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Ivan Cheparinov scores a victory in the eighth round of the European Individual Chess Championship in Montenegro

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Ivan Cheparinov scored a victory in the eighth round of the European Individual Chess Championship in Petrovac, Montenegro. The Bulgarian grandmaster played with the black pieces and secured a brilliant win over Ukrainian Ihor Samunenkov.

The Bulgarian chess player, born in the town of Asenovgrad, has 6.5 points and ranks second in the standing. He is now just half a point behind the leader, Aleksandar Indjić from Serbia, who has 7 points.

There are three rounds remaining in the European Individual Chess Championship in Petrovac. A total of 388 chess players are participating in the tournament.




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