Krum Georgiev

{{Short description|Bulgarian chess player (1958–2024)}} {{family name hatnote|Ivanov|Georgiev|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox chess player | country = Bulgaria | birth_date = {{birth date|1958|5|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|31|1958|5|24|df=y}} | death_place = | title = Grandmaster (1988) | peakrating = 2532 (July 2000) | FideID = 2900092 }}

'''Krum Ivanov Georgiev''' ({{langx|bg|Крум Иванов Георгиев}}; 24 May 1958 – 31 July 2024) was a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.<ref name="Gaige">{{citation | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | page=137}}</ref> He is best known for beating future world champion Garry Kasparov in a wild game in Malta, 1980.<ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069878 Krum Georgiev–Garry Kasparov, Malta 1980] game score at chessgames.com</ref>

Georgiev was born in Pazardzhik on 24 May 1958. He earned the International Master (IM) title in 1977<ref name="Gaige"/> and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1988.<ref>by email from Bulgarian Chess Federation - see Discussion</ref> He died on 31 July 2024, at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite web | last=Grivas | first=Efstratios | title=Krum Ivanov Georgiev, 1958-2024 | url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/krum-ivanov-georgiev-1958-2024 | date=2 August 2024 | website=ChessBase | access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Ganev | first=Milen | date=July 31, 2024 | website=fakti.bg | title=Chess player Krum Georgiev died | url=https://fakti.bg/en/sport/901206-chess-player-krum-georgiev-died | access-date=August 1, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Fide}} *{{chessgames player|id=15821}}

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