About Nikola Padevsky
Lived 1933 – 2023 (aged 90). Nikola Padevsky was a Bulgarian chess player and journalist.
Nikola Bochev Padevsky (; 29 May 1933 – 17 December 2023 ) was a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster.
Biography Padevsky was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city. He played on the Bulgarian team in eleven Chess Olympiads (every Olympiad from 1956 through 1978 except for 1976), playing first board in his first Olympiad appearance in 1956 and again in 1962 and 1964.
Padevsky was also a corporate lawyer.
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Who was Nikola Padevsky?
Bulgarian chess player (1933–2023)
When was Nikola Padevsky born?
Nikola Padevsky was born on 29 May 1933 in Plovdiv.
When did Nikola Padevsky die?
Nikola Padevsky died on 17 December 2023.
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Nikola Padevsky was a chess player and journalist.
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Nikola Padevsky was Bulgarian.
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