PGN Chess Game 73rd Bulgarian Men Championship Semi-final (BUL)

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[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lilov, V."]
[Black "Vlashki, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nf5 Bf8 9. Ng3 Bc5 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Re5 12. Qg4 d6 13. Qg3 Bd4 14. Bd3 Nb4
15. Kh1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Re6 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. f4 Rg6 20. Qf2 f5 21.
Rae1 c6 22. Re2 Qb6 23. Qh4 fxe4 24. dxe4 Rh6 25. Qg3 Be6 26. Rd2 Rg6 27. Qf2
Bc4 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Rc1 b5 30. a3 Bb3 31. Rf1 Bc4 32. Rf3 b4 33. Nd1 Re6 34.
Nf2 bxa3 35. bxa3 d5 36. e5 c5 37. Rc2 Rb6 38. h3 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. Ng4
R1xa3 41. Ne3 b5 42. e6 g6 43. h4 Ra2 44. Rc1 Ra1 45. Rc2 R8a2 46. Rxa2 Rxa2
47. f5 gxf5 48. Nxf5 Rc2 49. Ne7+ Kh8 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Panajotov, J."]
[Black "Kozhuharov, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. O-O d5
9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Qe2 h6 12. a3 g5 13. e5 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bb1
Be7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qc2 20. Nf3 Qxe2 21. Rxe2
Nb8 22. Be3 Kd7 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nc6 26. Kg2 Na5 27. Kg3 Nc4
28. Bc1 b5 29. Ne1 a5 30. Nd3 a4 31. Bd2 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc8 33. Kf3 Rc4 34. Ke3
Bd8 35. Rd1 Bb6 36. Ne1 b4 37. axb4 Rxb4 38. Rd2 Kc6 39. Rc2+ Kb5 40. Nf3 Rc4
41. Re2 Kb4 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Nd2 Rd1 44. f3 Rh1 45. Rf2 Rxh3 46. Rg2 Bd8 47. Rg1
h5 48. Ke3 Rh2 49. Kd3 Kb5 50. b3 a3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dobrev, N."]
[Black "Arnaudov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. a3 Be7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Bxf5
Qxf5 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Be8 18. Qe3 c5 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. Rxd4
Rxd4 21. Qxd4 f6 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. Nb4 e5 24. Qc5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+
27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Petrov, I."]
[Black "Enchev, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. e5 Qe7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. b4 Ba6 14. b5 Bb7 15.
Ne4 cxb5 16. Qxb5 Na6 17. Nd6 Nc7 18. Qb3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Rg1
h5 22. Bc4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. Qe3 Qh4 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Ne6 27. Bb3 Re7
28. Rgd1 Kh7 29. Ne4 Bh6 30. Qc3 Nf4 31. R5d2 Qh3 32. Rg1 Rc8 33. Qe3 Kg7 34.
Bd1 Rxe5 35. Qd4 Qe6 36. Nd6 Rcc5 37. Bb3 Qh3 38. Rg3 Qf1+ 39. Rg1 Qxg1+ 40.
Kxg1 Rc1+ 41. Bd1 Rxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Pantev, V."]
[Black "Georgiev, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Bf4 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. h3 e5 7. Bh2 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. c5 Qa7 13. b4 exd4 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15.
Bxd6 dxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rc4 Ndf6 18. Bc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Be6 20. Qc2 Bd5 21.
Qb2 Qb6 22. Rfc1 a5 23. b5 Ne4 24. R5c2 c5 25. Bd3 Qh6 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxc5
Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxh3 29. Rg5 g6 30. Rg3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Rac8 32. a4 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Rc8
34. Qd2 b6 35. Rg4 Rc5 36. Qd4 f5 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Asparuhov, P."]
[Black "Filev, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Ne4 a6
15. Bb2 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. f4 Nb8 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. f5 Rae8 21. fxe6
Qxe6 22. Qf2 b5 23. Rae1 Qd5 24. Na5 Bh4 25. Qf3 Rxe1 26. Nxb7 Qxf3 27. gxf3
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Re8 29. Be2 Nb6 30. Nc5 Nc4 31. Bc1 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Nxa6
Rxc3 34. Bxb5 Rxf3+ 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. Bc4 Ra4 37. Bb5 Rxa2+ 38. Kf3 Be7 39. Be2
Bd6 40. h4 Kf8 41. h5 Ke7 42. Bd3 g6 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Ke4 Ra5 45. Be2 f5+ 46.
Kf3 g5 47. Bd3 g4+ 48. Ke3 f4+ 49. Ke4 f3 50. Nc5 Bxc5 51. dxc5 Rxc5 52. Kf4 f2
53. Kxg4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Milchev, N."]
[Black "Nikolov, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Na6 11. e4 Ndc7 12. Nc3 d5 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Bh6 Bc8 15.
Rad1 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nc5 17. h4 Kh8 18. Bc1 Re8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bd2 Nd3 21. b3 Nc5
22. Qh5 Kg8 23. Kh2 a5 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Rh1 b5 26. Qh5 b4 27. Ne2 Ne4 28. Be3
Qe7 29. g4 Be5+ 30. f4 Nf6 31. fxe5 Nxh5 32. gxh5 Qxe5+ 33. Bf4 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ljangov, P."]
[Black "Mladenov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Nbd2 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc1 Re8 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Re1 c6 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. e4 Qc5 16. Qe3 Bf8 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Rad1 a5 19. a4 Bg4 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bc3 b6 23. Bf1 Bf3 24. Bd3 f6 25. Bd2 g5 26. Be3 Bb4 27. Rc1
c5 28. Bc4+ Kg7 29. Bd5 Bc3 30. h3 h5 31. Kf1 g4 32. h4 Rd6 33. Rb1 f5 34. Bg5
fxe4 35. Bc4 Bd2 36. Bxd2 Rxd2 37. Rc1 e3 38. fxe3 Rh2 39. Ke1 Kf6 40. Bd3 Ke7
41. Bg6 Rg2 42. Bxh5 Rxg3 43. Kd2 Rh3 44. Rg1 Rxh4 45. Bg6 Kf6 46. Bd3 e4 47.
Ba6 Kg5 48. Bf1 Rh2+ 49. Kc3 Kh4 50. Bb5 g3 51. Bf1 Kg4 52. Kc4 Rxc2+ 53. Kb5
Rc3 54. Kxb6 Rxe3 55. Kxa5 Rxb3 56. Bb5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Kukov, V."]
[Black "Andreev, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
Qh5 9. Bb5+ Ke7 10. Bg5+ Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bxh2+ 12. Kf1 cxd4 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Nxd4
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bc7 17. Bc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6+ Ke8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
Rd4 h6 21. Bh4 Be7 22. Bg3 a5 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. c4 Nb4 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Rd6 Rc8
27. Rxb6 Rxc4 28. a3 Nd5 29. Rb7+ Kf6 30. Kd3 Rg4 31. Ke2 h5 32. Kf3 Rc4 33.
Ke2 h4 34. Bd6 g5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 e5 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. Bc5 Rc3
40. Be3 g4 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Kxd5 h3 43. gxh3 gxh3 44. Bd2 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Kolev, V."]
[Black "Arnaudov, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Qb5 f5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 f4 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Qxe5 fxg3 16. hxg3 c6 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. Bh3 Kh8 19. Rac1 Qb4 20. Bg4 Rfe8 21.
Kg2 Nd5 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Nxc4 Rf7 24. f4 Rf6 25. Bf3 b5 26. Ne3 Qxb2 27. Nxd5
exd5 28. Rh1 Re8 29. Qh5 h6 30. Rhd1 Re4 31. a4 Be8 32. Qg4 Rg6 33. Qh4 Rxe2+
34. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 35. Kg1 Qf3 36. Re1 Rxg3+ 37. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Stoinev, M."]
[Black "Kolev T, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nd2 Qc6 13. Nf1 b5 14. Ne3 b4 15.
Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. a5 g6 18. b3 Nc5 19. Nc4 Nfd7 20. Bb2 f5 21. Qd2
Rab8 22. f4 e4 23. Bf1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nb6 Ncd7 26. Qxb4 Nxb6 27. axb6
Rxb6 28. Qd4 Qb7 29. Ra5 Rb4 30. Bc4 Nd7 31. Rea1 Qb6 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Bxa6
Rd4 34. Bf1 Rd2 35. Rb5 Nd7 36. Ra7 Nf6 37. Rbb7 Rxc2 38. Rg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ivanov, B."]
[Black "Panbukchian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nxe4 c6 9. Bc4 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qxd4 11. Rxd4 f5 12. Ng3 cxd5 13. Bxd5 e6 14. Bf3
Bc5 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Nh3 Ne5 17. Be2 b6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Kb1 a5 21.
Ne2 a4 22. Nd4 b5 23. g3 Nf6 24. Rc1 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Badev, K."]
[Black "Ivanov, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. g4 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Re8 14. h4 h5
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. gxh5 Qf6 19. c3 gxh5 20. Rhg1 Kh8
21. Rg5 Rc5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rdg1 Bh6 25. Rxh5 Kh7 26. Kb1 f5
27. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Bednikov, G."]
[Black "Velchev, H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. O-O Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
Qd7 9. Bd2 Nh6 10. Qe1 b5 11. Qh4 Qg4 12. Qxg4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nh6 14. Rae1 b4 15.
Nd1 Kd7 16. c3 Rab8 17. b3 a5 18. c4 a4 19. Ne3 Ra8 20. g4 axb3 21. axb3 Ra2
22. g5 Ng8 23. Nd1 Ra3 24. e5 Rxb3 25. Re3 h6 26. d4 Rxe3 27. Bxe3 Bxf3 28.
Rxf3 hxg5 29. fxg5 cxd4 30. Bxd4 dxe5 31. Bc5 f5 32. Rd3+ Kc6 33. Bxb4 Rh5 34.
Bd2 f4 35. h4 e6 36. Bb4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Vutov, M."]
[Black "Hristov, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 b4 12. cxb4 Nxb4 13. Nd4 Ba7 14. Be3 c5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qd2 Nf7 18. f4 Nh6 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Bf2 Qc7 21. Bd1
Rab8 22. b3 d4 23. Nc4 Nd5 24. Bc2 Qf7 25. Rae1 Nh6 26. Bg1 Qh5 27. Nd6 Ng4 28.
Rf3 Nh6 29. Ref1 Nf5 30. Rh3 Qg4 31. Bd1 Qg6 32. Bh5 Qh6 33. Bf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxh6
gxh6 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Qd3 Rb6 37. g4 Nfe7 38. Qxh7+ Ke8 39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5
Nc6 41. e6 Bb8 42. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Stankovski, M."]
[Black "Yordanov, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe1
Qb6 9. Kh1 Rd8 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Na3 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qf2 Be6 16. Rb1 Bxa2 17. Ra1 Be6 18. b4 Nd3 19. Qc2 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bxa1 21.
Bg5 f6 22. Rxa1 fxg5 23. Nc4 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Janchev, P."]
[Black "Mitev, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Roydov, P."]
[Black "Yordanova, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Be7 9. g4 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Rhe1 Nc5
15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. Nc6 Bd8 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. Re3 Bf5 20. Bh3 Qc8 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Rde1 g6 23. h4 f6 24. Qg3 Ba5 25. Rd1 fxg5 26. fxg5 Ne4 27. Qg2
Nf2 28. Rg1 Qf4 29. Qg3 Bd2+ 30. Kxd2 Ne4+ 31. Kd3 Nxg3 32. Rgxg3 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kozhuharov, S."]
[Black "Velchev, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a6 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nce5 Rc8
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nd4 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Bf6
21. Kg2 Ne4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bf3 Ng5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Re2 b4 27.
f3 Nc3 28. Rc2 Bxd4 29. exd4 Rc7 30. a3 a5 31. axb4 axb4 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Enchev, I."]
[Black "Vutov, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Be7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Bg5 10. Qg3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Ngf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. f4 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxb5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxb5 19. b3 f6 20. Nc3 Rb4 21.
Ne2 Ng6 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Re8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Qc4 Qb4 27.
Qxb4 cxb4 28. Ra6 Re2 29. Rxd6 Rxc2 30. Rb6 Rd2 31. Rxb4 Rxd5 32. Rc4 Rd2 33.
b4 Rb2 34. Kh2 Rb3 35. Kg1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Yordanov, N."]
[Black "Pantev, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. b3 Ne7 8. c4 Bh7
9. a4 Nf5 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 O-O 12. Nc2 a5 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. Bxg6
fxg6 16. Ne1 Nf5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. N1c2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Nxf5
gxf5 22. Na3 Rc8 23. Nb5 Rc2 24. Rac1 Rac6 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Rb1 Nb8 27. Nd6 b6
28. g4 fxg4 29. b4 Nc6 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Kg2 Nxd4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 Rc3 34.
Ne8 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Filev, G."]
[Black "Janchev, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. g4
Bg6 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Rdf1 Nb6 17. Bb3 h6 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Bh7 20. Rhg1 Nd5
21. Rxg7 Rdg8 22. f6 Re8 23. e6 Qd6 24. Rxf7 Rxe6 25. Qg4 h5 26. Rxh7 hxg4 27.
Rxh8+ Kc7 28. f7 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Qxa3+ 30. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mladenov, P."]
[Black "Yordanova, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nc3 Qxb2 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. f4 d6 8. Bc4
exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nc6 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. Nf3 Be6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rb1
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 f6 16. Ne1 Ne7 17. Qe6+ Kb8 18. f5 d5 19. Nd3 d4 20. Be1 Nc8 21.
Bg3 Bd6 22. Nf4 Ka8 23. Qc4 Qc6 24. Ne6 Rd7 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27.
Nxc5 Rc7 28. Ne6 Rxc2 29. Rfd1 Nxe4 30. Rxd4 Nc3 31. Nc7+ Kb8 32. Na6+ Ka8 33.
Nc7+ Kb8 34. Na6+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Arnaudov, G."]
[Black "Nikolov, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Ndb5 Qc6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nd4 Qc8 15.
Rac1 Nbd7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Qb8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Ra7 21.
cxd7 Nxd7 22. Red1 Ne5 23. Bh3 Re8 24. Rc2 b5 25. Be3 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Rc1
Qb7 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. Bd4 Bg5 30. Re1 Nd2 31. Bg2 Rc8 32. Qd3 Nc4 33. Qe2 Qe7 34.
Qg4 Re8 35. f4 Bf6 36. Qd1 Nb2 37. Qd2 Nc4 38. Qc3 Bxd4+ 39. Qxd4 g6 40. Rc1
Rc8 41. Bf1 Qc7 42. Rd1 Qc6 43. h4 h5 44. Kh2 Re8 45. Bg2 Qc7 46. Rd3 Qe7 47.
Rd1 Qc7 48. a4 Rb8 49. axb5 axb5 50. Ra1 Qb6 51. Qxb6 Rxb6 52. Ra7 Ne3 53. Bf3
Nc2 54. Bd1 Rc6 55. Be2 Nd4 56. Bd3 Rc3 57. Bb1 Rc1 58. Ba2 Rc2+ 59. Kh3 Ne2
60. Bxf7+ Kf8 61. Kg2 Nxf4+ 62. Kf1 Ne2 63. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Panbukchian, V."]
[Black "Andreev, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 h5 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bb5 Rc8 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6+
Rxc6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 e6 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qg3 h4 15.
Qf3 Rh7 16. c4 g6 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Bc3 Qxa2 19. Qd1 dxc4 20. bxc4 h3 21. Rf2
Qa3 22. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kolev T, A."]
[Black "Badev, K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5 8. Qd2
a6 9. Nc1 Rb8 10. Nb3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rac1 e6 14. Rfd1 Rbd8 15.
a4 e5 16. d5 Kh8 17. a5 Ng8 18. Ra1 f5 19. Na4 Rf7 20. Rdb1 Bc8 21. axb6 Nxb6
22. Na5 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Bd7 24. Raa1 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Bf3 Rdf8 27. b4 cxb4
28. Qxb4 Bg4 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qb6 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Arnaudov, P."]
[Black "Lilov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. a4 O-O
9. Na3 h6 10. Nb5 d5 11. e4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nd2 f5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5+
Nxd5 16. Nc4 Rae8 17. f3 Re6 18. Be3 b6 19. Bf2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 g5 21. Rad1 Na7
22. Nxa7 Qxa7 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Ne5 e3 28.
Bxe3 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 b5 31. Qf2 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxe5
34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rd2 Rb3 36. Kg1 Rb5 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kg6 39. g4 Kf6 40.
Rd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vlashki, N."]
[Black "Dobrev, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. h3 g6 6. a4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Be3
Ngf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a5 Nc5 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. c3 Ng5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. h4 Qe7 17. g3 Kh8 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. b4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qg5 Qe8
22. Nb3 f4 23. Nc5 Rf5 24. Qg4 Bc8 25. Ne4 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Qg5 Rg6 28.
gxf4 exf4 29. Qc5 Bxc3+ 30. Kf1 Bxa1 31. Nxf4 Rg4 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Bg4
34. Qg5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Kolev, V."]
[Black "Milchev, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Na5 7. Bc2 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. h3 g6 10. g4 Be6 11. Qg3 h5 12. g5 h4 13. Qg2 Nh5 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nd2 d5
16. Nf3 d4 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. O-O Qxb2 19. Rfc1 Qa3 20. Rcb1 b5 21. Bc1 Qa5 22. a4
b4 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Bb3 Ng7 25. Nd2 Qd8 26. Nc4 Rh5 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Bxg5
29. Kh1 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Rg5 31. Qf2 Rg3 32. Rg1 Qg5 33. Rxg3 hxg3 34. Nxe6 fxe6
35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Kg2 Kd7 37. a5 Kc7 38. Ba4 Nh5 39. Qf7+ Rd7 40. Qf8 Qf4 41. Rf1
Qxf8 42. Rxf8 Re7 43. Bd1 b3 44. Bxb3 g5 45. Ba4 Nf4+ 46. Kxg3 Nxd3 47. Bxc6
Kxc6 48. Rb8 Kc5 49. Nd2 Rf7 50. Rd8 e5 51. Nf3 Rg7 52. Nxe5 Nxe5 53. Rd5+ Kc4
54. Rxe5 Kd3 55. Kf2 Rg6 56. Kf3 Rh6 57. Rxg5 Rxh3+ 58. Kf2 Rh2+ 59. Kf1 Ra2
60. e5 Rxa5 61. Rg3+ Ke4 62. Rg6 Ra1+ 63. Ke2 Kxe5 64. Kd3 Ra3+ 65. Kc4 Rc3+
66. Kb4 Rc8 67. Rg1 d3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Ivanov, B."]
[Black "Kukov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a3 Nd5 12. Qxc4 Na5 13. Qa4 Nxc3 14. bxc3
c5 15. dxc5 Bd7 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qf4 Qa5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rbc8 20. Qd4 Rc7
21. Rfb1 Bc8 22. Qb4 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxb7 Rxc3 25. Bxc8 Rfxc8 26. Rb7
R3c7 27. Rab1 Kf8 28. Kg2 Ke8 29. e3 Kd7 30. Kf3 Rxb7 31. Rxb7+ Rc7 32. Rxc7+
Kxc7 33. Ke4 Kb6 34. Kd4 Kb5 35. Kc3 Ka4 36. Kb2 e5 37. Ka2 e4 38. Kb2 h5 39.
h3 g5 40. Ka2 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Kb2 a5 43. Ka2 Kb5 44. Kb3 a4+ 45. Kc3 Kc5
46. Kd2 Kc4 47. Kc2 f6 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Ivanov, L."]
[Black "Stoinev, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. a4 Ne5 13. b3 Nh5 14. Nf4 Nxf4
15. Bxf4 f5 16. h5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe8 18. hxg6 Qxg6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxg6+ hxg6
21. Rc1 Rf4 22. Rh3 Raf8 23. Rc2 Rd4 24. Ke2 Rb8 25. Ra2 Rxb3 26. a5 Rdb4 27.
a6 Rb2+ 28. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 29. Kd1 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Ra2 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Rf3+ Kg7 33.
Re3 Kf6 34. Rf3+ Ke5 35. Re3+ Kxd5 36. Rxe7 Rxa6 37. Rg7 Ra2 38. Ke1 c4 39.
Rxg6 c3 40. Kd1 Rxf2 41. Rg4 Kc5 42. Rg8 d5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Bednikov, G."]
[Black "Panajotov, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. d3 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Qe1 Nf6 11. Bc3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qg3 g6 14. a3 Nd4 15.
Bd1 Nf5 16. Qf2 c4 17. g4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Rxc5 19. Qxc5 Ne4 20. Qd4 Bc5 21. dxe4
Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Nxf4 23. Bc3 e5 24. Rxf4 exd4 25. Be1 O-O 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Rd1 g5
28. Rf5 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. h3 Rf4 31. Re5 f6 32. Re6 Qd5 33. Re7 Qf3 34.
Rd2 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Hristov, N."]
[Black "Petrov, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 h6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rad8 20. Re3 Qd6
21. Rf4 c5 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Rg3 Qxb5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg6+ Kh8
27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Georgiev, S."]
[Black "Stankovski, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. c3 d5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 f5 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 Nc5
15. Bc2 Ne4 16. Qc1 Qe7 17. Qe3 Qf7 18. Nd4 Qh5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3 g5 21. Bh2
f4 22. Qd3 g4 23. fxe4 g3 24. Bxg3 fxg3 25. Qxg3+ Kf7 26. Rf1+ Ke8 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Mitev, M."]
[Black "Asparuhov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Bf6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bf3 Bg5
15. Re1 f5 16. Bh5 Qe8 17. Bxg6 Qxg6 18. f4 Be7 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Qg3 Qe8 21. c5
Kh8 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Rf1 h6 24. Qh3 Kh7 25. Nf3 Ng4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Bg5
28. Bc3 Qe7 29. Be1 Rcf8 30. Bg3 Bxe3 31. Rcd1 g5 32. Bh4 f4 33. Bf2 g4 34. Qh5
Bxf2 35. Rxf2 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Roydov, P."]
[Black "Ljangov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5 Qc5 17. Nh3 Bd7 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. Rd2 Kb8 20. Rhd1 Bc6
21. Nf2 Nxf2 22. Qxf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Rxh2 24. a3 Kc7 25. Ne2 Rdh8 26. Kc1 Rh1
27. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 28. Kd2 Rh2 29. Nf4 Rh4 30. g3 Rh1 31. Ne2 Kd8 32. Rf4 Ke7 33.
b3 Be8 34. a4 f6 35. Ke3 Bh5 36. Rh4 Rxh4 37. gxh4 Bxe2 38. Bxe2 a5 39. c3 f5
40. exf5 exf5 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. h5 b6 43. Bb5 d5 44. Be2 Nf7 45. Bf3 Ke6 46. Be2
0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pantev, V."]
[Black "Arnaudov, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. a4 a6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8
Bxa8 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. c3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nd5 13. Be5 Nc6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Qd3 f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nb3 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Qd6 Qa2 21.
Qb4 Nd5 22. Qxb5 Bc6 23. Qd3 Qxb2 24. Nd4 Qxc3 25. Bxd5 Qxd3 26. Bxe6+ dxe6 27.
exd3 Bd5 28. f4 Rd8 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. Ke3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Panbukchian, V."]
[Black "Filev, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4
Nd7 9. c4 O-O 10. a3 Qc7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. b4 b6 13. e3 Qd6 14. Ng5 dxe3 15. Bxe3
Bd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Qe2 cxb4 19. axb4 Nf6 20. b5 Na5 21. Bxb7
Rxb7 22. Nf3 Qd6 23. Nc3 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Qb8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rbd7 27. Kg1
Qc7 28. Qe2 Rd6 29. Rd2 e6 30. h4 Qc5+ 31. Kg2 Qh5 32. Qe3 Qf5 33. Ne5 h5 34.
c5 bxc5 35. Qxc5 f6 36. b6 axb6 37. Rxb6 Rd5 38. Qc7 fxe5 39. fxe5 Rf8 40. Rb8
Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Rxb8 42. Qxb8+ Qf8 43. Qb6 Rxe5 44. Rc2 Kh7 45. Qa7+ Kh6 46. Rc7
Re2+ 47. Kg1 Re1+ 48. Kh2 Re2+ 49. Kg1 Re1+ 50. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Badev, K."]
[Black "Kozhuharov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rfe1
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bf6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Kg2 e6 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Na5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Bxa6 Nc6 23. Bb5 Bxc3 24. Rc1 Qe5 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qxc6
Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Be5 28. Re1 Qh5 29. f4 Bd4 30. Be7 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dobrev, N."]
[Black "Kolev T, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O-O 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. a4 a5 11. c3 e5 12. Qb3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Bc3 Rhe8
15. O-O-O Bg6 16. Nf4 Re7 17. h4 Bd6 18. Nxd6+ Rxd6 19. Qxb6 cxb6 20. h5 Bf5
21. g4 Bd7 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Nc7 25. Be4 g6 26. d5 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Velchev, H."]
[Black "Enchev, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. g4 Bf6
21. f3 Nd6 22. b3 a5 23. a4 Rac8 24. c5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ne8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1
Rc8 28. Rd7 Nc7 29. Bd2 Na6 30. Be3 Nc7 31. Bd2 Na6 32. Be3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Vutov, M."]
[Black "Mladenov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. g4
h5 9. g5 Nh7 10. h4 Bg4 11. Qd3 f6 12. f3 Be6 13. g6 Nf8 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4
Ne5 16. Qg3 a6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bh3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Nc5 21. Bf5 Qa5
22. Bd4 Kd8 23. O-O Kc7 24. a4 Nxa4 25. Rfb1 b5 26. Be6 Nc6 27. Qe3 Rb8 28. Bd5
Nxd4 29. cxd4 Kd8 30. c4 Qc3 31. Qxc3 Nxc3 32. Rb2 f5 33. exf5 Bf6 34. Rxa6
Bxd4+ 35. Kh1 Ke7 36. Rd2 Bc5 37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Be6 Rb4 39. Rc6 Rxh4+ 40. Kg2
Ne4 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rf7+ Ke5 43. Re2 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Bg1+ 46. Kh1
Be3 47. Rxg7 Kf4 48. Rb7 Nf6 49. Rb4+ Ke5 50. g7 d5 51. g8=Q Nxg8 52. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Yordanova, S."]
[Black "Lilov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qc7 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 Na5 7. Bb5 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Ne8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bh6
Ng7 16. h3 Nb7 17. g4 f6 18. Ng3 Nd8 19. Kh2 Nf7 20. Bd2 a5 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. Ne1
Rab8 23. Ng2 c4 24. Ne3 Qc8 25. Qe2 Bd8 26. Rg2 Bb6 27. Rag1 Bc5 28. Bc1 Qa6
29. h4 Qc8 30. Ngf1 Rb7 31. Qf3 Qd8 32. Rg3 Rc7 33. Qg2 Bb6 34. Bd1 Bc8 35. Nf5
Qe8 36. Nxg7 Kxg7 37. Be2 Kh8 38. Be3 Bc5 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. Ne3 a4 41. a3 Nd6
42. h5 g5 43. Rc1 Qe7 44. f3 Ba6 45. Qf1 Rb8 46. Rg2 Rcb7 47. Kg3 Qc7 48. Qd1
Qa5 49. Nf5 Nxf5+ 50. gxf5 Qb6 51. h6 Rd8 52. Qf1 Qd6 53. Kg4 Rb6 54. Rc2 Qf8
55. Rh2 Rbd6 56. Rd2 Qe7 57. Kg3 Qc7 58. Kg4 Bc8 59. Qd1 Re8 60. Qc2 Rg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Milchev, N."]
[Black "Arnaudov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. cxb4 cxb4 11. Qa4 Na6 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15.
Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qc6 Rab8 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Rc2 Kf8 20. Rac1 Rd7 21.
Kf3 Ke7 22. Ke3 Qb5 23. h4 Rbb7 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Rc8 Rbb7 26. Kd3 Nc7 27. e4
Ne8 28. R1c6 Rd8 29. Rc1 h5 30. R8c6 g6 31. f3 Rdd7 32. R1c4 Rb5 33. Rc1 Rb8
34. a6 Rdd8 35. Na5 Kd7 36. Nb7 Rdc8 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Kc4 Kc7
40. Kxb4 Nf6 41. Nxd6 Kxd6 42. e5+ Kd5 43. exf6 Kxd4 44. Kb5 e5 45. Kc6 Ke3 46.
Kd5 Kxf3 47. Kxe5 Kxg3 48. b4 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Kukov, V."]
[Black "Georgiev, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Qc2
c6 9. h3 a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Bf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 b6 14. Rac1 Nc5 15.
Nd2 Nfd7 16. b4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Rd8 21.
Qa5 Ra7 22. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Stoinev, M."]
[Black "Asparuhov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nf6 8. d3
O-O 9. Bf4 h6 10. Be5 Be6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Qe3 c4 13. d4 Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Nh2
Qb6 16. g4 Ra7 17. Ne2 Bc8 18. c3 Bf8 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Bf4 Kh7 21. Bh2 Bg7 22.
Qf4 Rf8 23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Kg8 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27. Bf4 Kh7 28. Qg3
Qb7 29. Be3 Rh8 30. Qh4 f6 31. Qg3 Be6 32. Qg2 Bf7 33. Ng3 a5 34. f4 b4 35.
axb4 axb4 36. f5 g5 37. Ra1 b3 38. Rad1 Ra2 39. Bc1 Re8 40. Rfe1 Qc7 41. Nf1
Bf8 42. Ne3 Rd8 43. Qf3 Ra4 44. Re2 Bg7 45. Rh2 Ra1 46. h4 Qf4 47. Kg2 Qxf3+
48. Kxf3 Kg8 49. Rhh1 Rb1 50. d5 cxd5 51. exd5 Ra1 52. h5 Ra5 53. Ke4 Rc5 54.
Rd4 Rdc8 55. Bd2 Be8 56. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Nikolov, J."]
[Black "Yordanov, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15.
d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Bb2 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21.
Bxe5 Qd7 22. Qf3 f5 23. Qh5 Qe7 24. f4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. d6 Qf7 27. Qxg5+
Kf8 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Bf6 Ba4 30. Re1 Rc5 31. Be5 Bd7 32. Qd8+ Qe8 33. Qf6+ Qf7
34. Qd8+ Qe8 35. Qf6+ Qf7 36. Qh8+ Qg8 37. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Janchev, P."]
[Black "Ljangov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. c3
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qc2 f6 14. Rad1 Qe8
15. c4 Nd7 16. b4 Bf7 17. Bf1 Ne7 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Nd2 Nc6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. a3
Bh5 22. f3 Nd4 23. Qd3 c6 24. Ne3 a5 25. Kh1 axb4 26. axb4 Ra4 27. Rb1 Qf6 28.
Nc2 Rfa8 29. Rb2 Ra2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Ne3 Qh4 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Qc3 Nxf3 34.
Nxf3 Bxf3 35. Rc1 Bxe4 36. c5 d5 37. Qb3 Qf2 38. b5 Rb2 39. Qa3 Ra2 40. Qc3 Qd2
41. Qxd2 Rxd2 42. b6 Ra2 43. Nc4 Rc2 44. Rd1 Bxg2+ 45. Bxg2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Andreev, S."]
[Black "Panajotov, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 Nbd7 5. g4 h6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 Be7 8. Be3
Nf8 9. f4 Ng6 10. O-O exf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Kh1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxb7 Rc8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Qxa7 Bc5 21.
Qb7 Bxg4 22. Rac1 Qh4 23. Kh2 Be2 24. Bg3 Qd8 25. Rfe1 Bd3 26. b3 Bd6 27. Re3
Bxg3+ 28. Rxg3 Qd6 29. bxc4 Bxc4 30. Qb2 g6 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. Qd4 Bxa2 33. Rxc8
Rxc8 34. Qd2 h5 35. Qg5 Rc3 36. h4 Bb1 37. Bh1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Petrov, I."]
[Black "Vlashki, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 c6 6. e5 Ne8 7. Nf3 d5 8. Be3
Nc7 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. O-O-O b5 11. c5 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne6
15. h4 f5 16. Bh6 Na6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne2 Nac7 19. g3 Ne8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21.
Qxf4 Qc7 22. Qd2 h5 23. Rhe1 Nf6 24. Re6 Rae8 25. Rd6 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Re1
Ne4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qg5 Rf8 30. Qd2 Qf7 31. Re2 Qf3 32. Kd1 Rf5 33. Kc2 a5
34. b3 b4 35. Kb2 Kf7 36. Qc2 Qg2 37. a3 Rf3 38. axb4 axb4 39. Qd2 Qf1 40. Kc2
Kg7 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Hristov, N."]
[Black "Kolev, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4
N6xe5 15. fxe5 g6 16. h3 Nh6 17. e4 Be6 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Bb1 Kg7 20. a3 Qb6 21.
Na4 Qc7 22. Nc5 Rad8 23. Qg5 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf5 25. Ref4 Nxd4 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27.
Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rg4 Re7 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Stankovski, M."]
[Black "Ivanov, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Bxb4 4. Bc4 O-O 5. Ne2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbc3 d5 8.
Bb3 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Ng3 c5 11. f4 Rc8 12. Nce2 b5 13. f5 e5 14. d4 cxd4 15.
exd4 e4 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Ba6 18. h3 Nb8 19. Bc1 Bd6 20. Bg5 Bxg3 21. Nxg3 Bxf1
22. Qxf1 Nc6 23. Qd1 Qd6 24. Ne2 Ne7 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. g4 Ne8 27. Qd2 Qb5 28. Ng3
Rc3 29. Kh2 Rf3 30. g5 e3 31. Bxe3 Qb8 32. Rg1 Nxf5 33. Bf2 Qd6 34. Qe2 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Ivanov, L."]
[Black "Roydov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Rac1
h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Nb5 Nf4 17. Qe3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nbd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd7 Nxe3
21. Bxe7 Rxd7 22. Bxf8 cxb5 23. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.26"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Mitev, M."]
[Black "Bednikov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. a3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. b4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O g5 12. Rc1 g4 13. Ne1 Qg5 14. Qe2 Ndf6
15. f3 Nd6 16. fxg4 fxg4 17. g3 Bd7 18. Ng2 Rae8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nfxe4 21.
Bxe4 Nf5 22. Qd3 h5 23. Rce1 Kg7 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27.
Ke2 Qf6 28. Bg2 Qg6 29. Qe5+ Kh6 30. Qe3+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Qf6 32. Rf1 Qxe5+ 33.
dxe5 Ra8 34. Rd1 Be8 35. a4 Rc8 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. c5 Ke7 38. Be4 a5 39. Rd4 Ra8
40. Kd3 Ra7 41. Kc3 Ra8 42. b5 Rb8 43. b6 Bf7 44. Rd2 Rg8 45. Kd4 Bg6 46. Bg2
Rf8 47. Ke3 Rf5 48. Kd4 Rf8 49. Ke3 Bh7 50. Rd6 Rf5 51. Kd4 Rf2 52. Bxc6 bxc6
53. Rxc6 Rd2+ 54. Kc4 Rd7 55. Kb5 Bd3+ 56. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Arnaudov, G."]
[Black "Dobrev, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O c4
15. Ne5 Qa5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qd2 Rab8 18. Bf3 Ne7 19. Rfd1 a6 20. g3 Rxb1 21.
Rxb1 Rd8 22. Qb2 Nf5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 a5 25. Rb7 Ne7 26. Rb5 a4 27. Bxd5
a3 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Bb7 Rc7 30. Be4 Kf8 31. Rb8+ Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Ke2 Be7
34. Kd2 Bb4 35. Kc2 Nb6 36. Bc6 Ke7 37. e4 f6 38. Bb5 g5 39. g4 Kf7 40. f3 Bd6
41. h3 Bb4 42. Nd1 Be1 43. Ne3 Bf2 44. Nf5 Ke6 45. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Pantev, V."]
[Black "Panbukchian, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Nd7 15.
Qf3 Nac5 16. Rae1 a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc3 b5 19. cxb5 Bd7 20. Re3 Bxb5 21.
Rff3 Rab8 22. e5 Rfe8 23. Rg3 g6 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Nd4 Qf8 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6
1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Filev, G."]
[Black "Vutov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. O-O Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qa3+ c5
21. Nd6 f5 22. Bb5 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Kxd6 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Qxc5+ Ke8
27. Qd4 Rd8 28. Qxg7 Rf8 29. Qxh6 Rf7 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qe5 Rc8 32. c3 Ke8 33.
Rd6 Ke7 34. Rxa6 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. c4 Rf8 37. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kozhuharov, S."]
[Black "Yordanova, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Qxe6 20. h4 Bh6 21. Re1
Qc6 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Qc2 Rxf6 24. Re4 Rxf3 25. Kxf3 f5 26. Rae1 fxe4+ 27. Qxe4
Qxa4 28. Qxc4 Qc6+ 29. Kg4 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Enchev, I."]
[Black "Badev, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Ra3 h5 14. Be2 Nh7 15. Bf4
h4 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Ne3 Qd8 18. Ned1 f5 19. Be3 h3 20. g3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22.
Ng5 Bd7 23. O-O b5 24. Nf2 Qe7 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Rd1 Qb7 27. Nfe4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4
Rad8 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Bf6 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 c4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Ng5 Nd3 34. Ne6+
Kg8 35. Raxd3 cxd3 36. Qxd3 Kf7 37. Qc3 Rxe6 38. dxe6+ Kxe6 39. Re1+ Kf7 40.
Qh8 Re7 41. Qh7+ Kf6 42. Qxe7+ Qxe7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd5 46.
f4 Kc4 47. g4 a5 48. f5 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Velchev, H."]
[Black "Milchev, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd6 12. Be2 Nf5 13. a3 Nd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Rd1 c6 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Qc2 Bd5 18. b4 g6 19. Bb2 Re8 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. a4 Bf6 22.
a5 Nc8 23. Ne1 Ncd6 24. Bf3 Ne7 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Ned3 Nb5 27. Qc4 Re2 28. Re1
Rae8 29. g3 Nd6 30. Qb3 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Qe7 33. Kf1 b6 34. axb6
axb6 35. Ncd3 Nf5 36. b5 Qe6 37. Qa4 cxb5 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Ba3 b4 40. Nxb4 Nxb4
0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Panajotov, J."]
[Black "Kukov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. g3 Rd7 21.
Nb3 Be7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. f3 Ne8 27. Nd2
Bf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. b3 Qc5 30. Qd3 Nd7 31. Qc3 Qe5 32. Kc2 f5 33. Qxe5 Nxe5
34. gxf5 exf5 35. Kc3 Kd7 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. c5+ Ke6 38. f4 Nc6+ 39. Kc4 Na5+ 40.
Kd3 Kd5 41. Nf1 Nc6 42. Ne3+ Ke6 43. Kc4 Ne7 44. b4 g6 45. a4 gxh5 46. Ng2 Ng6
47. c6 bxc6 48. Kc5 h4 49. Ne1 Kd7 50. Kb6 Nxf4 51. Kxa6 Kc7 52. b5 Nd5 53. Nf3
h3 54. Nh2 h5 55. Nf3 h4 56. Nh2 cxb5 57. Kxb5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ljangov, P."]
[Black "Stoinev, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. Nc3 e6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. d4 a6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Qd3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bc7 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Bb4 Re8 21.
Nd4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qd1 Rc4 24. b3 Rcc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Nc3 27. Qd3
b4 28. Rc2 Rc5 29. Kf1 Ra5 30. a4 Rc5 31. Ke1 Qc7 32. Kf1 Qd6 33. Ke1 Rc7 34.
Kf1 Re7 35. Rc1 Qf6 36. Rc2 Re4 37. Kg1 a5 38. Nf3 Qe7 39. Kf2 Rxe3 40. Qa6 Qe4
41. Rd2 Qxf4 42. Rxd5 Nxd5 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qxd5 Rc3 45. h3 Qe3+ 46. Kg3 Rc5
0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Lilov, V."]
[Black "Nikolov, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. h4 Nf8 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 g6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 17. Qf3 Rab8 18. O-O-O b5 19. Rh4 Rb6 20. Rd6 a5 21.
Qe3 Reb8 22. Rh1 c4 23. Rhd1 b4 24. R1d2 Be8 25. Qd4 Rb5 26. Be3 Qc8 27. f4 Qc7
28. g4 a4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. a3 Rb3 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 c3 33. bxc3 Rxc3+ 34.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 35. Bxc2 Bb5 36. Kd2 Nd7 37. Bd4 Rc8 38. f5 exf5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40.
Bxf5 Rc7 41. e6 fxe6 42. Bxe6+ Kf8 43. Bf5 Nc5 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Bf6 Bc6 46. Ke3
Nd7 47. Bd4 Nf8 48. Rd6 Bb5 49. Rb6 Be8 50. Be5 Re7 51. Rf6+ Kg8 52. Kd4 Bf7
53. Bd6 Ra7 54. Bb4 Ra8 55. Rb6 Re8 56. Bd2 Bb3 57. Kc3 Ne6 58. Rb7 Nf8 59. Bf4
Ng6 60. Bd6 Rd8 61. Bc5 Ra8 62. Bd4 Bf7 63. Kb4 Rd8 64. Bf6 Ra8 65. Be4 Rc8 66.
Bd3 Nf8 67. Bxh7+ Kxh7 68. Rxf7+ Kg6 69. Rg7+ Kf5 70. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Mladenov, P."]
[Black "Vlashki, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. e3 O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Re1 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Nd5 Kf8 15.
Rad1 Rab8 16. h3 b5 17. g4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Ng7 19. c5 Ne8 20. Nf4 Na5 21. Rc1 b4
22. Re2 dxc5 23. dxc5 Bb5 24. Re3 Nc6 25. Nd5 Nc7 26. Nxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd1 Rd8 28.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Re4 a5 30. Bc1 Ne6 31. Be3 Bd3 32. Re5 Bb1 33. c6 a4 34. Rb5 Kg7
35. Rxb4 axb3 36. axb3 f5 37. Rb7 Be4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40. b4 Kf6
41. Bb6 Nd5 42. Ba5 Ke6 43. b5 Kd6 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Yordanov, N."]
[Black "Hristov, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 h6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nh7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O dxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Qf5 Nf6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 17. Qf3 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Be3 Rab8 20. Qf6 c5 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. b4 Rb6 23. Qf3 Rbb8 24. bxc5 Be5 25. Rab1 Rbe8 26. Rb4 g5 27. Ra4
Rd8 28. Rf1 f5 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 f4 31. Bc1 fxg3 32. hxg3 Bd4 33. Rxa7 Rd7
34. Ra6 Kh7 35. Rc6 Rdf7 36. f4 Re7 37. Rh1 Re2+ 38. Kf3 Rf2+ 39. Kg4 gxf4 40.
Rxc7+ Kg6 41. Bxf4 Bg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Bxh6+ Kg8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Rc1 Ke7
46. Kg5 Ke6 47. g4 Kf7 48. c4 Rf6 49. Rb1 Rc6 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Kolev T, A."]
[Black "Janchev, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3
Re8 9. Re1 a6 10. a4 a5 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Be3 Na6 15. Rad1
Bf8 16. Nh4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Nf3 Na6 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Be3 Bc5 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Re3 Nb3 26. Qe1 Nd4 27. Rd2 Qc5 28.
Rg3 Bd7 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. c5 Qf6 31. Rf2 Qh4 32. Kh2 f5 33. Rg6 f4 34. Qe1 Bxh3
35. Kg1 Kh7 36. Rd6 Qg3 37. Ne2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Arnaudov, P."]
[Black "Ivanov, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Ne2 Qa5+ 8. c3
Qa6 9. Qf3 Ne7 10. Na3 Nf5 11. Nc2 Be7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O-O Qd8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qf4 Nd7 16. Ne3 g6 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. f3 Kb8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qe3 Rdg8 21.
Nf4 Nf8 22. Qf2 Ng6 23. Nd3 Rg7 24. f4 Nf8 25. g3 Nd7 26. Rhe1 Rc8 27. Re3 c5
28. Qe2 c4 29. Nf2 Rh7 30. Nh3 Rhh8 31. Ng5 Ka8 32. Kc1 b5 33. Kd2 b4 34. Ke1
Rb8 35. Kf2 bxc3 36. Rxc3 Rb6 37. b3 cxb3 38. Rxb3 Rc6 39. Rd2 f6 40. Nf3 Rhc8
41. Qb5 Rb6 42. Qa5 Rxb3 43. axb3 fxe5 44. fxe5 Nb6 45. Ra2 Rc6 46. Qd2 Qc7 47.
Ne1 Rc3 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Georgiev, S."]
[Black "Mitev, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. a3 Nf6 3. b4 b6 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. d4 Qe7
15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. c3 e5 17. Qa4 a6 18. Ra2 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rc1 c5 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. Rb1 c4 23. Bf1 Rb8 24. Rab2 exd4 25. exd4 Qc7 26. Rb6 Rd6 27. R6b4 Nd7
28. Nf3 f6 29. g3 Rb6 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Qa5 Bc8 32. Bg2 Na8 33. Qxd5+ Kf8 34.
Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Asparuhov, P."]
[Black "Ivanov, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Qd1 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Qa5 14. O-O Rfc8
15. f4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. f5 Rc7 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rf3 Rd8 20. Raf1 Rd3 21.
Bb6 axb6 22. Rxd3 Qc5+ 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. Nd5 Nf4 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Rdf3 Qd7 27.
Rd1 Qc8 28. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Andreev, S."]
[Black "Petrov, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. cxd5 Rfc8 13. d6 Bd8 14. Nc4 Qb4
15. a3 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Nxb3 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bb1 Na4 19. Bd3 Nxb2 20. Nxb2 Rxc3 21.
O-O Rac8 22. e4 b5 23. Bb1 Rxa3 24. Nd3 a5 25. Ne5 g5 26. Bg3 b4 27. Bd3 Rcc3
28. f4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Nxe4 31. fxg5 Bb5 32. gxh6 Bxd3 33. h7+ Kxh7
34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rb7 Nxg3 36. hxg3 Bc2 37. Rb8 Bf6 38. d7 b3 39. Rf8 Be7 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Kolev, V."]
[Black "Stankovski, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 d6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Na3 Nf6 7. d3 a6 8. Nc2 Be7
9. Ne3 Bh5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qc2 b5 12. O-O h6 13. Rad1 b4 14. d4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
bxc3 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxc3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Nd5 Bh4 20. f4 Qd7 21. Qf3
Nf6 22. Nb6 Qc6 23. Nxa8 Nxe4 24. Nb6 f5 25. Nd5 Qe8 26. Qg2 Qf7 27. f3 Bf6 28.
fxe4 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 fxe4 30. f5 Qh5 31. f6 gxf6 32. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Roydov, P."]
[Black "Bednikov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe5+ 6. Be2 Bg4 7. d4 Bxe2
8. Ngxe2 Qh5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nf5 g6 14.
Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Nb5 Kd7 16. Bf4 d5 17. Nc7 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Ke6 20. Ne3
Kf6 21. Rac1 Nge7 22. Rc5 h6 23. Ng4+ Kg7 24. d5 g5 25. Bd2 Nd4 26. Bc3 Nef5
27. Ne3 Rxc5 28. Nxf5+ Kg6 29. Ne7+ Kf6 30. Bxd4+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Filev, G."]
[Black "Pantev, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Be7 12. Qd5 Bb7 13. Nxb4 Rc8 14. f3 O-O 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd3 Qg6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qd2 Bh4+ 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Be3
Bh4+ 22. Bf2 Bg5 23. Be3 Bh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Milchev, N."]
[Black "Arnaudov, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rfe8 17. Re1 Kf8 18. f3 h5 19. h4 Re7 20. Kf2 Rae8
21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 Ke7 24. Kf2 Ke6 25. Ke3 Ne8 26. f4 g6 27.
g3 f5 28. Ne2 Nd6 29. Kd3 b6 30. b3 a5 31. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Stoinev, M."]
[Black "Enchev, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 e5 12. Nf5 g6 13. Nh6 Nc6 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Be7 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Qe2 Kg7 20. b4 Nc6 21. b5 Nd4 22.
Qc4 d5 23. exd5 Rhc8 24. Qd3 axb5 25. axb5 Ra3 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4 Kxh6 28.
Rxe7 Qxe7 29. d6 Qe6 30. Bxb7 Rc4 31. Qd2+ Kg7 32. Re1 Rd4 33. Rxe6 Rxd2 34.
Rxf6 Rxc3 35. Rf4 Rxd6 36. h4 Rb3 37. Bc6 f5 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Rf3 Rb1 40. Ra3
Rb2 41. Rf3 Rd4 42. Ra3 h6 43. Rc3 g5 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Rf3 Rd1 46. g4 f4 47.
Ra3 Rdd2 48. Rf3 Ke5 49. Kf1 Kd4 50. Kg2 Rd3 51. Rxd3+ Kxd3 52. Kf1 Kd2 53. f3
Ke3 54. Kg1 Ke2 55. Kg2 Kd3+ 56. Kf1 Ke3 57. Kg1 Ke2 58. Kg2 Rb4 59. Kg1 Rb1+
60. Kg2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Yordanova, S."]
[Black "Kukov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nc8 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. cxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. d4 Qg6
15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Bf4 Qg4 19. Bg3 Rf6 20. Rfe1 Rg6 21.
Rd3 h5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 h4 24. f3 Qg5 25. f4 Qg4 26. Qxg4 Rxg4 27. Bf2
Rxf4 28. Kg1 Rc4 29. Rb3 Re7 30. h3 Rd7 31. Rc3 Rb4 32. Rc2 Kf7 33. a3 Re4 34.
Kh2 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 d4 36. Rc4 Ne3 37. Ra4 g5 38. Kg1 a6 39. Bd2 Kg6 40. Rb4 Nf5
41. Kf2 Ne7 42. Ke2 Kf5 43. Kd3 Ng6 44. Rxd4 Nf4+ 45. Bxf4 Rxd4+ 46. Kxd4 Kxf4
0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vutov, M."]
[Black "Lilov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. a4 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Bc3 g6 14. Qc1 Bg7 15.
Qb2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 f6 17. Nfd2 Nf8 18. Nb3 Ne6 19. a5 b5 20. Ncd2 Rad8 21. Rad1
Rd7 22. Qb1 Red8 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. h3 Qf7 25. d4 exd4 26. Nbxd4 c5 27. Nxe6 Qxe6
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qa1 Rf7 30. bxc5 Bxc5 31. Qc1 Rd7 32. Qf4 Be7 33. h4 c5 34.
h5 g5 35. Qb8+ Bd8 36. h6 b4 37. Bb2 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. e5 fxe5 40. Bxe5 Re6
41. Rd1 Be7 42. Bg7 Bxf3 43. gxf3 Kf7 44. Rd2 Rd6 45. Re2 Rd5 46. Re4 Bd6 47.
Kf1 Bc7 48. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Dobrev, N."]
[Black "Yordanov, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qf3
c5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Qc3 Qh4 17. h3 Qb4 18. Qf3 Rab8 19. Bd2 Qb7 20. Qd3 c4 21.
Qxc4 Bb5 22. Qg4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Rfe8 24. Bc3 Be5 25. Nc5 Qd5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27.
Nd7 Rg5 28. Rd1 Rxg4 29. Rxd5 Rgb4 30. Nxb8 Rxb8 31. b3 Kf8 32. Ra5 Ra8 33. Kf1
Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Kc6 36. a4 Rd8+ 37. Kc3 Kb6 38. Rb5+ Kc6 39. Rg5 g6 40.
h4 Rd1 41. Ra5 Kb6 42. Re5 Rf1 43. Re2 a6 44. Kb4 h5 45. c3 Kc6 46. Ka5 Kb7 47.
g3 f6 48. c4 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Re5 Rxf2 51. Rxg5 Rh2 52. Rg6 Rg2 53. c5 h4
54. c6+ Ka7 55. Rg7 Rxg3 56. Rxc7+ Kb8 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. b4 Rg5+ 59. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Panbukchian, V."]
[Black "Mladenov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Be2 d4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. O-O g6
9. Bf3 Rc8 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. c3 dxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. h3 b6 14. Na3 e6 15. c4 Qc7
16. Nc2 Rfd8 17. d4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ne8 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 c4 21. d6 Qc5 22.
Bd4 Qa5 23. b4 Qa4 24. Rf2 Bf5 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. Bxb6 f6 27. Nd4 fxe5 28. Nxf5
gxf5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Be6 Nxd6 31. Rd2 f4 32. Qf2 c3 33. Rd3 Ne4 34. Qf1 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Arnaudov, P."]
[Black "Kozhuharov, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4
Nge7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bh6 Be6 11. Nf3 f6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 d5 14. Nf4 Bf7 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Nh4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Bd5 19. Qf2 Rae8 20. Rf1 Nd4 21.
Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Nf3 Rc8 26. Rf2 h5 27.
a3 f5 28. d4 Re8 29. c3 Re3 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rc2 a4 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Ne5 Rc7 34.
Ke3 Kf6 35. Rd2 Re7 36. h4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Badev, K."]
[Black "Panajotov, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. exd5+
Be7 15. dxc6 Nc5 16. Bf5 Qc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6
O-O-O 21. Qa3 Qa7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxa6+ Kb8 24. Qxb5+ Ka8 25. Rd3 Qa7 26. c7
Qxc7 27. Ra3+ Qa7 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29. Rxa7 Kxa7 30. b5 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Georgiev, S."]
[Black "Velchev, H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c3 c5 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. Ne5 Bh5 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. Bxd7+ Rxd7 14. c4
O-O 15. Rc1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Rd5 17. O-O Be2 18. Rfe1 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Janchev, P."]
[Black "Asparuhov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bb2 e6 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Bb8 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. e4 Ng6 18. e5 Nd7 19. d4 f6 20. Nd1 fxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7
22. g3 Rf8 23. h4 Ba7 24. Rc2 Rce8 25. Kg2 Rf5 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Ref8 28.
Ng5 h6 29. Nh3 c5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. f4 Qe6 32. Ba3 b6 33. Qe2 Qc6 34. Kh2 h5
35. Ng5 Rxg5 36. hxg5 h4 37. Bc1 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Ne7 39. e6 Nb8 40. Qd3 Qd6 41.
Rh2 Rf5 42. Kg4 g6 43. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Vlashki, N."]
[Black "Ljangov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. Nde2 Bg7 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. Kh1 Rfd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Kh7
15. f4 Qe6 16. Qb3 Nxe4 17. f5 gxf5 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. c5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. Nh5 Ng4 23. Bg3 Qd5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. h3 Ne3 26. Rf3 Qxb3 27.
axb3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nxd1 29. Rd3 f4 30. Rxd1 fxg3 31. Rd3 Rc6 32. Rxg3+ Rg6 33.
Rf3 Rb6 34. c4 Rb4 35. Kh2 a5 36. g4 a4 37. bxa4 Rxa4 38. Rb3 Rxc4 39. Rxb7 e6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Petrov, I."]
[Black "Kolev T, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Bf5
15. Na4 Qd7 16. g4 Be4 17. f3 Bg6 18. Bd4 Rac8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qb7 21.
Qd2 Qa6 22. Kf2 Nd7 23. b4 Ne5 24. Rfe1 Nc4 25. Qd4 Qxa2 26. Ra1 Qc2 27. Bf1
Ne5 28. Kg1 Qb3 29. Rec1 h5 30. Rc3 Qb2 31. Rxa7 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qb1 33. Rca3 Nc4
34. Ra1 Qb3 35. Qf4 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Nikolov, J."]
[Black "Hristov, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 Ne7 7. d6 Ng6 8. e4
Qa5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bd2 Qb4 11. a3 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qxa3 13. Nb5 Qa2 14. h3 a6 15.
Nc7+ Kd8 16. hxg4 Rb8 17. Bd3 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nf8 19. Bc3 Ne6 20. Ra1 Nf4 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Ivanov, L."]
[Black "Andreev, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 c5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Nd4 Qb6
15. Bd2 a5 16. Rc1 Nfe4 17. Qh5 Rad8 18. f3 Rxd4 19. Qh4+ g5 20. Qh6 Nxd2 21.
Rfd1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rg8 23. exd4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Mitev, M."]
[Black "Kolev, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. N2f3 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. f4 Qa5 19. a3 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Ivanov, B."]
[Black "Roydov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. e3 e5 12. Bh2 exd4 13. exd4 b5 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Bd3 Rh4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Bb5 c4 18. Qc2 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. g4 Ne4 21. Kg2
Ndf6 22. a3 Bd6 23. Bxd6+ Nxd6 24. Qd2 Nxb5 25. Qb4+ Kg8 26. Qxb5 Qe6 27. Rhe1
Rh8 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Bednikov, G."]
[Black "Stankovski, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Bg5
Nd5 15. Bd2 Bh4 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Be4 f5 18. Bc2 Qf7 19. Qf3 Ng6 20. g3 Bf6 21.
Re2 b5 22. Rae1 Nf8 23. b3 a5 24. c4 Nb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Qxc6 bxc4 27. Qxc4
Rxd4 28. Qc6 g6 29. Nd2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Nc4 Bc3 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1
Rd8 34. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Enchev, I."]
[Black "Pantev, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8.
O-O Bg6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbc3 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 c6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. Qd2
Qc7 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Kf8 18. Bf1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 g5 20. Nh3 g4
21. fxg4 Nxg4 22. Nf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Nf6 24. Bd3 a5 25. a4 Rd8 26. h3 Rd6 27. g3
Nh5 28. Re5 g6 29. Be2 Ng7 30. Bd3 Nh5 31. Be2 Ng7 32. Bd3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Arnaudov, G."]
[Black "Filev, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O h6 12. e3 O-O 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. e4 Bh7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc7 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. b3 Rdc8 24. Rdc1 Bb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. h4 h5 27. Kf1
g6 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Rc2 Kd7 31. Rac1 Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Qc3 Qxc3+
34. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kukov, V."]
[Black "Dobrev, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Be3 Qg4
15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. Bd5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Nb4 19. Bb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rad8
21. Rfd1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bd4 Bc7 25. Bc3 Nc6 26. Bd5 Kf8
27. b4 Nd8 28. h3 f6 29. Bd4 Ke7 30. Bc5+ Kd7 31. Be4 g6 32. Bd5 b6 33. Bd4 Nc6
34. Bxf6 Nxb4 35. Bg8 Nd3 36. Bc4 Nc5 37. Bd4 Nxa4 38. Bxa6 Kc6 39. Bc4 g5 40.
Bg8 h6 41. Bg7 Bf4 42. Bxh6 Kd6 43. h4 Nc5 44. Bf8+ Kd7 45. h5 Ne6 46. Ba3 Be5
47. h6 Bc3 48. Kg2 Nc5 49. Kg3 Ke7 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. Bc1 Kg6 52. h7 Nd7 53. Bxg5
Ne5+ 54. Kh3 Nxf3 55. Be3 b5 56. Kg4 Ne5+ 57. Kf4 Nf7 58. Ke4 Ng5+ 59. Kd3 Bf6
60. Bd4 Bxd4 61. Kxd4 Nxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Lilov, V."]
[Black "Milchev, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. Nf4 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Ndf6 11. f3 Nc5 12. Re1 b6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Bb7 15.
Bb2 Qe7 16. Qd2 Qe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh5 Re6 20. Bd3 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 f5 22. Nf4 Ree8 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. d4 c6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Kxe1
Kf6 28. Kd2 Kg5 29. Ke3 Bc8 30. d5 c5 31. Nh3+ Kf6 32. Kf4 h6 33. Nf2 Bd7 34.
g4 Kg6 35. gxf5+ Bxf5 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 f6 38. Kg4 Kg7 39. Kf5 Kf7 40. h3
h5 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mladenov, P."]
[Black "Stoinev, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Na4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. a3 Be8
15. b4 Qd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Rc3 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Rxc3 Rxc3
21. b5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Be7 23. Qxb7 Bxa3 24. Bf1 g6 25. g3 Kg7 26. Qa7 Bd6 27.
Qa5 Qxa5 28. Rxa5 h5 29. h4 Rc2 30. Rb5 Ba3 31. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kozhuharov, S."]
[Black "Janchev, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Be3
O-O 9. d5 a6 10. Nd2 c5 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 b6 13. Rb1 h6 14. Na4 Nh7 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. Bg4 Bg5 17. Re1 Nhf6 18. Bh3 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Nxb8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nc3
Qa5 22. Qc1 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Nbd7 24. Nb3 Qd8 25. h3 Rb8 26. Qc2 Nh5 27. g3 Nhf6
28. Re1 h5 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 Nh7 31. Kg2 Qxg5 32. Nd2 Ndf8 33. Nf3 Qg4 34. Nh4
Ng5 35. Rh1 Ng6 36. Nf5 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Rb6 38. Rh2 a5 39. Kf1 a4 40. Nh4 Nxh4 41.
gxh4 Rb3 42. Rg2 Rxc3 43. Rxg5+ Kf8 44. Qd2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Velchev, H."]
[Black "Badev, K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nbd4 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 g5 17. Bg3 Re8 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. Qb3
Qxb3 21. axb3 a6 22. Bc7 f5 23. Bb6 Re6 24. Ra4 Rae8 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Bh5 Ra8
27. Ba5 Nd3 28. Rc7 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Ra1 Re8 31. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Yordanova, S."]
[Black "Panbukchian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. d5 Nb4 8.
a3 Nbxd5 9. c4 a6 10. Nbd4 Nb6 11. c5 Nbd5 12. c6 e6 13. Qa4 b6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Bd6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. g4 Be7 18. g5 Nh7 19. gxh6 Bxh4 20. hxg7 Bg5+ 21. Kb1
Re8 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Qc2 Qh6 24. Bxh7+ Qxh7 25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Nxg5+ Kxg7 27.
Rhg1 Kf8 28. Ndf3 f6 29. Ne4 Kf7 30. Kc1 a5 31. Rg3 Nf4 32. Kc2 e5 33. Rdg1 Bf5
34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. Nfd2 Rac8 36. Rd7 Red8 37. Rgg7 Rxd7 38. cxd7 Rd8 39. Kb3 Nh5
40. Rg1 Rxd7 41. Rg8 Rd3+ 42. Ka2 Rh3 43. Rc8 Kd7 44. Rh8 Ke7 45. Nc3 Be6+ 46.
Kb1 Rxh2 47. Rh7+ Kd8 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. Kc1 Rh1+ 50. Kc2 Ng3 51. Rf8 Ke7 52. Rb8
Nf5 53. Nb5 Nd4+ 54. Nxd4 exd4 55. Kd3 Rh2 56. Kxd4 Rxf2 57. Ke3 Rh2 58. Rb7
Kd7 59. Rb8 Rh3+ 60. Kf4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Nikolov, J."]
[Black "Vutov, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. g4 Bg6
15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Nd5 18. a3 Bd6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ba6 Rc7 21.
Bd2 Nf4 22. h4 h5 23. f3 hxg4 24. fxg4 Nd5 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. Kf2 Bf4 27. Rxc6
Be3+ 28. Kf3 Bxd4 29. Nc5 Re7 30. b4 Bb2 31. a4 Bc3 32. Bc4 Bxb4 33. Bxd5 Bxa5
34. Bc4 Rd8 35. h5 Bc2 36. g5 Bd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. g6 Rc7 39. gxf7+ Kxf7 40.
Bxe6+ Ke7 41. Rxc7+ Bxc7 42. Bb3 Rb1 43. Bg8 Ra1 44. Ne6 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Ljangov, P."]
[Black "Yordanov, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5 5. d3 exd3 6. cxb5 dxe2 7. Bxe2 Bb7 8.
Bf3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 a6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qh3
h6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb6 17. Rd2 Qb4 18. Qf5 Nd4 19. Qd5 Ne6 20. Be5 Rac8
21. Bc3 Qb8 22. Qe5 Rfd8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Rad1 Bb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. f3 d5 27.
Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxb2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Vlashki, N."]
[Black "Kolev, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bf5 9. Bc4 O-O-O+ 10. Ke2 Nf6 11. Na3 Ng4 12. Rhd1 Nxe3 13. Kxe3 Bh6+ 14.
Ke2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Ne5+ 17. Ke2 e6 18. Bb5 Kc7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1
Rb8 21. g3 Bf8 22. f4 Nc6 23. b4 a5 24. Nc4 axb4 25. cxb4 Bg7 26. Bxc6 Kxc6 27.
a4 Bc3 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. fxe5 Ra8 30. Rd6+ Kc7 31. a5 Rf8 32. Ke3 f5 33. b5 Ra8
34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Panajotov, J."]
[Black "Ivanov, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Kb1 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. g3 Rd7 21.
Nb3 Qc6 22. Rh4 Rhd8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rhd4 f5 25. a3 Bf8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Kxd7 28. Kc2 Bg7 29. Qd3+ Kc8 30. Nd2 Qb6 31. b4 Qxf2 32. Qd6 Qd4 33. Qe7
Qd7 34. Qc5+ Qc7 35. Qe3 Qe5 36. Qd3 Qb2+ 37. Kd1 Qd4 38. Qf3 Bf6 39. Qf4 Qxf4
40. gxf4 Bb2 41. Nb1 Bf6 42. Nd2 Be7 43. Ke2 a5 44. c5 axb4 45. axb4 Bd8 46.
Nc4 Bc7 47. Ke3 Kd7 48. b5 f6 49. b6 Bb8 50. Na5 Kc8 51. Kf3 e5 52. Ke3 exf4+
53. Kf3 Be5 54. c6 bxc6 55. Nxc6 Kb7 56. Nd8+ Kxb6 57. Nf7 Kc7 58. Nxh6 Kd7 59.
Nxf5 Ke6 60. h6 Kxf5 61. h7 Ke6 62. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Andreev, S."]
[Black "Arnaudov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. Bd3 e6 6. e4 d6 7. a4 b4 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Ne4 h6 12. h4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Rh3 Ne7
15. Rg3 Kf8 16. Rg4 a5 17. h5 Nf5 18. Rf4 Kg8 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Qd5 21.
Qd3 Re8 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Kf1 Be4 24. Rf4 Bxc2 25. Kg1 Bb3 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. Kf1
Kh7 28. Rc1 Bb6 29. Be3 Rd7 30. Bxb6 cxb6 31. Rc6 Rb8 32. Rd4 Re7 33. Rdd6 Bxa4
34. Rxb6 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Bc4 37. Kd2 Rc7 38. g4 Rc8 39. Nd4 Bf1 40.
f4 Bh3 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 Rc5 43. g6+ fxg6 44. e6 Rd5 45. Kd3 Bf1+ 46. Ke4
Bg2+ 47. Kd3 Re5 48. e7 Be4+ 49. Kc4 Rxe7 50. Ne6 Kh6 51. hxg6 Rd7 52. Nf4 Bf3
53. Rb5 Re7 54. Kb3 a4+ 55. Ka2 Re4 56. Nh3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Asparuhov, P."]
[Black "Petrov, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 a5 8. Bd3 a4
9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 a3 11. b3 Ndb8 12. O-O Be7 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Rc1 Nab4 15.
Bb1 Bd7 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Ne1 g6 19. Rf2 O-O-O 20. Na4 b6 21. Nd3 Kb7
22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Rff1 Qa5 24. Nf2 Rc7 25. Rfd1 Rhc8 26. Nc3 h5 27. Ne2 Qa8 28.
Qe1 Qb8 29. Nc3 Qa8 30. Ne2 Qb8 31. Bd2 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Kolev T, A."]
[Black "Georgiev, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. c5 a6
15. Nd4 dxc5 16. Rxc5 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 Nc6 18. Bxd8 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rxd8+ 20. Kc1
Rd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Bg4+ Kc7 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. a3 Na2+ 25. Kc2 Nc3 26. Rd2 Kc6
27. Bf3 Ne4 28. Re2 f5 29. h3 a5 30. g3 b5 31. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kc1 Bc3 33. f4
gxf4 34. exf4 Kd5 35. g4 Kd4 36. gxf5 Kd3 37. Rh2 Ke3 38. f6 Bxf6 39. Rd2 Bd4
40. h4 h5 41. Rd1 Bf3 42. Rg1 Bg4 43. f5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Hristov, N."]
[Black "Mitev, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nce2
a5 16. Nf5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Bednikov, G."]
[Black "Ivanov, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Bd2 b5 11. Qg3 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. e5 Nf5 14. Qf2 d4 15. g4 Ne7
16. Ng5 h5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. Ne4 Bxe5 19. Nxc5 Bd6 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Nc5 Qd5 22.
Ne4 O-O-O 23. Qf3 Rdh8 24. Rf2 Rh3 25. Nd6+ Qxd6 26. Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Stankovski, M."]
[Black "Roydov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bf5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Qd7 6. O-O g6 7. Qe1 d4 8. e4
Bh3 9. Qe2 Bxg2 10. Qxg2 Bg7 11. Nbd2 Ng4 12. Nb3 O-O-O 13. Re1 e5 14. h3 Nh6
15. fxe5 Ng8 16. Bf4 h6 17. g4 g5 18. Bg3 Nge7 19. Nc5 Qe8 20. e6 f6 21. a4 Ne5
22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. a5 Ng6 24. b4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. e5 c6 27. a6 b6 28. Nb7
Qxe6 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Qe4 Kc7 31. b5 Rd5 32. Qh7 Rd7 33. Qg8 Rd5 34. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Filev, G."]
[Black "Lilov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15.
Be3 a5 16. Rc1 a4 17. Nbd2 Qb8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. a3 Bd8 20. Bd3 Na5 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Bc5 Nh5 23. g3 Ra6 24. Nh2 Nf6 25. Rc3 Nc6 26. Nhf3 Ra8 27. b4 axb3 28.
Rxb3 Na5 29. Rbb1 Nb7 30. Bxb5 Qc8 31. Bb4 Bb6 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Nc4 Bc7 34.
Kg2 Qe6 35. Rec1 Nd8 36. Ne3 Bb6 37. Nf5 Nb7 38. Ng5 Qd7 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Arnaudov, G."]
[Black "Enchev, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bf5 Bd6 13. Rab1 Qe7 14. a3 a5
15. Rfe1 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 b5 17. Nd2 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. Ne2 a4 20. Ng3 g6 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22. Re2 Ke7 23. Rbe1 Kd7 24. e4 Bxg3 25. hxg3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27.
Rxe4 Kd6 28. Rxe6+ fxe6 29. Ke2 h5 30. Kd3 Rf8 31. f4 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Pantev, V."]
[Black "Kukov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. h3 O-O 14. O-O Rac8
15. a3 b5 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8
21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Kd6 25. Nb1 Ne4 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27.
Kxd2 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 f5 30. f4 h5 31. h4 g6 32. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Dobrev, N."]
[Black "Mladenov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 c5
9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nd7 Na5 14. Qa2 Rfd8 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bh4 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Rd8 18. O-O Rd2 19. Nc3 Bxe3 20. Be2 Bd4 21.
Nb5 Rxb2 22. Qa1 Be5 23. Qd1 a6 24. f4 Qc5+ 25. Bf2 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. fxe5
axb5 28. Bh5 fxe5 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Be8 Nc4 31. h4 Ne3 32. Bxe3 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1
Re2+ 34. Kg1 Rxe3 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Ra7 Rb3 37. h5 e4 38. h6 e3 39. Kf1 Bc4+ 40.
Kg2 e2 41. Bh5 Kf8 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Rxh7+ Kd8 44. Rh8+ Kc7 45. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Janchev, P."]
[Black "Badev, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 h5 6. h4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Rb1 d5 11. b3 Bg4 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc8 14. c5 Rd8 15. Qc2
b6 16. f3 Be6 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Na4 Qa6 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Bf1 Qb7
22. Rd2 c5 23. Nec3 Nc6 24. Nb5 Nd4 25. Qd1 Bf8 26. Nac3 Nb8 27. Bc4 Nbc6 28.
Qf1 Ra5 29. Rbd1 Re8 30. Rf2 Nb4 31. Rdd2 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 Rea8 33. a4 Qc8 34. Kg2
Rb8 35. f4 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. fxe5 Nxb3 38. Rd7 Nc6 39. Rc7 Nxe5 40. Rf6 Ng4
41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Bf4 Nd4 43. Rg5 e5 44. Rxh5+ Kg8 45. Rg5+ Kh8 46. Rxg4 exf4
1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Milchev, N."]
[Black "Panbukchian, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 c5 12. Rb1 a5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Re1
e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qa4 d5 18. cxd5 Ncxd5 19. Rbd1 Qe8 20. Qh4 Nxc3 21. Bxc3
Ne4 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. b3 h6 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Ne5 g5 26. Qe3 Rbe8 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Rd2 Bh3 29. Nc4 Rf6 30. Qc3 Kh7 31. g4 Bxg4 32. Ne3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Stoinev, M."]
[Black "Velchev, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nec3 Be7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. a4 O-O 14. axb5
axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qb6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qa4 Qc5 19. Qb3 Ba8 20. Rd1 Bh4
21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Qa2 Bb7 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Be7 25. b3 g6 26. Rd3 Kg7 27. Bd5
Ba6 28. Rf3 Rf8 29. Na4 f5 30. Rc3 fxe4 31. Rc7 Kf6 32. Nb6 e3 33. fxe3 Bd8 34.
Nd7+ Ke7 35. Ra7 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Be2 37. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Vutov, M."]
[Black "Yordanova, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. a5 O-O 13. f5 Bc4 14. Ra4 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rd1 Rc6 20. Rd5 Qa7 21.
Rd3 Rec8 22. g3 b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Ra2 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxa6 Qb8 27.
bxc3 h6 28. Kg2 Bd8 29. Qc4 Bg5 30. Rc6 Qb1 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Yordanov, N."]
[Black "Panajotov, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Qe1 b5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Nd1 e6 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 e5 15. axb4
axb4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Qb8 20. Ng5 d5 21. Ne6+ fxe6
22. fxe6 Ke8 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qh5+ Kd8 25. Qf7 Be7 26. Nf5 Qb7 27. Nxe7 d4 28.
Kf1 Qxg2+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1 Qg3+ 32. Ke2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Georgiev, S."]
[Black "Vlashki, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ne2 h5 8. h3
Bc5 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nf5+ Kf8 12. Be3 Qb6 13. O-O Ne8 14. Qd2 g6 15.
Bh6+ Kg8 16. g4 hxg4 17. Neg3 Bf8 18. Qg5 Ndf6 19. hxg4 Qc7 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21.
Ne3 Nh7 22. Qh4 Ng7 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. f4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Kg8 26. Qg3 Nhg5 27. Ne2
Nh3+ 28. Bxh3 Qxg3+ 29. Nxg3 Rxh3 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Rad1 Be6 32. Rd6 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Arnaudov, P."]
[Black "Ljangov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 d6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. c3 O-O 7. Qf3 e5 8. Ne2
Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bc4 Be6
15. Qe2 c6 16. Rfe1 Red8 17. Nb3 Rd7 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Nf1 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Ne3 Be7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. c4 Bg5 25. Na5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qe7 27.
b3 Nc8 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. g3 h5 30. b4 Nd6 31. Qd3 Ne8 32. c5 Kf8 33. a3 Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Petrov, I."]
[Black "Nikolov, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
a5 9. b5 c5 10. g3 Bg4 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rc8 15.
Qd3 Qd7 16. a4 cxd4 17. exd4 Qc7 18. Ne2 Qc4 19. Qd1 h6 20. Be3 Qc2 21. Nf4
Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rc2 23. Bf1 Nc4 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Ne2 Rb3 27. Bf5 Re8
28. Bc2 Rb4 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd3 Ne4 31. Re1 Rc8 32. g4 Ncd2 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34.
Nxb4 Bxb4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Bf4 Rc4 37. d5 Kf8 38. Rc1 Rxc1+ 39. Bxc1 Ke7 40.
Bf4 Bd6 41. Be3 Kf6 42. Bd4+ Be5 43. Bb6 Bc3 44. Bc7 Ke7 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Hristov, N."]
[Black "Asparuhov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. Nf3 Bh5 14. Qd2 f4 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 f3 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxf3 19. Qe2 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Raf8 21.
Rg1 Qf5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bd4 Nxe5 24. Rg2 Ng4 25. Rxg4 e5 26. Rcg1 exd4 27.
Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. R7g6 e3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Ivanov, B."]
[Black "Andreev, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Nh5 12. Nde4 Ndf6 13. g4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd2 b6 19. e4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 g5 21.
Qc3 Kg7 22. f3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Kf6 24. Kf2 h5 25. Ke3 h4 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. Red1
Rac8 28. c4 Rc7 29. Be2 Bc8 30. Rf1 Rce7 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Kd2 f6 33. Rf2 Rf8 34.
Raf1 Bd7 35. Kc3 a6 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Rfb2 Bc8 38. Rxb6 Reb7 39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40.
Rxb7+ Bxb7 41. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Kolev, V."]
[Black "Kolev T, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 d5 8. e4
e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nde7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Qe2 f6 15.
Be3 b6 16. Rac1 Nf5 17. d4 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bxa2 19. b4 Bf7 20. b5 Na5 21. dxe5
fxe5 22. Nh4 Rad8 23. Be4 Qd6 24. Rcd1 Qf6 25. Nd5 Qg5 26. Qc2 Rd6 27. Nf3 Qd8
28. Ne3 Bb3 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qb1 Bf7 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. Nh4 Kh8 33. Nef5 Qf6 34.
Nd6 Kh7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Nxg6 Kg8 37. f3 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Ivanov, L."]
[Black "Stankovski, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rfe1 Qb8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Bf4 17. d5 h6 18. g3 e5 19. gxf4 e4 20. Qc3 exf3 21. Rg4
1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Roydov, P."]
[Black "Mitev, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Bg5
15. Nce3 Nd4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rb8 18. b3 g6 19. g3 Kh8 20. f4 Be7 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. f6 Bc5 23. Kg2 Rb7 24. Qd2 Bd6 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Re4 Ne6 27. Qh6 Qc7
1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Lilov, V."]
[Black "Stoinev, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. Nbd2 b5 8. a3
h6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. e4 Bd6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Na5 14. exd5 Bf5
15. Nh4 Bh7 16. Be4 g6 17. Rde1 f5 18. Bc2 Rfd8 19. Ng2 Kg7 20. f4 Bg8 21. Ne3
f6 22. Bd1 b6 23. Rhf1 Ra7 24. Bf3 Nb7 25. Re2 Bf8 26. Rfe1 Nd6 27. Nc2 Nc8 28.
Re8 Rad7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ne3 Bd6 31. Kc2 Ne7 32. a4 bxa4 33. Nexc4 b5 34.
Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Nc4 Nc8 36. Nxd6 Nxd6 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rd7 Ne4 39. d6 Bd5 40.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Mladenov, P."]
[Black "Milchev, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. Ne2 c5 5. Nbc3 Ne7 6. d3 O-O 7. Be3 d6 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. fxe5 Bxd5 14. exd6 Qxd6
15. Nf4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qf2 g5 20. Nh5 Qc6+ 21.
Kg1 g4 22. Qg2 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 24. Bf4 Qd5 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4
Re6 28. Rd3 Rde8 29. Rdxf3 gxf3 30. Be5+ Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Vlashki, N."]
[Black "Arnaudov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. f4 h6 6. Bh4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
fxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Bd6 11. Nf3 Ke8 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nd4 Nfg4 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Rd3 g5 17. Bg3 Ke7 18. Nd1 Ne5 19. Rb3 b5 20. h4 c5
21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. hxg5 h5 23. Rbh3 h4 24. Ke2 Bg3 25. Ne3 Rhg8 26. Nf1 Rxg5 27.
Nxg3 hxg3 28. Rf1 Kd6 29. Rf6 c4 30. Rhh6 Re5 31. Ke3 b4 32. Kd4 Re8 33. Rhg6
Ra5 34. Kxc4 Rxa2 35. Kb3 Ra1 36. Rxg3 a5 37. Rg5 Rb8 38. Rgg6 Kc5 39. c3 a4+
40. Kc2 b3+ 41. Kd3 Rd8+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf2 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Re1 45. Rxe6 Rxe6
46. Rxe6 a3 47. bxa3 Rd1 48. Re2 Kc4 49. Ke4 Rd8 50. Kf5 Rf8+ 51. Kg6 Rg8+ 52.
Kf5 Kd3 53. Rb2 Kxc3 54. Re2 Rb8 55. g4 b2 56. Rxb2 Rxb2 57. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Badev, K."]
[Black "Petrov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Bb5+ Nd7
8. Qh5 f5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bf1 Nf6 11. Qd1 Qa5 12. a3 O-O 13. Bd3 Kh8 14. Nf3 Nd5
15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qh5 h6 21.
Ne5 Kg8 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Re3 f4 24. Rh3 Rd5 25. Qg4 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27.
Rxh6 Re8 28. Rh4 Qxc3 29. Qxf4 Qxa3 30. Bh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6 Qe7 32. Rh7 Bc8 33.
Rd3 e5 34. Qe4 Qg5 35. Bh5 Bf5 36. Qc4 Bg6 37. h4 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 e4 39. Bxg6 Qf4+
40. Rg3 fxg6 41. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Yordanova, S."]
[Black "Ivanov, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nge2 Qa5 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 e4 15.
Bc2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Qa6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Nc4 20. e7 Rf7 21. Qe2
Rc8 22. Rac1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 d5 24. Bd4 Rxe7 25. Rg3+ Ng7 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Qg5
Rcc7 28. Rd1 h6 29. Qh4 Kh7 30. Rh3 b5 31. Bf6 h5 32. Qg5 Qf7 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34.
Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Andreev, S."]
[Black "Hristov, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Ra3 a6 14. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Kolev T, A."]
[Black "Roydov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qf5 14. g4
Qf6 15. Bg2 Nd7 16. Nxc4 O-O 17. Raf1 Qg5+ 18. Kc3 Nb6 19. b3 Nd5+ 20. Bxd5
cxd5 21. Ne5 Rac8+ 22. Kb2 Rc7 23. h4 Qe7 24. g5 Rfc8 25. Rc1 Qb4 26. Rxc7 Rxc7
27. Rh3 Qd4+ 28. Ka2 Rc1 29. Qb2 Qd1 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qe2+ 32. Ka3 g6 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Mitev, M."]
[Black "Stankovski, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 d5 3. cxd6 Qxd6 4. Qxd6 exd6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nb5 Bd7
8. Nc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 h6 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Bxa7 Nc6 12. Bb6+ Kd7 13. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Panbukchian, V."]
[Black "Panajotov, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. f4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 b6
9. h3 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nh5 12. Kh2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rad8 15.
Re1 Na5 16. f5 Ng7 17. g4 f6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Kg3 Nc4 20. h4 Nd6 21. Nh2 gxf5
22. Bxg7 f4+ 23. Kxf4 e5+ 24. Kg3 Kxg7 25. Nf1 Nc4 26. Kf2 Bc8 27. Bf3 Be6 28.
a4 Re7 29. Be2 Na5 30. Ne3 Rd2 31. Kf3 Red7 32. Rg1 h6 33. Bb5 Rd8 34. Rh1 Rf8
35. Rag1 Kh7 36. Bd3 Rd8 37. Rg3 c4 38. Be2 R8d7 39. Rb1 Rg7 40. Rb4 h5 41. g5
fxg5 42. hxg5 h4 43. Rg1 Rf7+ 44. Nf5 Bxf5 45. exf5 Rxf5+ 46. Ke4 Rf4+ 47. Kxe5
Rf2 48. Bxc4 Nc6+ 49. Ke6 Nxb4 50. cxb4 h3 51. Rg3 h2 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Enchev, I."]
[Black "Filev, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Be4 Qc7
15. c5 bxc5 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. Qxc5 Rac8 22. Nd6 Rxc5 23. Nxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd5 25. Nd6 Nb6 26. Kf1 Rd8
27. Rc6 Kg7 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. Ne4+ Ke7 30. g3 h6 31. f4 Nd5 32. a3 Rd7 33. b4 Rc7
34. Rxc7+ Nxc7 35. Kd3 f5 36. Nc3 Kd6 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Kc4 Kc6 40.
Kd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Pantev, V."]
[Black "Janchev, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3 e6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 c6 14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. Rd1
Rad8 16. Rb1 Nf8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. b4 Ne6 19. b5 Nd4 20. Qe3 Nc2 21. Qc1 Nd4
22. Qe3 Nc2 23. Qc1 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kukov, V."]
[Black "Arnaudov, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Rac1 Rec6 20. Rxc6 Rxc6
21. Rd1 Rc7 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Kd6 26. Nb3 Bd8 27.
Kd3 b5 28. Kc3 a5 29. Nc1 Bb6 30. Nd3 h5 31. a3 Bc5 32. Nxc5 Kxc5 33. b4+ axb4+
34. axb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vutov, M."]
[Black "Dobrev, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. a3 Qb8 19. Bb1 Bd8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5
Re8 22. Qe2 Nh5 23. b4 Nf4 24. Qf1 Ne7 25. Ba2 Neg6 26. Rc3 Qb7 27. Rec1 Bf6
28. Kh2 Rc7 29. h4 Rec8 30. g3 Be6 31. Bb1 Nh5 32. Ng5 Be7 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34.
Ba2 Nf8 35. Qh3 Qa6 36. Nf3 Nf6 37. Ng5 Rc6 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Bxe7 Rxc3 40. Bxf8
Kxf8 41. Nxe6+ Rxe6 42. Bxe6 g6 43. h5 Ke7 44. Bd5 gxh5 45. Kg2 Rc2 46. Qf5 Kf8
47. Be6 Ke7 48. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Asparuhov, P."]
[Black "Velchev, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nc6 7. f4 Bg4+ 8.
Be2 O-O-O+ 9. Ke1 Bf5 10. Nd2 f6 11. Ngf3 g5 12. exf6 gxf4 13. Nc4 Nxf6 14.
Bxf4 Rg8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kf2 Kc7 18. Rad1 Be6 19. a3 b5 20. Ncd2
Kb6 21. Rhe1 Bf5 22. Bf1 Rgf8 23. Kg1 Rf7 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. Ne4 Bh6 26. Neg5 Rfd7
27. h4 Bg4 28. Rc2 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Re2 Rb1 32. Nd2 Rd1 33.
Ndf3 Rb1 34. Rd2 Bf8 35. g4 Bxg4 36. Bd3 Rc1 37. Bxh7 b4 38. axb4 cxb4 39. cxb4
Bxb4 40. Rc2 Rxc2+ 41. Bxc2 Bh5 42. Ke3 Be7 43. Be4 Bf6 44. b3 Na5 45. Nd2 Kc5
46. Ne6+ Kb4 47. Nf4 Bxh4 48. Nxh5 Bg5+ 49. Nf4 Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Yordanov, N."]
[Black "Kolev, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8.
b4 a5 9. Bb5 O-O-O+ 10. Ke1 axb4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. cxb4 e4 13. Nfd2 Nf6 14. Nc3
Nd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Bb2 f5 17. Nc4 Kb7 18. Ne3 Rd3 19. Nxg4 fxg4 20. Rd1 Be7
21. Rxd3 exd3 22. h3 Bg5 23. hxg4 Re8+ 24. Kd1 Re2 25. Bc1 d2 26. Bb2 Rxf2 27.
Bxg7 Rxg2 28. Bc3 Rxg4 29. Rxh7+ Ka6 30. Rh1 Rc4 31. Bxd2 Rd4 32. Rh2 Bxd2 33.
Rxd2 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Ljangov, P."]
[Black "Georgiev, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bd2
Be6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Kh2 f5 11. Ne1 g5 12. Nd5 Ng6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rc1 f4 15. Nf3
Rf7 16. b4 Raf8 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Ng1 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4
22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 Bf6 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Qe2 Be7 27. gxf4 Nxf4
28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rg3 Qf5 30. Rcg1 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Rg3
Rxg3 34. fxg3 Kg6 35. Kg2 Kf5 36. Kf3 c6 37. Nc3 Bg5 38. b5 Bd2 39. Ne4 Bb4 40.
g4+ Ke6 41. bxc6 bxc6 42. Ng3 d5 43. cxd5+ cxd5 44. Nf5 Bd2 45. Ke2 Bg5 46. Kf3
Kd7 47. Ke2 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Nikolov, J."]
[Black "Ivanov, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Rh4 e6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O
Ngf6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Rhh1 Qc7 18. Ne5 c5 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. dxc5
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxc5 22. c3 Qc7 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Nf1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. g4 Qd6 28. f3 a6 29. Nd2 Nd7 30. Kc2 Qd5 31. c4 Qd4 32. Qd3 Qxd3+ 33.
Kxd3 Kf8 34. b4 b6 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. a4 Kd6 37. Ne4+ Kc6 38. b5+ axb5 39. axb5+
Kc7 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. Nxc5 Nb8 42. Nd3 f6 43. Kc5 Nd7+ 44. Kb4 Kb6 45. Nb2 Kb7
46. Nc4 Kc7 47. Ka4 Kb7 48. Ka5 Nc5 49. Nd6+ Kc7 50. Ne8+ Kd7 51. Nxg7 Ke7 52.
b6 Kf7 53. Kb5 Nb7 54. Nf5 exf5 55. gxf5 Nd8 56. Ka6 Ke7 57. b7 Nc6 58. Kb6 Kd6
59. f4 Nb8 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Filev, G."]
[Black "Kukov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bf1 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Rc1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Nf5 18. Rd3 Qd6 19. g4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxd4
21. Qe4 Rfd8 22. Red1 e5 23. h4 Qc6 24. Qe3 Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Bg2 Qxg4 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Kg1 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxb2 32. Rd7 Qxf2
33. Rxa7 e4 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Arnaudov, G."]
[Black "Lilov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. a3 Nd7 14. Na4 a6
15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Rxc5 18. dxc5 Qxe5 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qc6
21. g3 h6 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. Rb3 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxb7 a5 26. b4 axb4 27.
axb4 Rc2 28. b5 Rb2 29. b6 g6 30. Kg2 h5 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. Kg2 e5 34.
Kf1 d4 35. exd4 exd4 36. Rd7 Rxb6 37. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Janchev, P."]
[Black "Enchev, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 a5 6. d3 d6 7. Rb1 e6 8. e4 Nge7
9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Kh7 13. Nb5 e5 14. Bd2 Be6 15. h3 f5
16. Nec3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rf8 18. Nd5 Rab8 19. Nbc7 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 f4 21. Bc3 Nd4 22.
Bxa5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 f3 24. Bh1 Qf7 25. Bd2 h5 26. h4 Bh6 27. Be3 Qf6 28. Qd2 Bf4
29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Rxf4 32. Kh3 b5 33. Rg1 c4 34. dxc4 bxc4
35. Rgc1 Ne2 36. Rxc4 Rbf8 37. b3 Rg4 38. e5 Nf4+ 39. Rxf4 Rgxf4 40. exd6 Rxh4+
41. Kg3 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Pantev, V."]
[Black "Vutov, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. O-O Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. Nd2 Kf8 16. Na2 Ne7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Nc8 20. Na2 Ke7
21. Nc3 Nd6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. f3 Bg6 26. Kf2 f6 27.
Ke2 Kd6 28. b4 b6 29. h4 h6 30. Kf2 Bc2 31. f4 Be4 32. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Panajotov, J."]
[Black "Milchev, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Re1 Bg7 10. b4 a6 11. a4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Qb3 Ne8 14. Nf1 Nd6 15.
Bd5 Qf6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Qc2 g5 18. Bb3 g4 19. Nd2 Qg6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Ne8
22. Ba2 Qd6 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Be2 Qg6 25. Bc4 Nd6 26. Bd3 Be6 27. c4 Nc8 28. Bb2
Ne7 29. b5 Qg5 30. Rad1 Ng6 31. g3 Bf8 32. Nb3 axb5 33. axb5 b6 34. Bc1 Qe7 35.
Be3 Ra3 36. Ra1 Rda8 37. Rxa3 Rxa3 38. Ra1 Kh7 39. Rxa3 Qxa3 40. Bc1 Qb4 41.
Bd2 Qa4 42. Be3 Bb4 43. Kg2 Qa3 44. Bc1 Qa7 45. Be3 Kg7 46. Nc1 h5 47. Na2 Be7
48. Nc3 h4 49. Na4 Qa5 50. Kf1 Qb4 51. Bd2 Qa3 52. Nc3 Bb4 53. Nb1 Qa5 54. Bc1
Qa8 55. Nc3 hxg3 56. hxg3 Qh8 57. Kg1 Bc5 58. Bf1 Ne7 59. Nd5 Nxd5 60. cxd5 Bd7
61. Qc3 f6 62. Be3 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Dobrev, N."]
[Black "Badev, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Qh4 e5 13. Ne2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Kf7
15. Bh5+ g6 16. Be2 Bg7 17. O-O Re8 18. Nf3 Kg8 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bg4 21.
Bb5 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Rfe1 Qf5 24. Rac1 Re7 25. h3 Rf8 26. Qe3 e4 27. Nd4
Qd7 28. f4 Nh5 29. Rf1 Ref7 30. Ne2 Qb5 31. Rcd1 Qxb2 32. g4 Nf6 33. f5 Qxa2
34. g5 Nd7 35. f6 Qc4 36. Rd4 Qc6 37. Rc1 Qb6 38. Qf4 Nc5 39. Qe5 Nd3 40. Qxd5
Nxc1 41. Nxc1 Rc8 42. Nb3 Qc6 43. Qe5 Re8 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Arnaudov, P."]
[Black "Mladenov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. f4
Nge7 9. f5 gxf5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qd7 12. Nge2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O-O 16. c4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Rdg8 18. Qf6 h5 19. Bh3 h4 20. Kd2 Kb8
21. c4 Rh7 22. Raf1 Rg6 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. Rxf5 hxg3 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Stoinev, M."]
[Black "Vlashki, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. O-O Qe7 8.
b3 Bg4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Qe2 f6
15. Qe3 Nc5 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. a4 c5 19. Qg3 O-O 20. Kh1 b5 21. Nce3
Nd4 22. f3 Bg6 23. Nh4 Bf7 24. Qf2 Be6 25. g4 c4 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Qc6 28.
Nhf5 Rf7 29. Rfd1 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Bxc4 31. Qd2 a5 32. Ra3 Qa6 33. Kg2 Re7 34. Rc3
Bf7 35. Rc5 c6 36. Kf2 Raa7 37. Qc3 Be8 38. Rd8 Qb6 39. Rc8 Rac7 40. Rxc7 Rxc7
41. Qxa5 Qa7 42. Ke2 g6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Ng4 Kg7 45. Qc3 Re7 46. a5 Qa6+ 47.
Kf2 Bd7 48. Qe3 g5 49. Qb3 Be8 50. Ne3 Bd7 51. Qb6 Qxb6 52. axb6 Re8 53. Ra5
Kg6 54. Ra7 Bxh3 55. Rc7 Rc8 56. b7 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Georgiev, S."]
[Black "Panbukchian, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. c5 Nh5 10. cxd6 Nxf4 11. exf4 exd6+ 12. Kf1 Na6 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. h4 h5 16. Ng5 Qf6 17. Rh3 b5 18. Rhe3 Bh6 19. Re8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Bf8 21.
Ne6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Velchev, H."]
[Black "Yordanova, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. g4 Ne5 14. Nd4 b5 15.
Nf5 Rfe8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Bg5 Bc4 18. Qe3 Re6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21.
Qd4 h6 22. Nd5 Rf3 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. b3 Ne5 26. Rxd6 Re3 27. Nc6
Rxe4 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd7 Re2 30. Rf1 Rc8 31. Rfxf7 Rcxc2+ 32. Kd1 Rxa2 33.
Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rdg7+ Kf8 36. Rc7 Rad2+ 37. Kc1 Kg8 38. Rhg7+ Kf8
39. Rh7 Kg8 40. Rhg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Ivanov, B."]
[Black "Asparuhov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Qb3 e6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Bd3 f5 15.
Bb1 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. g4 Qd6 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Nxd5 b5 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. O-O
Rac8 22. Qe2 Rce8 23. a4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 f4 25. axb5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 fxe3 27. bxa6
Qxd4 28. Ne4 Ra8 29. Nc5 Qxb2 30. Rc2 Qe5 31. Ba2+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Rfc8 33. Rxc8+
Rxc8 34. Nxg7 Qg3+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rxa2 38. Nf5 Rxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Petrov, I."]
[Black "Yordanov, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bg2 Qxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 b6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. e4
Rfd8 15. Rd2 Qb4 16. Rad1 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ne5 18. Nd2 Ne8 19. Rd4 a6 20. Nf1 d6
21. Ne3 b5 22. f4 Nc6 23. R4d2 g6 24. g4 e5 25. f5 Nd4 26. Nc2 Nxc2 27. Rxc2 b4
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rdc8 30. Rdd2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Kolev, V."]
[Black "Ljangov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Re8 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Nb5 Rb8 13. Nxc7 Rf8 14. Be3 b6
15. Nb5 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. b3 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rc7 Rd1+ 22. Bf1 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Ne1+ 24. Kg1 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Ne1+ 26. Kg1
Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Ne1+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Ivanov, L."]
[Black "Kolev T, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. O-O a6 8.
Qa4 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bd3 b5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 Nc4
15. Bd4 Be6 16. a4 Qc7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qc3 Rfc8 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nfd2 Qb7 23. Bxg7 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Kxg7 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Ncxe4 Bd5
27. Qe7 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Ra4 29. Nc3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Mitev, M."]
[Black "Andreev, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 Bg4
9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nf5 13. f4 Qa5 14. Qc2 a6 15.
Ke2 Rab8 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qd8 19. Rhg1 f6 20. Rg4 Kf7 21. Rd1
b5 22. Qc2 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qb6 24. Rgg1 Qb2 25. Rd2 Qa3 26. Rd3 Qb4 27. Nd2 Qb2
28. Rc1 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Rb4 30. Ra2 Reb8 31. Raa3 h6 32. Rab3 g5 33. Kf3 Kg6 34.
h3 Nh4+ 35. Kg3 Kh5 36. e4 f5 37. f3 fxe4 38. fxe4 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rf8+ 40. Ke3
Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Roydov, P."]
[Black "Nikolov, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 Bb4 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qe8 12. Qe2 d6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ng4
f5 15. Ne3 f4 16. Nf1 d5 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nb3 Qg6 19. Nc5 f3 20. Qf1 Bh3 21. Reb1
Bxg2 22. Qe1 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Plovdiv BUL, Semi-final (m) 2009"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Hristov, N."]
[Black "Bednikov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3
Na6 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Nc5 Bb5 16. Qd2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 g5 18. Qc3 Rfc8 19. b4 g4 20. Nd2 h5 21. f3
Kf7 22. Kh1 Kg6 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bxd4 25. exf5+ exf5 26. Qd3 Bxc5 27. Qxf5+
Kh6 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Qf4+ Kh7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. Ne5 Be3
34. Qd5 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 36. Nxg6 1-0

 

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