Seven chess masters are leading after the fourth round of the International Open Tournament for Rapid Chess and Blitz in the city of Shumen. Grandmasters Radoslav Dimitrov, Martin Petrov, Vasil Spassov, Kiril Georgiev, Ivaylo Enchev, and Krasimir Rusev, along with International Master Tsvetan Stoyanov, are leading with an impressive 4 points.
Immediately after the leading group are five chess players with 3.5 points, while 29 competitors have accumulated 3 points after the first competition day. The rapid chess tournament is being held in 11 rounds with a time control of 15 minutes plus ten seconds per move.
The upcoming program includes four rounds on Saturday and three rounds on Sunday, which will conclude with an official awards ceremony. On Saturday at 16:00, a blitz tournament with nine rounds and a time control of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move is planned.
The official opening was performed by Professor Hristo Hristov - Mayor of Shumen Municipality. The total prize fund amounts to an impressive 10,000 leva. The chief referee Nikolay Todorov announced that the first ten tables will be broadcast live online.
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The tournament, organized by the Chess Sports Club "Shumen", brings together a significant part of the leading Bulgarian chess players. Among them is the leader of the national ranking list - Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev. Last year's successes include Tsvetan Stoyanov, winner of rapid chess, and Martin Petrov, who has triumphed in the blitz discipline for the second consecutive year.
Коментари (37)
peshaka1987
26.07.2025, 10:51fakt! super silen turnir v shumen tozi pat.!
admina
26.07.2025, 10:52мощен турнир! шуменци вдигат нивото на шахмата 🏆♟️
theRealIvan
26.07.2025, 10:54Факт! Шумен става истински шахматен център този сезон.!
нещо_факт
26.07.2025, 10:55факт! страхотно нещо за шахматистите.
Гошо
26.07.2025, 11:18купонът е гарантиран! 🤯♟️
fanata
26.07.2025, 11:21Yako seltse, Shumen vdiga nivoto na shahmata! 💪♟️
XD
26.07.2025, 11:22щестанежестоккупонстезигросмайстори!🏆♟️
PETKAN
26.07.2025, 12:20мощен турнир! кой ще стане първенец този път?
Гражданин_Х1971
26.07.2025, 12:23yako momcheta, shte vidim koy e naysilniyat
ГОШО
26.07.2025, 12:27оу яз чакам да видя как ще се справят! найсилнияд е тоя дето не се стресва 😎
zlata_koti
26.07.2025, 12:28Леко яко! 🏆♟️!! 😁
[email protected]
26.07.2025, 12:31матв3ходаincoming😎
6EAD
26.07.2025, 12:34Факт! Страхотен турнир с истински майстори 👌
BARONA
26.07.2025, 13:07Seriozen turnir s dobra nagrada!
ivanka
26.07.2025, 13:08Lele, kakvi mashini idvat! 🏆♟️ Gledam direktno ot divana
superman1988
26.07.2025, 13:13суперяко!щеимастрахотнидвубоимеждумайсторите🔥♟️
kaka_
26.07.2025, 13:12ДаноТопаловпакпокажемайсторскиклас!
ако_стане_ще
26.07.2025, 13:22ий, ще стане ако! 🤯♟️
VASIL_P
26.07.2025, 13:24факт!
Bat_Jordan1987
26.07.2025, 13:25факт!
EDB
26.07.2025, 13:22Факт, силин турнир!
THEREALIVAN
26.07.2025, 13:28Яко 🏆 Шуменци пак вдигат нивото на шаха! Бъдещи шампиони 🔥!
LUDATA
26.07.2025, 13:32nyakoy da kazhe na magnus carlsen da si rezervira bileta 😂🤯
r. костов
26.07.2025, 13:58Факт, страхотен турнир!
0ACDB
26.07.2025, 14:33Мат в 3 хода, момчета! 🤯♟️
pesho98
26.07.2025, 14:38Леко бе, гросмайстори! Кой ще оплете първо King's Gambit? 😎♟️
NoComment
26.07.2025, 14:37Факт, шахматът си е истинско изкуство!
000_-
26.07.2025, 14:3910 000 лева - добра такса за майстори!
Гошо2001
26.07.2025, 14:44яко купона, стига им за нова дъска и цейтнот
pak_shumen
26.07.2025, 14:39super! pak li v shumen? interesni dvuboi se ochakvat!
шахматисти_българските_данно
26.07.2025, 14:40Данно поне веднъж българските шахматисти докажат нещо сериозно.
2EA7C
26.07.2025, 14:59Пък аз не мога и على на маса да спечеля 😂
Bat_Jordan1984
26.07.2025, 15:01Мацките на мат! 🤯♟️
Doktora
26.07.2025, 15:02Я да видим кой ше спечели купата тая година!
tony_stark
26.07.2025, 15:42страхотен турнир! хубаво, че имаме силни български шахматисти.
Kombinator
26.07.2025, 15:43fakt! strahoten turnir, chakam rezultatite!
FAN_45
26.07.2025, 15:49леле, пък те пак ще се бият с дървените фигурки! 🤣♟️