Bulgarian Chess Championship

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The Bulgarian Chess Championship is an event inaugurated in 1933 to crown the best chess player in Bulgaria. The championship has been held on a nearly annual basis since, with only a few years missed. In recent years some of the very best Bulgarian players have not participated in the championship, including former World Champions Veselin Topalov and Antoaneta Stefanova.

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Open championship

#YearCityMen's ChampionComment
11933 Varna Georgy Geshev [1] Geshev defeated Yury Toshev
(4.5 : 3.5) in a play-off match
21934 Sofia Georgy Geshev [2]
31935 Rousse Georgy Geshev [3]
41936 Sofia Georgy Geshev [4]
51937 Sofia Oleg Neikirch [5]
61938 Varna Oleg Neikirch [6]
71940 Sofia Alexander Tsvetkov
Oleg Neikirch [7]
81942 Sofia Yury Toshev [8]
91943 Sofia Oleg Neikirch [9]
101945 Sofia Alexander Tsvetkov [10] Svetozar Gligoric won (off contest)
111946 Sofia Peter Petrov [11]
121947 Sofia Kamen Piskov
Yury Toshev [12]
131948 Sofia Oleg Neikirch
Alexander Tsvetkov [13]
141949 Sofia Krstiu Krstev Dimitrov [14]
151950 Sofia Alexander Tsvetkov [15]
161951 Sofia Alexander Tsvetkov
Nikolay Minev
Milko Bobotsov [16] 		Tsvetkov won ahead of Bobotsov
and Minev in BUL-ch playoffs
in January 1952
171952 Sofia Zdravko Milev [17]
181953 Sofia Nikolay Minev
Oleg Neikirch [18]
191954 Sofia Nikola Padevsky [19]
201955 Sofia Nikola Padevsky [20]
211957 Sofia Oleg Neikirch [21]
221958 Sofia Milko Bobotsov [22]
231959 Sofia Vladilen Todorov Popov
241960 Sofia Zdravko Milev
251961 Sofia Zdravko Milev
261962 Sofia Nikola Padevsky
271963 Sofia Georgi Tringov
281964 Sofia Nikola Padevsky [23] Padevsky defeated Atanas Kolarov
(2.5 : 1.5) in a play-off match
291965 Varna Nikolay Minev
301966 Sofia Nikolay Minev
311968 Sofia Peicho Chanev Peev
321969 Plovdiv Nikola Spiridonov
331970 Sofia Lyuben Stoyanov Popov
341971 Sofia Ivan Radulov
351972 Sofia Sarkis Stepn Bohosjan
361973 Sofia Evgenij Ermenkov
371973 Sofia Nino Kirov
381974 Asenovgrad Ivan Radulov
391975 Pernik Evgenij Ermenkov [24] Match-tournament: 1. Ermenkov
2. Nikola Spiridonov 3. Nikolai Radev
401976 Sofia Evgenij Ermenkov
411977 Sofia Ivan Radulov
421978 Vratza Nino Kirov
431979 Sofia Evgenij Ermenkov [25] Ermenkov defeated Krum Georgiev
in a play-off match
441980 Sofia Ivan Radulov [26] Radulov defeated Ventzislav Inkiov
(2 : 1) in a play-off match
451981 Sofia Georgi Tringov
461982 Sofia Ventzislav Inkiov [27] Inkiov defeated Valentin Lukov
in a play-off match
471983 Pernik Dimitar Donchev
481984 Sofia Kiril Georgiev [28]
491985 Sofia Georgi Tringov
501986 Sofia Kiril Georgiev
511987 Elenite Petar Velikov
521988 Sofia Dimitar Donchev
531989 Sofia Kiril Georgiev
541990 Sofia Vasil Spasov
551991 Pazardzhik Boris Chatalbashev
561992 Bankya Atanas Kolev
571993 Pirdop Petar Genov
581994 Sofia Aleksander Delchev
591995 Sofia Vladimir Georgiev
601996 Sofia Aleksander Delchev
611997 Shumen Vasil Spasov
621998 Dupnitsa Boris Chatalbashev
631999 Plovdiv Petar Genov
642000 Asenovgrad Vasil Spasov
652001 Tsarevo Aleksander Delchev
662002 Sofia Marijan Petrov
672003 Sofia Vasil Spasov
682004 Sofia Ivan Cheparinov
692005 Pleven Ivan Cheparinov
702006 Svilengrad Valentin Iotov
712007 Pernik Boris Chatalbashev
722008 Plovdiv Vasil Spasov
732009 Blagoevgrad Dejan Bojkov
742010 Kiustendil Boris Chatalbashev
752011 Bankya Julian Radulski [29]
762012 Panagyurishte Ivan Cheparinov
772013 Bankya Kiril Georgiev
782014 Kozloduy Kiril Georgiev
792015 Pleven Kiril Georgiev
802016 Pleven Momchil Nikolov
812017 Montana Marian Petrov
822018 Kozloduy Ivan Cheparinov
832019 Kozloduy Aleksander Delchev
842020 Sofia Martin Petrov
2023 Sofia Kiril Georgiev [30] half a point ahead of 2017 Women's
champion Nurgyul Salimova

Women's championship

#YearCityWomen's Champion
11951 Antonia Ivanova
21952 Antonia Ivanova
31953 Venka Asenova
41954 Antonia Ivanova
51955 Paunka Todorova
61956 Venka Asenova
71957 Antonia Ivanova
81958 Antonia Ivanova
91960 Venka Asenova
101961 Venka Asenova
111962 Venka Asenova
121963 Venka Asenova
131964 Paunka Todorova
141965 Venka Asenova
151966 Venka Asenova
161967 Antonia Ivanova
171968 Antonina Georgieva
181969 Venka Asenova
191970 Antonina Georgieva
201971 Antonina Georgieva
211972 Vesmina Shikova
221973 Evelina Trojanska
231974 Tatjana Lematschko
241975 Tatjana Lematschko
251976 Borislava Borisova-Ornstein
261977 Antonina Georgieva
271978 Tatjana Lematschko
281979 Tatjana Lematschko
291980 Rumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
301981 Tatjana Lematschko
311982 Sofia Rumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
Margarita Voiska
321983 Margarita Voiska
331984 Rumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
Margarita Voiska
341985 Marlen Petrova
351986 Stefka Savova
361987 Sofia Rumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
371988 Ruzka Genova
381989 Sofia Rumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
391990 Vera Peicheva
401991 Bankya Rumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
411992 Pernik Maja Koen
421993 Pavlina Chilingirova
431994 Maja Koen
441995 Antoaneta Stefanova
451996 Maria Velcheva
461997 Maria Velcheva
471998 Margarita Voiska
481999 Maria Velcheva
492000 Maria Velcheva
502001 Plovdiv Maria Velcheva
512002 Plovdiv Margarita Voiska
522003 Sofia Margarita Voiska
532004 Sofia Margarita Voiska
542005 Veliko Tarnovo Liubka Georgieva-Genova
552006 Svilengrad Margarita Voiska
562007 Pernik Margarita Voiska
572008 Plovdiv Elitsa Raeva
582009 Dupnitsa Margarita Voiska
592010 Dupnitsa Margarita Voiska
602011 Bankya Adriana Nikolova
612012 Panagyurishte Iva Videnova
622013 Bankya Iva Videnova
632014 Kozloduy Iva Videnova
642015 Pleven Svetla Yordanova
652016 Pleven Elitsa Raeva
662017 Pleven Nurgyul Salimova
672018 Chavdar Viktoria Radeva
682019 Chavdar Viktoria Radeva
692020 Sofia Beloslava Krasteva

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