Yury Toshev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yury Toshev

chess player

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1907

Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1974

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Yury Toshev (Bulgarian: ???? ???????? ?????) (24 December 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a Bulgarian chess master. He thrice won the Bulgarian Chess Championship: 1933 (jointly with Georgy Geshev but lost a play-off match to him), 1942, and 1947 (jointly with Kamen Piskov).He represented Bulgaria in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936.
After World War II, he twice played for Bulgaria in Balkaniad team tournaments, and won bronze medals at Belgrade 1946 and Sofia 1947.