Biography

Bulgarian Grandmaster (1977) who played for some time under the Palestinian flag. Graduate in Economy.

Ermenkov was joint Bulgarian Champion in 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1984 and Champion in 1976. Balkan vice-champion 2002.

Best results: won Varna 1973, 1974, 1983 and 1986, Albana 1977 and 1979, Plovdiv 1978, Sumen 1984, Prague 1985, Dieren, Antwerp, Bruge 1990, Belgrade 1991 and Dubai 2001, Imperia 2005, Halkidiki 2008. Second at the Balkan individual championship in 2002.

A participant in the Olympiads from 1978 till 1996 for Bulgaria and between 2004 and 2006 for Palestine. In 2004 Olympiad he was awarded a gold medal for the best individual performance at board one, in 2006 he got the silver the second best performance.

Former coach of Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine and San Salvador. Best ELO: 2520 in 1978.

Ermenkov, Evgenij (2480) - Smirin, Ilia (2615) Elenite Elenite (5), 1994 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nc6 7.f4 Ng4 8.Nf3 f6 9.d5 Nb8 10.Qd2 f5 11.h3 Nf6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O-O Na6 15.Nd4 Nh5 16.Be2 Nf6 17.g4 fxg4 18.hxg4 Nc5 19.f5 c6 20.Bf3 cxd5 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Bxd5+ Kh7 23.g5 Rxf5 24.g6+ 1-0