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European Championship starts with many upsets

European Championship starts with many upsets (and a dress code)

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Peter Doggers
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:38
The European Championship started on Tuesday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. There was quite a number of upsets in the first round: IM Filiop Pancevski beat GM Andrei Volokitin, FM David Klein won against GM Ivan Saric and IM Evgenija Ovod defeated GM Eltaj Safarli, to name a few. Besides, the new ECU dress code is in effect at the tournament. A scene from...

Cheparinov wins Tringov Memorial

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Editors
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 13:56
The 34th Bulgarian Open Chess Championship 2012, also known as the Georgi Tringov Memorial, was won by Ivan Cheparinov. The tournament was organised by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the Chess Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the Plovdiv Municipality. It took place 29th January - 5th February in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and had more than 250 participants. Top...