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..
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov delivered a New Year’s address, in which he called on Bulgarians to work for a better Bulgaria together. He made the address on New Year’s night, in the company of 10-year old Danail Popzafirov, who is among the..
Three wins, two draws and a total of four points - this is the balance for the Bulgarian grandmaster Ivan Cheparinov after the first day of the World Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw. The Bulgarian chess player shares the 2nd place with 12 other..
Bulgarian chess grandmaster Veselin Topalov has been listed in the ranking of the 50 greatest chess players of all time of the largest chess community - chess24. Topalov, who held the FIDE world title between 2005 and 2006 and is a former leader in..
Fourteen year-old Bulgarian chess player Patricie Naymanova became Champion at the European School Chess Individual Cup held in Ulcinj, Montenegro. The Bulgarian chess player won 26 out of all 31 games. In the final rounds, Naymanova won against..
