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Georgy Geshev

Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (died 1937)

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Born
October 8, 1903
Died
July 15, 1937
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1903

About Georgy Geshev

Georgy (Georgi) Geshev (Geschew) (Bulgarian: Георги Христов Гешев) (born October 8, 1903, in Sofia – died July 15, 1937) was a Bulgarian chess master. At the beginning of his career, he tied for 6-7th at Varna 1926 (K. Atanasov, G. Slavchev, and A. Telegin won), shared 1st with Pinkas at Sofia 1927, won at Trnovo 1928, and took 2nd, behind A. Gyurov, at Sofia 1929. He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship four times (1933 – jointly, 1934, 1935, and 1936. At the play-off match for the 1933 title, he triumphed against Yury Toshev (4½: 3½), to become the first official Bulgarian Champion. Geshev represented Bulgaria on first board at the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad held in Munich 1936.

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Georgy Geshev timeline

  1. Telegin won), shared 1st with Pinkas at Sofia 1927, won at Trnovo 1928, and took 2nd, behind A.
  2. At the play-off match for the 1933 title, he triumphed against Yury Toshev (4½: 3½), to become the first official Bulgarian Champion.
  3. He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship four times (1933 – jointly, 1934, 1935, and 1936.
  4. Geshev represented Bulgaria on first board at the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad held in Munich 1936.

The world when Georgy Geshev was born

Georgy Geshev was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

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Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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