Ivan Cheparinov wins the Georgi Tringov Chess Memorial

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The 34th Bulgarian Open Chess Championship 2012 – Georgi Tringov Memorial, organised by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the Chess Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Plovdiv Municipality, was held from 29th January to 5th February in Novotel Hotel, Plovdiv.
About 267 players took part in the event. 

While most of the top games of the last round were drawn, top seed GM Ivan Cheparinov scored an all-important victory against GM Petar Drenchev to finish in a group of players on the shared first place. Moreover, Cheparinov was declared winner on the best tie-break score. Plovdiv will also host the Bulgarian Championships Semifinal, starting on Monday.


Final top standings:
1. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2659 – 7.5
2. IM Benidze Davit GEO 2516 – 7.5
3. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2658 – 7.5
4. GM Tadic Branko SRB 2487 – 7.5
5. GM Antic Dejan SRB 2504 – 7
6. GM Stanojoski Zvonko MKD 2455 – 7
7. FM Lilov Valeri BUL 2411 – 7
8. GM Petrov Marijan BUL 2521 – 7
9. Vlashki Nino BUL 2235 – 7
10. GM Spasov Vasil BUL 2570 – 6.5
11. GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2560 – 6.5
12. GM Grigorov Grigor BUL 2491 – 6.5
13. FM Filev Georgi BUL 2349 – 6.5
14. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2493 – 6.5
15. IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2422 – 6.5
16. IM Bukal Vladimir Jr CRO 2434 – 6.5
17. Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2427 – 6.5
18. GM Petkov Vladimir BUL 2519 – 6.5
19. IM Nikolov Sasho BUL 2407 – 6.5
20. IM Mladenov Plamen BUL 2384 – 6.5
21. IM Kukov Velislav BUL 2414 – 6.5
22. IM Todorovic Goran N SRB 2397 – 6.5
23. Nenkov Ljudmil BUL 2297 – 6.5
24. IM Milchev Nikolay BUL 2434 – 6.5
25. Sofranov Velizar BUL 2168 – 6.5
26. IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2439 – 6
27. IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2441 – 6
28. FM Pavlidis Anastasios GRE 2359 – 6
29. GM Janev Evgeni BUL 2503 – 6
30. IM Smith Bryan G USA 2460 – 6
31. GM Georgiev Krum BUL 2424 – 6
32. Dobrev Nayden BUL 2256 – 6
33. FM Pantev Veselin BUL 2389 – 6
34. GM Radulski Julian BUL 2570 – 6
35. IM Enchev Ivajlo BUL 2430 – 6
36. GM Ristic Nenad SRB 2427 – 6
37. IM Todorov Ognjan BUL 2294 – 6
38. IM Marholev Dimitar BUL 2370 – 6
39. FM Hadzimanolis Antonios GRE 2332 – 6
40. Lomsadze Davit GEO 2341 – 6
41. Janchev Petar BUL 2119 – 6
42. IM Bratanov Zsivko BUL 2459 – 6
43. GM Radulov Ivan BUL 2308 – 6
44. Ninov Dayan BUL 2117 – 6
45. WGM Voiska Margarita BUL 2325 – 6
46. Skoko Milan SRB 2189 – 6
47. Ibryamov Ilhan BUL 2115 – 6
48. IM Miljkovic Miroslav D SRB 2491 – 6
49. IM Mrdja Milan CRO 2389 – 6
50. Talmaci Alexandru MDA 1943 – 6
51. IM Angelov Kosta BUL 2223 – 6
52. IM Stamenkov Vanco MKD 2334 – 6
53. Koroglou Viktor GRE 1976 – 6
54. Danov Radi BUL 1896 – 6
55. Klasan Vladimir SRB 2389 – 6
56. Krumova Ani BUL 1980 – 6


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