2010
Winners The
winner of the festival with total 7,5 points is Naiden Dobrev
from Dobrich, Bulgaria, followed by Yanko Panayotov and Momchil
Todorov. Dimitar Krastanov ranked fourth and first among the players
without fide rating. Best rating performance was delivered by
Velizar Sofranov, who managed to make 7 points thanks to excellent
play and the training of the masters team. The winners received
a total of 15 000lv /about 7500euro/ of total 18 prizes. The mayor
of Belogradchik, Mr. Emil Tsankov personally awarded the winners
of the festival with the medal of honour of Municipality Belogradchik
and invited them again next year in mid august 2011 for its second
edition.
Games of the
tournament
Festival queen She
is Simoneta Ivanova. She is only 13 from Pleven and already chess
queen of the first Balkan amateur chess festival. The festival
queen was elected by the participants in the tournament. Two more
chess ladiesreceived gifts from Municipality
Belogradchik and Chess Club Naiden Voinov. These are Tsveta Galunova
from Veliko Tarnovo and Silvia-Raluca Sgircea from Dobreta Turnu
Severin, Romania. At the ceremony saturday evening
at a glass of wine the manager of hotel Skalite presented the
festival queen with a bodypeeling spa therapy with chocolate and
honey.
Individual blitz tournament Friday
night 54 players entered a blitz battle in 9 rounds. After a tense
fight Bogidar Ivanov won the tournament with 7 wins and 2 draws.
Dejan Dimitrov finished second and the leader in the main tournament
Naiden Dobrev ended third. See the final
ranking
Team pair blitz The
winners of the team blitz tournament are Plamen Vasilev and Dimitar
Pashev from Bulgaria. Second finished the Macedonians Vladimirov
and Semshiu and enjoyed a professional massage in spa hotel Skalite
for both of them and Hristo Velchev and Tsvetelin Stoev finished
third and rolled downhill in a big zorbing ball. See the whole
standing
Festival video in BNT
On Sept 7th a reportage about the festival was broadcasted on
the national Bulgarian television. See the video
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GM Delchev, GM Iotov and FM Velchev were analysing the best games
of the festival with tons of humor and gm intelligence. The participants
had the pleasure to follow the flowing gm toughts as they discussed
possible variations and analysed the position after every move.
A great show and entertainment more mortal chess amateurs.
The
winner of the festival with total 7,5 points is Naiden Dobrev
from Dobrich, Bulgaria, followed by Yanko Panayotov and Momchil
Todorov. Dimitar Krastanov ranked fourth and first among the players
without fide rating. Best rating performance was delivered by
Velizar Sofranov, who managed to make 7 points thanks to excellent
play and the training of the masters team. The winners received
a total of 15 000lv /about 7500euro/ of total 18 prizes. The mayor
of Belogradchik, Mr. Emil Tsankov personally awarded the winners
of the festival with the medal of honour of Municipality Belogradchik
and invited them again next year in mid august 2011 for its second
edition.
She
is Simoneta Ivanova. She is only 13 from Pleven and already chess
queen of the first Balkan amateur chess festival. The festival
queen was elected by the participants in the tournament. Two more
chess ladies received gifts from Municipality
Belogradchik and Chess Club Naiden Voinov. These are Tsveta Galunova
from Veliko Tarnovo and Silvia-Raluca Sgircea from Dobreta Turnu
Severin, Romania. At the ceremony saturday evening
at a glass of wine the manager of hotel Skalite presented the
festival queen with a bodypeeling spa therapy with chocolate and
honey. 
Friday
night 54 players entered a blitz battle in 9 rounds. After a tense
fight Bogidar Ivanov won the tournament with 7 wins and 2 draws.
Dejan Dimitrov finished second and the leader in the main tournament
Naiden Dobrev ended third. See the 
The
winners of the team blitz tournament are Plamen Vasilev and Dimitar
Pashev from Bulgaria. Second finished the Macedonians Vladimirov
and Semshiu and enjoyed a professional massage in spa hotel Skalite
for both of them and Hristo Velchev and Tsvetelin Stoev finished
third and rolled downhill in a big zorbing ball. See the 
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trainers join the 
