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Friendly match Sofia-Belgrade |
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Thursday, 02 June 2011 01:37 |
Sofia and Belgrade competed in the first of its kind friendly chess mega tournament “Match on 100 boards” – Bankya 2011, which finished with result of 51.5:48.5 points in favor of the hosts. The tournament was held on 5/28/2011, Saturday, in the town of Bankya (hotel “Bankya Palace”), and was officially opened by the mayor of Sofia, Mrs. Yordanka Fandakova with the dynamic move 1.e2-e4.
The event was attended by politicians, businessmen, celebrities, journalists and chess players from Sofia and Belgrade. In Bankya arrived the Deputy Mayor of Belgrade Mr. Dejan Vasovich, the alderman Mr. Zeljko Ozhegovich, the member of the parliament Pavel Marchok and many representatives of the Serbian elite. The event was covered by many Bulgarian and Serbian media.
The tournament was attended also by the representatives of the male and female national chess team of Serbia. From Bulgarian side was distinguished the names of the European vice-champion and former World Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova, GM Kiril Georgiev, GM Margarita Voiska and others. The game between clergy – Father Stoyan Berbatov and Miodrag Sivacki contribute to the color of the tournament.
All participants in the match played in the game against their opponents in rate of play 25 minutes + 10 seconds for each move, starting from move one.
“Match on 100 boards” is organized by the European Chess Union. The idea is the initiative to include consecutively and many other European capitals.
The Vice President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation, prof. Nikolay Nedkov welcomed the participants in the friendly match with congratulatory address by the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Mr. Boyko Borisov.
 Deputy Mayor of Belgrade Mr. Dejan Vasovic and Mayor of Sofia Mrs. Yordanka Fandakova  Politicians, businessmen, celebrities, journalists and chess players |
