Veselin Topalov won a victory in the third round and drew in the fourth round of the round-robin tournament “Craddle of Modern Chess” in the Spanish city of Salamanca.
Topalov played versus Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) and Jaime Santos Latasa (Spain). The former world champion scored a victory against the Russian chess player with the black pieces and drew versus the Spanish player with the white pieces. Topalov ranks first in the standings, followed by Latasa and Alekseenko.
The chess tournament in Salamanca ends on Saturday with the last two rounds, when Bulgaria’s best chess player will play against Ukrainian veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran).
Valentina Georgieva defended her second place in the vault final of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the German city of Leipzig . The Bulgarian gymnast, who also placed second last year in Rimini, performed a great first vault, which..
The European Rowing Championships for men and women were officially opened at the rowing canal in Plovdiv. 800 rowers from 33 countries are taking part in the championships, taking place 29 May – 1 June. At the ceremony, the President of the..
The Bulgarian National Minifootball Team advanced to the Round of 16 at the Minifootball World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Bulgarian team secured a 1–0 victory over Slovakia in their third Group D match. The only goal of the match was..
Bulgaria’s U19 women’s volleyball team achieved a prestigious victory over the reigning world champion USA in their fourth group-stage match at the..
Partly Cloudy
Clear
Partly cloudy, chance of rain