Krum Georgiev

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Ivanov and the family name is Georgiev.

Krum Georgiev
CountryBulgaria
Born(1958-05-24)24 May 1958
Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Died31 July 2024(2024-07-31) (aged 66)
TitleGrandmaster (1988)
Peak rating2532 (July 2000)

Krum Ivanov Georgiev (Bulgarian: Крум Иванов Георгиев; 24 May 1958 – 31 July 2024) was a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.[1] He is best known for beating future world champion Garry Kasparov in a wild game in Malta, 1980.[2]

Georgiev was born in Pazardzhik on 24 May 1958. He earned the International Master (IM) title in 1977[1] and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1988.[3] He died on 31 July 2024, at the age of 66.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 137, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. ^ Krum Georgiev–Garry Kasparov, Malta 1980 game score at chessgames.com
  3. ^ by email from Bulgarian Chess Federation - see Discussion
  4. ^ Grivas, Efstratios (August 2, 2024). "Krum Ivanov Georgiev, 1958-2024". ChessBase. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Ganev, Milen (July 31, 2024). "Chess player Krum Georgiev died". fakti.bg. Retrieved August 1, 2024.