Bulgarian Chess Championship 2013 Print
Sunday, 28 April 2013 17:50
Top seed Kiril Georgiev took first place at the Bulgarian Chess Championship 2013 which was held on 16th-25th April in the town of Bankia.

Georgiev was undefeated and obtained 8/11 points, leaving his closest follower a whole point behind. Thus, he gained the right to participate in the European Individual Championship with the support of the Bulgarian Chess Federation.


Kiril-Georgiev


IM Ivajlo Enchev finished second, while GM Momchil Nikolov got the last place at the podium.

Twelve qualified players battled in a single round robin tournament. The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game and 30 seconds increments per move.

Final Standings:
1     GM     Georgiev Kiril     2657     8.0
2     IM     Enchev Ivajlo     2451     7.0
3     GM     Nikolov Momchil     2527     6.5
4     GM     Spasov Vasil     2566     6.5
5     IM     Arnaudov G. Petar     2489     6.0
6     GM     Rusev Krasimir     2532     6.0
7     GM     Petkov Vladimir     2566     5.5
8     IM     Dimitrov Radoslav     2420     5.0
9     IM     Janev Tihomir     2412     5.0
10     IM     Kozhuharov Spas     2467     4.5
11     GM     Ninov Nikolai     2504     3.5
12         Vutov Mario     2362     2.5