Victor Bologan
Victor (Viorel) Bologan[1] (born 14 December 1971)
is a Moldovan chess player and author. He was Victor Bologan
awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1991.
Career
Bologan won the first two editions of the Poikovsky
Karpov International Tournament, in 2000 and 2001.[2]
He tied for first in the same tournament in 2005[3] and
2015.[4] In 2003 he won the Aeroflot Open and the
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting ahead of some of
the world's top players.[5]
Bologan in 2013
He won the 2005 Canadian Open Chess
Country Soviet Union (until 1992)
Championship. Bologan tied for first place in the 2006
Aeroflot Open, finishing second on tiebreak. In May Moldova (since 1992)
2010, he tied for first with Wang Hao and Zahar Born 14 December 1971
Efimenko at the Bosna International open in Chişinău, Moldavian SSR,
Sarajevo.[6] Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster (1991)
Bologan played for Moldova in the Chess Olympiad in
1992 - 1998 and 2002 - 2014.[7] FIDE rating 2603 (https://ratings.fide.com/pr
ofile/13900048) (February
2025)
Education Peak rating 2734 (August 2012)
Peak ranking No. 18 (April 2005)
Bologan graduated from the Moscow Physical Culture
and Sports Institute in 1993. In 1996, he successfully
defended a doctoral thesis on the structure of preparation of high
level chess players at the Russian State University of Physical
Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism.[8][9]
Personal life
He is married to Margarita Bologan with whom he has three
children. Bologan is currently living in Doha, Qatar. Bologan with his wife at Dortmund
2003
Books
Bologan, Victor (2007). Victor Bologan. Selected Games
1985–2004. Russell Enterprises Inc. ISBN 978-1-
888690-37-8
Bologan, Victor (2008). The Chebanenko Slav According
to Bologan. New In Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-246-8.
Bologan, Victor (2009). The King's Indian According to
Bologan. A Complete Black Repertoire. Chess Stars.
Bologan–Anand, Dortmund 2003
ISBN 978-954-8782-71-5.
Bologan, Victor (2011). The Rossolimo Sicilian. New In
Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-345-8.
Bologan, Victor (2012). The Powerful Catalan. A Complete Repertoire for White. New In
Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-401-1.
Bologan, Victor (2014). Bologan's Black Weapons in the Open Games. How to Play for a
Win if White Avoids the Ruy Lopez. New In Chess. ISBN 9056915436.
Bologan, Victor (2015). Bologan's Ruy Lopez for Black. How to Play for a Win against the
Spanish Opening. New In Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-607-7
Bologan, Victor (2017). Bologan's King's Indian. A Modern Reportoire for Black. New In
Chess. ISBN 978-9056917203
Bologan, Victor (2018). Bologan's Caro-Kann. A Modern Repertoire for Black. New In
Chess. ISBN 978-9056917784
ChessBase Fritztrainer opening DVDs
Bologan, Viktor (2009). The King's Indian. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase. ISBN 978-
3-86681-139-3.
Bologan, Viktor (2009). The Caro–Kann. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase. ISBN 978-3-
86681-131-7.
Bologan, Viktor (2010). The Sicilian Rossolimo for White. Fritztrainer opening DVD,
ChessBase.
Bologan, Viktor (2010). The Fighting Philidor. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase.
Bologan, Viktor (2011). Beating the Sicilian: Grandmaster Bologan's Repertoire Vol. 1, 2 and
3. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase.
Bologan, Viktor. The Catalan: A complete repertoire for White! Fritztrainer opening DVD,
ChessBase.
Bologan, Viktor. Fit for the French. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase.
References
1. Viktor is his official name, Viorel is his home name; according to his autobiography he is
called Viorel by his mother.
2. Silver, Albert (13 May 2014). "XV Karpov-Poikovsky starts with firebrand lineup" (http://en.ch
essbase.com/post/xv-karpov-poikovsky-starts-with-firebrand-lineup). ChessBase. Retrieved
28 August 2015.
3. Crowther, Mark (7 March 2005). "TWIC 539: 6th Poikovsky Karpov tournament" (http://www.
theweekinchess.com/html/twic539.html#3). The Week in Chess. Retrieved 8 November
2015.
4. "GM Anton Korobov wins 16th Poikovsky Karpov chess tournament" (http://www.chessdom.
com/gm-anton-korobov-wins-16th-poikovsky-karpov-chess-tournament/). Chessdom. 2015-
10-07. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
5. "Dortmund Round 10: Viorel Bologan sole winner" (https://en.chessbase.com/post/dortmund
-round-10-viorel-bologan-sole-winner). Chess News. ChessBase. 2003-08-10. Retrieved
2020-07-16.
6. Crowther, Mark (14 May 2010). "40th Bosna International 2010" (https://theweekinchess.co
m/chessnews/events/40th-bosna-international-2010). The Week in Chess. Retrieved 17 July
2020.
7. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Viorel Bologan" (http://www.olimpbase.org/pl
ayers/3drbljdf.html). OlimpBase. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
8. Mikhail Golubev. Interview with Victor Bologan (http://www.gmsquare.com/interviews/Bologa
n.html). GrandMaster Square
9. "Куда увел язык шахмат выпускников РГУФКСМиТ-ГЦОЛИФК: 6 историй к
пятидесятилетию кафедры" (http://press.sportedu.ru/item/kuda-uvel-yazyk-shakhmat-vypu
sknikov-rgufksmit-gtsolifk-6-istorii-k-pyatidesyatiletiyu-kafedry) [Graduates of Russian State
University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism Masters Chess Program – Where
Are They Now? Six Storys on the 50th Anniversary of the Program] (in Russian). Moscow:
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism. Retrieved
August 29, 2020 (article not dated). Contributors:
i. Alexander N. Kostiev, PhD (Александр Н. Костиев), Russia (1970 alumnus)
ii. Anvar Nazarov (Анвар Назаров), Tajikistan (1990 alumnus)
iii. Ruslan Sergeevich Mironov (Руслан Сергеевич Миронов), Estonia (1993 alumnus)
iv. Victor Antonovich Bologan (Виорел Антонович Бологан), Qatar (Masters 1993;
1996 Doctors)
v. Asya Son (Ася Сон), Singapore (1993 alumna)
vi. Anastasia Sergeevna Savina (Анастасия Сергеевна Савина), France (2015
alumna)
External links
Victor Bologan (http://www.365chess.com/players/Victor_Bologan) chess games at
365Chess.com
Viktor Bologan (https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14216) player profile
and games at Chessgames.com
Profile (http://www.eurochamp.pl/?m=profile&l=en&profile=Bologan_Viktor) of Victor
Bologan.
Bisik-Bisik with GM Victor Bologan (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=521
7)
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