Background
Padevsky was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria"s second largest city.
Padevsky was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria"s second largest city.
Padevsky played in the World Student Team Championship six times (every year from 1954 through 1959). He played on the Bulgarian team in eleven Chess Olympiads (every Olympiad from 1956 through 1978 except for 1976), playing first board in his first Olympiad appearance in 1956 and again in 1962 and 1964. Padevsky was also a corporate lawyer