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Nurgyul Salimova represents Bulgaria at FIDE Candidates Tournament in Toronto

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Nurgyul Salimova is the only one to represent Bulgaria at the FIDE Candidates Tournament starting today in Toronto, having earned her place there with a brilliant performance at the World Cup last September, when she reached the final, but lost in a dramatic battle against Russian Alexandra Goryachkina.

The tournament starts on April 3 with an official ceremony and the games start on April 4th. Nurgyul Salimova starts the tournament with Elo 2432. In the first round Salimova will face Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine).





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