From the 1980s to the 2000s, Ventzislav Inkiov was one of the leading Bulgaria chess players.

Also Ventzislav Inkiov four times won Bulgarian Chess Championship silver (1977, 1980, 1984, 1989) and bronze (1981) medals.

In 1987 in Zagreb he participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament where ranked in 13th place.

[1] Ventzislav Inkiov won or shared the 1st place in many international chess tournaments, include Łódź (1978), Niš (1983), Varna (1985), Clichy (1999), Bois-Colombes (1999), Robecchetto con Induno (2000), Rijeka (2001), Plancoët (2001), Condom (2002), Le Touquet (2002), Bad Neustadt (2003), Guingamp (2004), Schwäbisch Gmünd (2006).

Ventzislav Inkiov played for Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiads:[2] Ventzislav Inkiov played for Bulgaria in the European Team Chess Championships:[3] Ventzislav Inkiov played for Bulgaria in the Men's Chess Balkaniads:[4] In 1977, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title five years later.