Evgenij Ermenkov

Who is Evgenij Ermenkov?

Evgenij Petkov Ermenkov is a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster. He played for Palestine from October 2003 to December 2010.

Ermenkov won the Bulgarian Championship in 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1984.

In international competition, he has had many tournament victories, including Albena 1977, Plovdiv 1978, Varna 1986, Dieren 1990, Beirut 2004 and Imperia 2005.

He has a long and illustrious career in team chess, beginning at the World Student Olympiad of 1972, where he represented his country of birth. Graduating to the full Bulgarian men's team, he first played at the European Team Chess Championship in 1977 and won an individual bronze medal in 1983. At the Olympiad, he represented Bulgaria from 1978–1992, taking individual bronze in 1990.

From 1992, there was a break from team chess which lasted twelve years, during which time he switched his place of residence and chess registration to Palestine. Playing for his adopted nation in Olympiads from 2004–2008, he won the gold medal at Calvià 2004 for the best result on first board and at Turin 2006, the silver medal.