Starting rank (top 20) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr253731.aspx No. Name FideID FED RtgI 1 GM NIKOLOV Momchil 2905710 BUL 2563 2 GM SPASOV Vasil 2900041 BUL 2541 3 GM ZAJIC Milan 912336 SRB 2513 4 IM FIRAT Burak 6305881 TUR 2492 5...
Complaints and Decisions relating to Bulgarian Chess Federation
Following the discussion held at the FIDE General Assembly (FIDE GA) in Baku earlier this month, FIDE publishes a timeline of the facts on the basis of which a significant number of complaints and allegations have been brought over...
Bulgarian Chess Union Formed
Dear Delegates, Bulgarian Chess Union 1931 is probably the youngest national chess organization in the world. What is the reason for our establishment? The good name of the Bulgarian chess was brought to great dishonor. The board of the...
GM Nikolov leads Albena Open going into the final round
Rank after Round 8 (top 25) http://chess-results.com/tnr215606.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2573 6,5 0,0 35,5 38,5 2 3 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2521 6,0 0,0 37,5 41,0 3...
3 share Albena Chess Festival lead after 3 rounds
http://chess-results.com/tnr215606.aspx Rank after Round 3 (top 20) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 6 IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2455 3,0 0,0 4,0 5,5 2 13 IM Ivanov Jordan BUL 2330 3,0 0,0 3,0 4,0 3...
Winless Streak
Bulgaria’s Chess Grandmaster Slumps to 16th Place in World Ranking Sports | April 1, 2016, Friday // 12:39 Veselin Topalov, the Bulgarian chess grandmaster, has moved eight spots down in the standard international ranking, showing his worst results since...
Big Problems with Bulgarian Chess Federation
The European Team Chess Championships for men and women are currently going on in Iceland, with most of the top players defending the honor of their national flags. Despite having two ex-world champions – Veselin Topalov (ELO 2803, second...
Bulgarian phenom Tsvetan Stoyanov wins Gold at EYCC
Burgas. 11-year-old Tsvetan Stoyanov won the gold medal in the European Youth Chess Championship in the group under 12 years. The tournament was held in Mureck, Austria, the press office of Bulgarian Municipality of Burgas announced. The young chess...
WGM Margarita Voiska wins “Thracian Princess” Women’s Open
The Open Women’s Bulgarian chess championship “Thracian princess”celebrated its 10th anniversary with the annual edition of the tournament from July 20 through July 26, 2015. The event was played in a 9-round Swiss format with tempo of play 90′...
Topalov expressed support for Danailov
Veselin Topalov, the FIDE World Champion from San Luis 2005, published an open letter of support for Silvio Danailov. It comes at a moment when the chess life in Bulgaria is close to revolution and Danailov’s position as Bulgarian...