The 74th Bulgarian individual chess championship for men is taking place on 7-17th April 2010 in Kyustendil. The event is with 14 players and played according to the round-robin system. Average rating is 2497.
Round 11 standings:
1. GM Chatalbashev Boris 2555 – 9.0
2. GM Georgiev Kiril 2669 – 8.0
3. GM Petkov Vladimir 2484 – 7.0
4. GM Iotov Valentin 2568 – 6.5
5. GM Spasov Vasil 2599 – 6.5
6. IM Arnaudov G Petar 2404 – 6.0
7. GM Radulski Julian 2592 – 6.0
8. IM Berbatov Kiprian 2481 – 5.5
9. GM Janev Evgeni 2450 – 5.5
10. IM Nikolov Momchil 2550 – 5.0
11. FM Kukov Velislav 2368 – 4.5
12. IM Marholev Dimitar 2423 – 4.5
13. IM Milchev Nikolay 2382 – 1.5
14. FM Badev Kiril 2396 – 1.5
Round 12 pairings:
IM Arnaudov G Petar – GM Iotov Valentin
GM Radulski Julian – IM Berbatov Kiprian
GM Petkov Vladimir – GM Janev Evgeni
GM Georgiev Kiril – GM Chatalbashev Boris
FM Badev Kiril – GM Spasov Vasil
IM Marholev Dimitar – FM Kukov Velislav
IM Milchev Nikolay – IM Nikolov Momchil
How come no Topalov or Cheparinov?