Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov has climbed two more notches in the world rankings and is now in 18th position.
He reached the quarterfinals in Vienna and now has 2,260 points, just 5 less than Milos Raonic who is 17th. Grigor Dimitrov is giving the Masters 1000 tournament in Paris this week a miss and will probably close the season if he decides not to take part in the Sofia Open. Dimitrov has not yet applied for participation though the organizers are keeping a “wild card” for him.
Nurgyul Salimova achieved a draw with former world chess champion Tan Zhongyi of China in the fifth round of the Candidates Tournament in Toronto. With the black pieces, the 20-year-old Bulgarian chess master played her game very calmly..
Nurgyul Salimova achieved her first victory at the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 in Toronto, Canada. In the fourth round of the tournament, the 20-year-old Bulgarian won with the white pieces against former world number 2 Humpy Koneru (India)...
The team of CSKA-Sofia won 2:0 against “Levski" in the derby of the 28th round of the First League. The red team did not leave much chances to their opponents in front of over 30,000 spectators at the Vasil Levski National Stadium...
Bulgaria’s chess player Nadya Toncheva has qualified for the 2025 Chess World Cup. In 2023, she also participated in the single elimination Women’s..
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