Bulgarian Chess Championship

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The Bulgarian Chess Championship is an event inaugurated in 1933 to crown the best chess player in Bulgaria. The championship has been held on a nearly annual basis since, with only a few years missed. In recent years some of the very best Bulgarian players have not participated in the championship, including former World Champion Veselin Topalov.

[edit] Winners

# Year City Men's Champion 1 1933 Varna Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev 2 1934 Sofia Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev 3 1935 Rousse Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev 4 1936 Sofia Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev 5 1937 Sofia Kantardzhiev, MikhailMikhail Kantardzhiev 6 1938 Varna Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov 7 1940 Sofia Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov 8 1942 Sofia Toshev, YuryYury Toshev 9 1943 Sofia Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch 10 1945 Sofia Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov 11 1946 Sofia Stoinev Petrov, PeterPeter Stoinev Petrov 12 1947 Sofia Piskov, KamenKamen Piskov Yury Toshev 13 1948 Sofia Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch Alexander Tsvetkov 14 1949 Sofia Dimitrov, Krstiu KrstevKrstiu Krstev Dimitrov 15 1950 Sofia Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov 16 1951 Sofia Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov 17 1952 Sofia Milev, Zdravko AZdravko A Milev 18 1953 Sofia Minev, NikolayNikolay Minev 19 1954 Sofia Padevsky, Nikola BochevNikola Bochev Padevsky 20 1955 Sofia Padevsky, Nikola BochevNikola Bochev Padevsky 21 1957 Sofia Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch 22 1958 Sofia Bobotsov, MilkoMilko Bobotsov 23 1959 Sofia Popov, Vladilen TodorovVladilen Todorov Popov 24 1960 Sofia Milev, Zdravko AZdravko A Milev 25 1961 Sofia Milev, Zdravko AZdravko A Milev 26 1962 Sofia Padevsky, Nikola BochevNikola Bochev Padevsky 27 1963 Sofia Tringov, GeorgiGeorgi Tringov 28 1964 Sofia Padevsky, Nikola BochevNikola Bochev Padevsky 29 1965 Varna Minev, NikolayNikolay Minev 30 1966 Sofia Minev, NikolayNikolay Minev 31 1968 Sofia Peev, Peicho ChanevPeicho Chanev Peev 32 1969 Plovdiv Spiridinov, NikolaNikola Spiridinov 33 1970 Sofia Popov, Lyuben StoyanovLyuben Stoyanov Popov 34 1971 Sofia Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov 35 1972 Sofia Bokhosyán, Sarkis StepnSarkis Stepn Bokhosyán 36 1973 Sofia Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov 37 1973 Sofia Kirov, NinoNino Kirov 38 1974 Asenovgrad Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov 39 1975 Pernik Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov 40 1976 Sofia Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov 41 1977 Sofia Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov 42 1978 Vratza Kirov, NinoNino Kirov 43 1979 Sofia Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov 44 1980 Sofia Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov 45 1981 Sofia Tringov, GeorgiGeorgi Tringov 46 1982 Sofia Inkiov, VencislavVencislav Inkiov 47 1983 Pernik Donchev, DimitarDimitar Donchev 48 1984 Sofia Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev Evgenij Ermenkov 49 1985 Sofia Tringov, GeorgiGeorgi Tringov 50 1986 Sofia Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev 51 1987 Elenite Velikov, PetarPetar Velikov 52 1988 Sofia Donchev, DimitarDimitar Donchev 53 1989 Sofia Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev 54 1990 Sofia Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov 55 1991 Pazardzhik Chatalbashev, BorisBoris Chatalbashev 56 1992 Bankya Kolev, AtanasAtanas Kolev 57 1993 Pirdop Genov, PetarPetar Genov 58 1994 Sofia Delchev, AleksanderAleksander Delchev 59 1995 Sofia Georgiev, VladimirVladimir Georgiev 60 1996 Sofia Delchev, AleksanderAleksander Delchev 61 1997 Shumen Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov 62 1998 Dupnitsa Chatalbashev, BorisBoris Chatalbashev 63 1999 Plovdiv Genov, PetarPetar Genov 64 2000 Asenovgrad Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov 65 2001 Tsarevo Delchev, AleksanderAleksander Delchev 66 2002 Sofia Petrov, MarijanMarijan Petrov 67 2003 Sofia Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov 68 2004 Sofia Cheparinov, IvanIvan Cheparinov 69 2005 Pleven Cheparinov, IvanIvan Cheparinov 70 2006 Svilengrad Iotov, ValentinValentin Iotov 71 2007 Pernik Chatalbashev, BorisBoris Chatalbashev 72 2008 Plovdiv Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov

# Year City Women's Champion 1 1951 Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova 2 1952 Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova 3 1953 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 4 1954 Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova 5 1955 Todorova, PaunkaPaunka Todorova 6 1956 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 7 1957 Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova 8 1958 Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova 9 1960 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 10 1961 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 11 1962 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 12 1963 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 13 1964 Todorova, PaunkaPaunka Todorova 14 1965 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 15 1966 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 16 1967 Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova 17 1968 Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva 18 1969 Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova 19 1970 Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva 20 1971 Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva 21 1972 Shikova, VesminaVesmina Shikova 22 1973 Trojanska, EvelinaEvelina Trojanska 23 1974 Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko 24 1975 Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko 25 1976 Borisova-Ornstein, BorislavaBorislava Borisova-Ornstein 26 1977 Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva 27 1978 Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko 28 1979 Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko 29 1980 Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva 30 1981 Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko 31 1982 Sofia Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 32 1983 Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 33 1984 Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 34 1985 Petrova, MarlenMarlen Petrova 35 1986 Savova, StefkaStefka Savova 36 1987 Sofia Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva 37 1988 Genova, RuzkaRuzka Genova 38 1989 Sofia Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva 39 1990 Peicheva, VeraVera Peicheva 40 1991 Bankya Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva 41 1992 Pernik Koen, MajaMaja Koen 42 1993 Chilingirova, PavlinaPavlina Chilingirova 43 1994 Koen, MajaMaja Koen 44 1995 Stefanova, AntoanetaAntoaneta Stefanova 45 1996 Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva 46 1997 Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva 47 1998 Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 48 1999 Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva 49 2000 Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva 50 2001 Plovdiv Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva 51 2002 Plovdiv Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 52 2003 Sofia Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 53 2004 Sofia Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 54 2005 Veliko Tarnovo Georgieva-Genova, LiubkaLiubka Georgieva-Genova 55 2006 Svilengrad Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 56 2007 Pernik Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska 57 2008 Plovdiv Raeva, ElitsaElitsa Raeva

[edit] References

• Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 94, ISBN 0-85112-455-0  (results through 1985)
• Bojkov, Dejan (24.03.2007), The Bulgarian Chess Championship 2007, Chessbase.com News, <http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3757> 
• Crowther, Mark (21 May 2001), THE WEEK IN CHESS 341, London Chess Center, <http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic341.html#8> 
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Bulgarian champions 1933-2004