- Evgenij Ermenkov
Evgenij Petkov Ermenkov ( _bg. Евгени Петков Ерменков) (born
29 September 1949) is achess Grandmaster (GM).citation
last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
publisher=McFarland
isbn=0-7864-2353-6
page=110] Born inSofia ,Bulgaria , he now plays forPalestine .Ermenkov won the Bulgarian Championship in in 1973, 1975 (after a play-off), 1976, 1979 (after a play-off) and 1984 (jointly). He played for Bulgaria at the 1978 and 1980
Chess Olympiad s.Playing for the Palestine team, Ermenkov won the gold medal at the
36th Chess Olympiad inCalvia 2004 for the best result on the first board (87.5%, 10.5/12). He also played for Palestine at Torino 2004."I have great respect for Israeli chess players, but even greater respect I have for Israeli snipers, so I wasn't in Gaza"(Evgeni Ermenkov answers to the question 'were you in Gaza?')fact|date=December 2007
Ermenkov earned the
International Master (IM) title in 1974 and the GM title in 1977.References
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