Valentin Kovachev
{{short description|Bulgarian professional bridge player (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Valentin Kovachev
| image = Valentin Kovachev.jpg
| alt = Valentin Kovachev bridge player
| caption = Valentin Kovachev
| birth_name =
| birth_date = May 6, 1964
| birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria
| nationality = Bulgarian
}}
Valentin (Val/Valio) Kovachev ({{langx|bg|Валентин Ковачев}}) (born May 6, 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian professional bridge player who lives in Las Vegas.
Career
Kovachev has been playing professional bridge since 2003.{{cite web| url=http://www.coloradospringsregional.com/bulletin/tusday.pdf | title=Unknown}}{{Dead link| date=January 2024| fix-attempted=yes}} Kovachev has won all the major Bulgarian bridge championships. Additionally, he has won the Schapiro Cup in England, and placed second on two other occasions. Valentin Kovachev has three top 3 finishes in the NEC Cup in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Bridge accomplishments
=Wins=
|title = Wernher Open Pairs Winners
|publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf
|page = 4
|date = 2014-07-22
|accessdate = 2014-10-17
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf
|archive-date = 2014-10-21
|url-status = dead
}}
- NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams (1) 2017 {{cite news
|title = NABC Winners
|publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|url = https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=MIXS&year=2017
|date = 2017-12-22
|accessdate = 2024-05-10
}}
=Runners-up=
- NEC Japan {{Cite web |url=http://bridgeinindia.homestead.com/NEC_Japan_2012.html |title=NEC_Japan_2012 |access-date=2012-04-19 |archive-date=2012-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707040728/http://bridgeinindia.homestead.com/NEC_Japan_2012.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web| url=http://bridgetopics.com/news/2012/feb/down-under-2012-nec-cup-champion | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707015038/http://bridgetopics.com/news/2012/feb/down-under-2012-nec-cup-champion | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 7, 2012 | title=Unknown}}
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