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2520 -lrb- january 1978 -rrb- sofia , bulgaria ermenkov in 2008 grandmaster 2900106 29 september 1949 evgenij petkov ermenkov evgenij ermenkov.jpg evgenij ermenkov
 evgenij ermenkov
evgenij ermenkov

evgenij petkov ermenkov -lrb- ; born september 29 , 1949 in sofia -rrb- is a bulgarian chess grandmaster -lrb- gm -rrb- .
he played for palestine from october 2003 to december 2010 .
ermenkov won the bulgarian championship in 1973 , 1975 -lrb- after a play-off -rrb- , 1976 , 1979 -lrb- after a play-off -rrb- and 1984 -lrb- jointly -rrb- .
in international competition , he has had many tournament victories , including albena 1977 -lrb- and 1979 -rrb- , plovdiv 1978 -lrb- and 1979 -rrb- , varna 1986 , dieren 1990 -lrb- open dutch championship -rrb- , beirut 2004 and imperia 2005 .
he has a long and illustrious career in team chess , beginning at the world student olympiad of 1972 , where he represented his country of birth .
graduating to the full bulgarian men 's team , he first played at the european team chess championship in 1977 -lrb- moscow -rrb- and won an individual bronze medal in 1983 -lrb- plovdiv -rrb- .
at the olympiad , he represented bulgaria from 1978 to 1992 , taking individual bronze in 1990 .
from 1992 , there was a break from team chess which lasted twelve years , during which time he switched his place of residence and chess registration to palestine .
playing for his adopted nation in olympiads from 2004 to 2008 , he won the gold medal at calvià 2004 for the best result on first board -lrb- 87.5 % , 10 1/2 / 12 -rrb- and at turin 2006 , the silver medal -lrb- 85 % , 8 1/2 / 10 , again on top board -rrb- .
ermenkov earned the international master -lrb- im -rrb- title in 1974 and the gm title in 1977 .
