Cheparinov wins 34th Bulgarian Open

Ivan Cheparinov wins the Georgi Tringov Memorial

The 34th Bulgarian Open Chess Championship 2012 – Georgi Tringov Memorial, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the Chess Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Plovdiv Municipality, was held from 29th January to 5th February in Novotel Hotel, Plovdiv.

The tournament was played over 9 rounds of Swiss system and is valid for FIDE elo and GM/IM norms. Total prize fund was 10000 EUR, with 2000 EUR reserved for the winner. 267 players participated.

While most of the top games of the last round were drawn, first seed GM Ivan Cheparinov scored an all-important victory against GM Petar Drenchev to finish in a group of players on the shared first place. Moreover, Cheparinov was declared winner on the best tie-break score.

20-years old Georgian IM Davit Benidze had a performance of 2605 elo, which should suffice for the GM norm.

Plovdiv will also host the Bulgarian Championships Semifinal, starting on Monday.

Final top 25 standings:

1. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2659 – 7.5
2. IM Benidze Davit GEO 2516 – 7.5
3. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2658 – 7.5
4. GM Tadic Branko SRB 2487 – 7.5
5. GM Antic Dejan SRB 2504 – 7
6. GM Stanojoski Zvonko MKD 2455 – 7
7. FM Lilov Valeri BUL 2411 – 7
8. GM Petrov Marijan BUL 2521 – 7
9. Vlashki Nino BUL 2235 – 7
10. GM Spasov Vasil BUL 2570 – 6.5
11. GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2560 – 6.5
12. GM Grigorov Grigor BUL 2491 – 6.5
13. FM Filev Georgi BUL 2349 – 6.5
14. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2493 – 6.5
15. IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2422 – 6.5
16. IM Bukal Vladimir Jr CRO 2434 – 6.5
17. Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2427 – 6.5
18. GM Petkov Vladimir BUL 2519 – 6.5
19. IM Nikolov Sasho BUL 2407 – 6.5
20. IM Mladenov Plamen BUL 2384 – 6.5
21. IM Kukov Velislav BUL 2414 – 6.5
22. IM Todorovic Goran N SRB 2397 – 6.5
23. Nenkov Ljudmil BUL 2297 – 6.5
24. IM Milchev Nikolay BUL 2434 – 6.5
25. Sofranov Velizar BUL 2168 – 6.5