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Bulgaria's Panagyurishte Enters Race to Host Chess Candidates Battle [Jan 31, 2012] Bulgaria has endorsed the town of Panagyurishte to run for host of this year's Candidates Tournament chess clashes, it has been revealed. London and Baku have already entered the race to host the prestigious event, while New York is expected to join them. Bulgaria recently hosted two key chess battles ? the Candidate Match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky in 2009 and Topalov's subsequent ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Keeps 1st Place in Europe Chess Championship after Key Wins [Nov 08, 2011] Bulgaria made a second win against a difficult adversary to retain its first place in the temporary standing in the 2011 European Team Chess Championship by beating Germany 3:1. Sunday the Bulgarian team had made another decisive win, against the top team of Russia, again with 3:1. After the fifth round Bulgaria is first with 4 wins and 1 draw, followed by Romania (4 wins, 1 lost), and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex-World Chess Champion Drops in Rating [Dec 31, 2010] Former World Champion Vesein Topalov. File photo Bulgaria's chess star and former World Champion Veselin Topalov has dropped one more spot in the FIDE ranking list, reaching 6th for January with a score of 2775. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Possible Place of Origin of Chess [Nov 04, 2010] "This is one version. But do you know that ancient chess pieces have been found in Plovdiv ? And this is one of the oldest cities in Europe. There are still theories about which country is the birthplace of chess . We first talked about India , then - about Persia . Last year I was in Mongolia, and its president showed me chess pieces found found in the tomb of Genghis Khan and the excavated ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Anand Retains World Chess Title in Bulgaria [May 11, 2010] Viswanathan Anand has defeated Bulgaria star Veselin Topalov to retain his world chess title after winning the final 12 th game in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Topalov, Anand Draw 10th Game of World Chess Title Match [May 07, 2010] The tenth game of the Sofia World Chess Title Match between Anand and Topalov ended in a draw Friday. Thus, with only two games to go, Bulgarias Veselin Topalov and Indias Viswanathan Anand have equal scores 5:5 points. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Topalov, Anand Draw 10th Game of World Chess Title Match [May 07, 2010] Bulgaria's Topalov and the world champion Anand each have 5 points with two more games to go before the end of the Sofia World Chess Title Match. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Chess Champion Karpov Arrives in Bulgaria for Topalov -Anand Battle [May 02, 2010] The Russian Chess Champion, Anatoly Karpov arrived in Sofia Sunday for the next game of the World Chess Title Match between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand of India. [via YahooNews] More >>

Chess Champion Karpov Arrives in Bulgaria for Topalov -Anand Battle [May 02, 2010] Russian chess player, Anatoly Karpov (R), four times world champion of the International Federation of Chess is in Sofia for the 7th game between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand of India. [via YahooNews] More >>

'Euro Father' Mundell: Greek Issues Won't Hurt Bulgaria Eurozone Bid [Apr 30, 2010] "Father of the euro", Professor Robert Mundell (middle) makes the first move of the fifth game of the World Chess Title Match in Sofia between Bulgaria's Topalov (left) and India's Anand (right). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria World Chess Title Organizers to Sue German Site [Apr 27, 2010] The organizers of the World Chess Title Match between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand of India, held in Sofia, threaten to sue the German site chessbase.com. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria World Chess Title Organizers to Sue German Site [Apr 27, 2010] The World Chess Title Match between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand of India is held at the Military Club in downtown Sofia. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Chess Master: I made a mistake in the second game [Apr 26, 2010] Bulgaria's chess master Veselin Topalov claims he lost Sunday's second game with world chess champion Anand because of a wrong move he had made at the very start. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Topalov Faces Anand in World Chess Championship [Apr 24, 2010] The first game of the World Chess Title Match between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand of India will kick off in Sofia on Saturday afternoon with no outright favourite among bookmakers and chess masters. [via YahooNews] More >>

A Showdown in Bulgaria for the World Championship [Apr 18, 2010] A World Chess Championship match that begins on Friday in Sofia, Bulgaria, between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, a former champion, should be a treat for fans. [via YahooNews] More >>

'Sofia Rules' Spur Scandal ahead of World Chess Title Game in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Mar 19, 2010] A controversy has erupted ahead of the World Chess Title match in Sofia setting against each other Bulgaria?s Veselin Topalov and India?s Viswanathan Anand. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s Topalov Wins 'Wimbledon of Chess' (Novinite.com) [Feb 25, 2010] Bulgaria?s top chess player has won the title at the prestigious chess tournament in Linares, Spain, also known as the ?Wimbledon of Chess.? In the last round of the tournament, Topalov beat Boris Gelfand from Israel after a five-hour game. [via YahooNews] More >>