After five and a half hours of intense play, the second game of FIDE Women's World Cup Final between Nurgyul Salimova and Russia's Aleksandra Goryachkina ended, like the first one, in a draw. The winner of the World Cup will be determined on..
Bulgaria's international chess master Nurgyul Salimova ended in a draw with the black pieces against Russia's Aleksandra Goryachkina in the first game of the Women's Chess World Cup Final in Baku. Sunday is the second game between the two young..
Nurgyul Salimova has qualified for the semifinals of the Women's Chess World Cup in Baku . This has been the biggest success in the career of the young grandmaster. The 20-year-old Bulgarian eliminated Russian Polina Shuvalova...
Veselin Topalov won a victory in the third round and drew in the fourth round of the round-robin tournament “Craddle of Modern Chess” in the Spanish city of Salamanca. Topalov played versus Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) and Jaime Santos..
The World School Chess Championships 2023 took place April 14-22, in Rhodes, Greece . Bulgaria was represented by eight competitors - 4 girls and 4 boys. Aleksandra Pehlivanova from Chess Club Plovdiv achieved exceptional success..
Bulgaria’s female competitors ended the 9 th round of the European chess championship in Prague with one win, two draws and three losses. Gabriela Antova was the only competitor with a prestigious victory versus Salome Melia, Georgia...
Former women’s world champion Antoaneta Stefanova defeated Julia Movsesyan (the Czech Republic) at the 2022 European Individual Women Chess Championship in Prague. Viktoria Radeva won against Ukrainian Yelizaveta Hrebenshchykova. Antoaneta..
On the second day of the European Individual Classical Chess Championship in Prague, Bulgarian chess players scored two wins, two draws and two losses , BTA reported. Nadia Toncheva, 17, scored a full 2 points against Govhar Beydullayeva of..
Bulgaria’s women’s national team finished 9 th at the 44nd Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India. The young Bulgarian team with members Nurgyul Salimova, Gergana Peycheva, Beloslava Krasteva, Gabriela Antova and Viktoria Radeva ended their..
At the chess super tournament in Stavanger, Norway, former world champion Veselin Topalov recorded his first victory against Norwegian Aryan Tari. Topalov is now seventh out of 10 participants, with 3.5 points. The fifth round of..
