Chess Championship.

External links

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* [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/3drbljdf.html OlimpBase]
* [http://www.eurochamp.pl/?m=profile&l=en&profile=Bologan_Viktor Profile] of Victor Bologan.
* [http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2003/dortmund03/ Sparkassen 2003 Tournament]