article_title name birth_date death_date
georgy geshev
 georgy geshev 8 october 1903 15 july 1937
georgy geshev

georgy -lrb- georgi -rrb- geshev -lrb- geschew -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born october 8 , 1903 in sofia -- died july 15 , 1937 -rrb- was a bulgarian chess master .
at the beginning of his career , he tied for 6-7th at varna 1926 -lrb- k. atanasov , g. slavchev , and a. telegin won -rrb- , shared 1st with pipkas at sofia 1927 , won at trnovo 1928 , and took 2nd , behind a. gyurov , at sofia 1929 .
he won the bulgarian chess championship four times -lrb- 1933 -- jointly , 1934 , 1935 , and 1936 .
at the play-off match for the 1933 title , he triumphed against yury toshev -lrb- 4 1/2 : 3 1/2 -rrb- , to become the first official bulgarian champion .
geshev represented bulgaria on first board at the 3rd unofficial chess olympiad held in munich 1936 .
