Career
This result automatically gave him the International Master title. Two years later, FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title. He has represented his country at the Chess Olympiad many times, playing on either board 1 or 2.
Exceptionally, in 2002 he played for Macedonia, while he was temporarily resident there.
His record in international competition has been remarkable, considering that he has never quite reached supergrandmaster status (Elo 2700 or above). At the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, he finished only a half point off the lead.
Accordingly, these results have caused his Elo rating to advance rapidly during 2005 and 2006, reaching 2680 in July 2006, and placing him at number 26 in the (FIDE) World"s 100 top players. Georgiev has also participated in the World Chess Championship cycle.
In 1990, he qualified for the Interzonal Tournament in Manila and placed a creditable 14th out of 64, surpassing expectation and losing only to Alexei Dreev.
At Groningen in 1997, he lost in round 4 to Loek van Wely. In December 2009, he tied for 1st-4th with Georg Meier, Julio Granda and Viktor Láznička in the 19th Magistral Pamplona Tournament. In 2010, he came third at the World Chess Open in León.
In 2009, he broke the world record for the most simultaneous chess games played: 360 games in just over 14 hours.
A score of at least 80% was required for the record to be accepted.
