Saturday, March 15, 2008

Bulgarian Chess Championship 2008

Championship of Bulgaria is taking place on 14-24 March in Plovdiv, at the same hotel that will host European Individual Championship next month. Prize fund for the national competition has been poor for many years, and again some of the best players, like Kiril Georgiev, Alexander Delchev and Boris Chatalbashev, are missing.


Participants:
GM Spasov Vasil 2579
IM Rusev Krasimir 2521
GM Radulski Julian 2511
IM Nikolov Momchil 2500
IM Iotov Valentin 2495
GM Janev Evgeni 2485
IM Vasilev Milen 2470
IM Kozhuharov Spas 2456
GM Petkov Vladimir 2434
FM Milchev Nikolay 2373
Tsvetkov Ilia 2352
FM Arnaudov G Petar 2345
Lilov Valeri 2323
Mladenov Plamen 2288


Valentin Iotov - Ilia Tsvetkov
Round 1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. c6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Be2 Nc5 17. O-O Ne6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Nc5 Rac8 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Bg4 Qa6 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. g3 d4 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Re1 Rd6 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Bb3 Rd8 32. Re6 Qc5 33. Qg6 Qf8 34. Re2 Bc5 35. Bc2 Qg8 36. Re5 Bd4 37. Rh5 Rd7 38. Rf5 Rd8 39. g4 Bb6 40. g5 Rc8 41. Rf3 Rc5 42. h4 Rc8 43. Kh1 Rc4 44. Rf8 Rxh4+ 45. Kg2 1-0

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