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Petar Genov
Country	Bulgaria
Born	(1970-04-05) 5 April 1970 (age 54)
Title	Grandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating	2415 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2526 (July 2002)

Petar Genov (Bulgarian: Петър Генов; born 5 April 1970) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster (2002).

He was taught how to play chess at the age of 7-8 by his father. He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 1993 and 1999 and played for Bulgaria in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled 2002. In the same year he came first at Herceg Novi. In 2004, tied for first with Vadim Malakhatko in the 3rd Condom Chess Open.

He is married to Woman International Master Lyubka Genova.

References

1. "GM Petar Genov - Interview and Game Review". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2011-11-07. Archived from the original on 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
2. "The chess games of Petar Genov". ChessGames.com. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
3. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Petar Genov". OlimpBase. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
4. "Tournament report April 2002: Mimoza 02 Open". FIDE. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
5. Crowther, Mark (2004-07-19). "TWIC 506: 3rd Condom Chess Open". London Chess Center. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
6. "Любка Генова" (in Bulgarian). Chessdom.bg. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

External links

• Petar Genov player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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