Bulgarian Grandmaster (1964), a Corporate lawyer. Bulgarian Champion in 1954, 1955, 1962 and 1964. He is one of the few foreign players to win their Grandmaster’s title in the Soviet Union.
Won or shared first at Varna 1960 and 1965, Polanica Zdroj 1963, Fuengirola 1979, Choka 1981, Kragujevac 1984, Belgrade 1985, Dortmund 1989, and Albena 1989.
A participant in the Olympiads between 1956 and 1978 (except 1976) with a team bronze medal as a member of the squad which finished third in