Oleg Neikirch

{{short description|Bulgarian chess player}} [[File:Schaakolympiade Amsterdam, Dr. Bernstein Rellstab en Euwe Donner spelen, Bestanddeelnr 906-7346.jpg|thumb|Chess Olympiad 1954: Neikirch (right) playing J. H. Donner ]] ''' Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch (Neikirh, Nejkirch, Neykirch)''' ({{langx|bg|Олег Николаев Нейкирх}}) (8 March 1914, Tbilisi, Georgia - 26 August 1985, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian chess master.

He won seven times Bulgarian Chess Championship (in 1937,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1937SofiaBulgCh.htm |title=1937 Sofia Bulg Ch |publisher=Thechesslibrary.com |date=2008-07-29 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref> 1938,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1938VarnaBulgCh.htm |title=1938 Varna Bulg Ch |publisher=Thechesslibrary.com |date=2008-07-29 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref> 1940 (jointly),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1940SofiaBulgCh.htm |title=1940 Sofia Bulg Ch |publisher=Thechesslibrary.com |date=2008-07-29 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref> 1943,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1943SofiaBulgCh.htm |title=1943 Sofia Bulg Ch |publisher=Thechesslibrary.com |date=2008-09-23 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref> 1948 (jointly),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1948SofiaBulgCh.htm |title=1948 Sofia Bulg Ch |publisher=Thechesslibrary.com |date=2008-07-30 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref> 1953 (jointly),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1953SofiaBulgCh.htm |title=1953 Sofia Bulg Ch |publisher=Thechesslibrary.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref> and 1957<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1957SofiaBulgCh.htm |title=1957 Sofia Bulg Ch |publisher=Thechesslibrary.com |date=2007-03-20 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref>).

He represented Bulgaria in four Chess Olympiads (1939, 1954, 1958, and 1960). * In 1939, at second board in 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+6 –5 =4); * In 1954, at second board in 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1 –2 =4); * In 1958, at first board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+1 –6 =6); * In 1960, at third board in 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+4 –4 =6).<ref>{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ |title=The encyclopaedia of team chess |publisher=OlimpBase |date=2011-01-01 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref>

He tied for 2nd-4th at Sofia 1957 (zonal; Miroslav Filip won), and took 15th at Portorož 1958 (Interzonal; Mikhail Tal won).

He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1957.

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