Bulgaria Chess Championships 2014 begins
Hello chess lovers, it's soon going to be the Chess Olympiad season so plenty of national chess championships happening. The most recent is the Bulgarian Individual Chess Championships for men and women being held from May 10-18 in the city of Kozloduy, according to a FIDE update.
Top seed Ivan Cheparinov - Find great portraits of world's top chess players at www.chesspics.com.
The tournaments are 10 player round robin with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 second per move starting from move 1.
The top three players in the 78th Bulgarian Chess Championship for men will be awarded 3000 BGN, 2300 BGN, 1800 BGN, while the best women will receive 1800 BGN, 1300 BGN, 1000 BGN, respectively. Of course, the the Olympiad teams would also be selected.
Men:
1. GM Ivan Cheparinov 2686
2. GM Kiril Georgiev 2632
3. GM Atanas Kolev 2579
4. GM Momchil Nikolov 2523
5. GM Petar Drenchev 2487
6. GM Petar Arnaudov 2464
7. IM Radoslav Dimitrov 2445
8. IM Ivajlo Enchev 2437
9. IM Dimitar Marholev 2348
10. Lyubomir Danov 2257
Women:
1. WIM Elitsa Raeva 2352
2. WGM Iva Videnova 2323
3. WGM Adriana Nikolova 2319
4. WGM Margarita Voiska 2292
5. WIM Svetla Yordanova 2084
6. Simoneta Ivanova 2079
7. Tsveta Galunova 2030
8. WFM Tanja Baninska 2029
9. Maria Vasova 1978
10. WCM Viktorija Radeva 1906
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Senior Chess (European) Championship 2013 Opening Ceremony Video
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013Hi everyone, The 13th European Senior Chess Championship for classical and rapid chess (men and women) started Monday, 11 March 2013, in Paris Hall of the Novotel in Plovdiv. The Championship is organized by the European ChessUnion and the Bulgarian ChessFederation with the support of the Ministry of Physical Education and Sports and the Municipality of Plovdiv. Patron of the tournament is Mrs Menda Stoyanova -- Deputy speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament and Chairwoman of the Budget and Finance Committee. The classical chess tournament will be held from March 11th until March 19th, 2013 and the rapid -- from March 20th to March 21st, 2013. Entitled to participate are men from the ECU Chess Federations who shall have reached the age of 60 and women who shall have reached the age of 50 years, by December 31st of the year in which the tournament will commence. Here is the video of the opening ceremony at the chess championship.
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School Chess Champions: Entries Open for Hopes of the World Open Festival in Varna, Bulgaria
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The Bulgarian Chess Federation, the National Children Chess Foundation 'Sea Horse', Chess Club 'Veselin Topalov' and the Municipality of Varna are holding 'Hopes of the World – 10th Jubilee European Open Festival for School Champions' – Tournament for school children - U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 from June 23.
The chess tournaments will be held in the halls of Grand Hotel “Varna 5*” in the resort complex of Sts. Constantine and Elena. The venue won two awards on September 2 in Antalya – Turkey at the traditional ceremony of the World Travel Awards. The awards were: 'The Best Holiday Complex in Bulgaria' and 'The Best Spa Complex in Bulgaria'.
Parallel to the festival, the Seventh Open International Chess Tournament “Varna Open” and the Second International “Fischer’s chess” tournaments will be held.
Programme
23rd of June, Saturday 14:00 Arrival, accommodation and registration16:00 Technical conference
20:00 Official Opening of the Festival
24th of June, Sunday 9:30 First Round
25th of June, Tuesday 9:30 Second Round
26th of June, Wednesday 9:30 Third Round
27th of June, Thursday Day-off – Excursions
16:00 Fischer Random Chess – I-IV round
28th of June, Friday 10:00 Fourth Round
29th of June, Saturday 10:00 Fifth Round
30th of June, Sunday 10:00 Sixth Round15:00 Fischer Random Chess – V-VII round
1st of July, Monday 10:00 Seventh Round
2nd of July, Tuesday 10:00 Eight Round
3rd of July, Wednesday 10:00 Ninth Round
19:00 Award Ceremony
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Amateur Chess: Play in Bulgaria from Aug 20
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The Bulgarian city of Belogradchik is hosting the third edition of its amateur chess tournament for players with a rating of at least 2250 or more. The total prize fund is 7500 EUR.
Belogradchik municipality, Chess club “Naiden Voinov” Vidin, Bulgarian Chess Federation, GM Alexandar Delchev are organizing the 2012 Balkan Amateur Chess Festival on 20-26th August.
Belogradchik is famous for its rocks and fortress. Millions of years ago it used to be the bottom of a sea and due to certain sediment processes now over a surface of 30 sq.km you can see rocks in amazing forms and shapes, that people gave different names: the Schoolgirl, the Monk, the Bear, etc.
The four-star venue spa hotel “Skalite” offers perfect conditions for play and stay – top quality at reasonable prices. It is placed right in the center of the town with magnificent view towards the Belogradchik rocks.
The top Bulgarian Grandmaster Aleksander Delchev will give free evening lectures during the festival and will be available to train and prepare participants during the whole tournament for a small fee.
Along with the main tournament you can try your chess power at two blitz tournaments: blitz for teams with total rating up to 4100 and individual blitz for players up to 2250 elo points.
Friday night will be the Queen of the Festival night at the disco of the venue hotel.
You can also sign up for one of the 3 daily excursions around Belogradchik. The Magura cave, the Baba Vida fortress, mountain biking around the cliffs.
It’s chess, fun and tourism – all in one. One chess week at very good prices and even better prizes. See more at: www.belchess.com or sign up for the festival at chess_vidin@abv.bg
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Chess Fest for World's Best School Champions in Bulgaria from July 7
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
There is a cool chess tournament coming up for school kids in the U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 categories. The Bulgarian Chess Federation, the National Children Chess Foundation, Sea Horse, Chess Club, Veselin Topalov and the Municipality of Varna, with the support of the European Chess Union are holding the event - titled Hopes of the World: IX European Open Festival for School Champions. It will take place at the Grand Hotel “Varna*” from 7 until 20 July 2012.
Eligible to participate in the tournament are school champions (boys and girls) in various age groups (under the age of 8,10,12,14 and 16), born after 1 January 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998 and 1996. All the costs (accommodation, catering and registration fee) shall be at the expense of the school, clubs or their sponsors.
The registration form shall be filled in by the National Federation or by the school administration, and shall be sent by e-mail to the Organizing Committee no later than 15 May 2012.
The tournaments shall be held on the Swiss system in 9 rounds. The event shall be played according to the FIDE rules. The time control for a game is 90 minutes for 40 moves per player plus 15 minutes until the end of the game. The tournament is registered with FIDE and shall have international qualification validity. Within the Festival programme there will be held the First Open Tournament “Fisher Random Chess”
Find all the details via the following contacts:
Director of the festival – Boris Hristov
Tel./Fax: +35952642877, Mobile tel.: 0886 025403
e-mail: chessvarna@abv.bg, seahorse@abv.bg
Mariyana Hristova, organizer
chessvarna@abv.bg, mariyanah@varnautre.bg,
Tel.: 0878 792786, 0884 068248
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Dmitry Jakovenko is New European Chess Champion 2012
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,Congratulations to Dmitry Jakovenko for winning the European Championship took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from March 19. According to a Fide chess news, the event is part of the World Chess Championship cycle as the top 23 players qualify for the World Cup.
After 11 rounds of play, the 3rd seed Dmitry Jakovenko from Russia emerged the new European Champion. Jakovenko defeated the earlier leader Laurent Fressinet from France and overtook the first position. As the other top games were drawn, Jakovenko remained alone with 8.5 points and tie-break was not to be counted.
Moreover, 13 players shared the second place with 8 points each: GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2693, GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2705, GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2689, GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2695, GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2632, GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2687, GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2693, GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2666, GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2667, GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2640, GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2684, GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2695 and GM Smeets Jan NED 2610. They have all qualified for the World Cup 2013.
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European Individual Chess R8: Akopian, Matlakov, and Malakhov in joint lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The latest chess news from the European Individual Chess Championship (via www.chessdom.com) is that Round 7 leader Sergei Azarov lost his game to Vladimir Malakhov and now we have three players in joint lead. They are Grandmasters Malakhov Vladimir, Matlakov Maxim and Akopian Vladimir ARM with 6,5/8. Three more rounds are still to be played. The leaders are closely followed by a group of 17 players with 6,0/8, among them are GM Gawain Jones, GM Yuriy Kuzubov, GM Nikita Vitiugov, GM Etinne Bacrot, GM Laurent Fressinet, GM Ernesto Inarkiev, GM Mikhail Kobalia, GM Francisco Vallejo, GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Baadur Jobava, GM Sergei Azarov, GM Anton Korobov, GM Andrei Volokitin, GM Igor Khankin, and GM Andrei Istratescu.
Within 1 point of the leaders are 31 players, among them the 2700 club members GM Caruana, GM Naiditsch, GM Jakovenko, GM Laznicka, FM Movsesian, etc.
European Individual Chess top standings after Round 8
1 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2705 6.5
2 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2632 6.5
3 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2684 6.5
4 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2635 6
5 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2615 6
6 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2709 6
7 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2706 6
8 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2693 6
9 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2695 6
10 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2689 6
11 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2666 6
12 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2682 6
13 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2706 6
14 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2693 6
15 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2667 6
16 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2653 6
17 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2679 6
18 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2695 6
19 GM Khenkin Igor GER 2632 6
20 GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2633 6
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