Silvio Danailov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Silvio Danailov

Bulgarian chess player

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1961

Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Silvio Danailov (Bulgarian: ?????? ????????; born 21 April 1961) is a former Bulgarian chess player and International Master.
He was a manager and coach of the Bulgarian men's national chess team (1993-2000) and manager and coach of two former FIDE world chess champions, GM Veselin Topalov (BUL) and GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR). Silvio Danailov was Honorary President of the European Chess Union (ECU) from 2014 until he resigned as such a year later, President of the European Chess Union (2010-2014), Member of FIDE Presidential Board (2010-2014) and is currently President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation since 2011.