# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/atanas-kolev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:19:34.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/atanas-kolev"
name: "Atanas Kolev"
slug: "atanas-kolev"
description: "Atanas Kolev is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. His highest rating was in July 2012 at 2604 points. Kolev was the coach of the Bulgarian women's national chess team 2004–2006. Kolev and fellow Bulgarian grandmaster Kiril Georgiev are co-authors of the best-seller The Sharpest Sicilian, a book about the \nNajdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense, which was published in 2007. Five years after the first edition, the book was completely rewritten and redesigned and \"The Sharpest Sicilian 2012\" was published in October 2012. Atanas and Macedonian grandmaster Trajko Nedev are co-authors of The Easiest Sicilian, a book about the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian, which was published in 2008."
tagline: "Bulgarian chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atanas_Kolev.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1967-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.40909090909091
  historical:           10.06958266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://kolevchess.wordpress.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Атанас Колев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اتاناس كوليڤ (لاعب شطرنج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Атанас Колев"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolev"
    title: "Atanas Kolev"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolew"
    title: "Atanas Kolew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolev"
    title: "Atanas Kolev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolev_(joueur_d'%C3%A9checs)"
    title: "Atanas Kolev (joueur d'échecs)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolev"
    title: "Atanas Kolev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolew"
    title: "Atanas Kolew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolev"
    title: "Atanas Kolev"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Колев, Атанас"
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  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas_Kolev"
    title: "Atanas Kolev"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2634340"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump