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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'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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>