An accomplished professional chess coach, theorist, and former Bulgarian champion, as well as the winner of many open tournaments around the world. GM Marian Petrov is NYC tested for toughness (“fuhgeddaboudit!”). He graduated from the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria with a Bachelor's degree in Chess Pedagogy, a four-year undergraduate program designed to prepare top-level chess trainers.
 

With this one-of-a-kind higher education degree typically only offered in countries with strong chess traditions, GM Petrov is a leading chess trainer in Europe, having more than 22 years of first-hand chess coaching experience. His impeccable communication skills combined with the various languages he speaks fluently has allowed him to teach promising scholastic chess prodigies.
 

GM Marian has also authored of many chess videos, articles, and books.

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