Moldovan chess player

Victor (Viorel) Bologan (born 14 December 1971) is a Moldovan chess player and author. He was awarded the *le of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1991.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Education
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Books
• 5 ChessBase Fritztrainer opening DVDs
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Career

Bologan won the first two editions of the Poikovsky Karpov International Tournament, in 2000 and 2001. He tied for first in the same tournament in 2005 and 2015. In 2003 he won the Aeroflot Open and the Dortmund Spark*en Chess Meeting.

He won the 2005 Canadian Open Chess Championship. Bologan tied for first place in the 2006 Aeroflot Open, finishing second on tiebreak. In May 2010, he tied for first with Wang Hao and Zahar Efimenko at the Bosna International open in Sarajevo.

Bologan played for Moldova in the Chess Olympiad in 1992-1998, 2002 and 2014.

Bologan with his wife at Dortmund 2003 Bologan–Anand, Dortmund 2003

Education

Bologan graduated from the Moscow Physical Culture and Sports Ins*ute 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.

Personal life

He is married to Margarita Bologan and they have three children.

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. 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. Anvar Nazarov (Анвар Назаров), Tajikistan (1990 alumnus)
2. Ruslan Sergeevich Mironov (Руслан Сергеевич Миронов), Estonia (1993 alumnus)
3. Victor Antonovich Bologan (Виорел Антонович Бологан), Qatar (Masters 1993; 1996 Doctors)
4. Asya Son (Ася Сон), Singapore (1993 alumna)
5. Anastasia Sergeevna Savina (Анастасия Сергеевна Савина), France (2015 alumna)

External links

• Victor Bologan chess games at 365Chess.com
• Viktor Bologan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Profile of Victor Bologan.
• Bisik-Bisik with GM Victor Bologan