Victor Bologan is a Moldovan Chess Grandmaster
Last Updated: June 23rd, 2022
Full name: Victor Viorel Bologan
Title: Grandmaster (1991)
Born: December 14, 1971
Place of Birth: Chisinau, Moldova
Federation: Moldova
Ratings
World Ranking: 374
Rapid: 2550
Blitz: 2541
Classical: 2574
Profiles
Biography
Victor Bologan was born on December 14, 1971, in Chisinau, Moldovia. Apart from participating in chess games, Bologan is also an author who has written many books. These exciting books include the kings Indian published in 2009 and the Rossolimo Sicilian published in 2011. Victor Bologna is a husband to Margarita Bologan, and three children blessed their marriage. He is a highly rated chess player who has participated in many chess tournaments individually and as a team. Some chess tournaments he played included the Canadian chess championships, the Aeroflot open tournaments, and the chess Olympiads. This made him be ranked among the highly professional chess player.
Bologan graduated in 1993 from the Moscow institute of sports and Physical Culture in his academic background. He successfully defended a highly dictatorial thesis when he was preparing the structure of becoming a high-level player in the chess games. Bologan defended the idea at the Russian state University of sports and Physical Education, Youth, and Tourism. This was after he was awarded a grandmaster title and was, therefore, among the famous chess players in the country. In addition, Bologan represented his team Moldova in the Chess Olympiad games and was consequently recognized by many prominent chess players.
The beginning
Victor Bologan started his chess career early and won his international master title in 1990 when he was 19. The following year, he qualified to have a grandmaster and was awarded the title by FIDE in 1991. Bologan started becoming famous in his chess games when he won the Poikovsky Karpov tournament, which was held in 2000. In 2001, Bologan surprisingly defended his lead after winning the exact international matches. Bologan later tied for the first time in the 2005 international tournament. He was also declared the Winner of the Aeroflot open games alongside Dortmund Sparkassen’s meeting of the chess games in 2003.
Bologan was also the Winner of the Canadian open championships in 2005. In the Aeroflot available games held in 2006, he tied for the first position and became second on a tiebreak. Bologan continued positive progress in his chess career, participating in the yearly Canadian chess championships. In 2010, he qualified to participate in the Bosna international chess open games held in Sarajevo. In the Bosna tournament, he finished victorious and became second despite playing with great chess players in the tournament who were above his rating, including Wang Hao.
In the tournament, he tied with the veteran players such as Zahar Efimenko and Wang Hao in the top places, which made Bologan be recognized among the greatest chess players in the world. In addition, Bologan also represented his country in different chess games. He played for Moldova mostly in Chess Olympiad games for many years, from 1992 to 1998. Bologan also played the Chess Olympiad games for his country in the year 2002 and also 2004 after giving himself a three-year break from the national team.
Achievements
Victor Bologan is a two-time winner of the Poikovsky Karpov international chess tournament in 2000 and 2001. He was also the winner of the Canadian Open Championships in 2005 and tied in second place in the Poikovsky Karpov games held in the same year. This made Bologan gain popularity in his chess career in 2005, emerging victorious in two competitive tournaments. In addition, the positive progress made him gain more confidence in his chess career and continued participating in highly ranked chess tournaments. Bologan finished second in Aeroflot open chess tournaments held in 2006 on a tiebreak with other veteran chess players.
He is a veteran chess player who won his international master title in 1990 and was awarded by the FIDE. He later became a grandmaster the following year and was now considered a professional chess player. Bologan secured a chance to play for his country Moldova in the highly competitive chess Olympiad games. He participated in this tournament for his country for many consecutive years, from 1992 to 1998. He later continued playing in the chess Olympiads for his country in 2002 and 2014.
Did you enjoy reading about Victor Bologan? If you did, you might be interesting in reading other player profiles such as Bobby Fischer, Anton Korobov, and Hans Niemann.
Sources
- Mikhail Golubev. Interview with Victor Bologan. GrandMaster Square
- Bartelski, Wojciech. “Men’s Chess Olympiads: Viorel Bologan”. OlimpBase. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- Crowther, Mark (14 May 2010). “40th Bosna International 2010”. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- “Dortmund Round 10: Viorel Bologan sole winner”. Chess News. ChessBase. 2003-08-10. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- “GM Anton Korobov wins 16th Poikovsky Karpov chess tournament”. Chessdom. 2015-10-07. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- Crowther, Mark (7 March 2005). “TWIC 539: 6th Poikovsky Karpov tournament”. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- Silver, Albert (13 May 2014). “XV Karpov-Poikovsky starts with firebrand lineup”. ChessBase. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
8. Viktor is his official name, Viorel is his home name; according to his autobiography, he is called Viorel by his mother.