Bulgarian Chess Championship

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

Men's Championship

#	Year	City	Men's Champion	Comment
1	1933	Varna	Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev[1]	Geshev defeated Yury Toshev (4.5 : 3.5) in a play-off match
2	1934	Sofia	Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev[2]
3	1935	Rousse	Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev[3]
4	1936	Sofia	Geshev, GeorgyGeorgy Geshev[4]
5	1937	Sofia	Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch[5]
6	1938	Varna	Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch[6]
7	1940	Sofia	Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch[7]
8	1942	Sofia	Toshev, YuryYury Toshev[8]
9	1943	Sofia	Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch[9]
10	1945	Sofia	Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov[10]	Gligoric, SvetozarSvetozar Gligoric won (off contest)
11	1946	Sofia	Petrov, PeterPeter Petrov[11]
12	1947	Sofia	Piskov, KamenKamen Piskov Yury Toshev[12]
13	1948	Sofia	Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch Alexander Tsvetkov[13]
14	1949	Sofia	Dimitrov, Krstiu KrstevKrstiu Krstev Dimitrov[14]
15	1950	Sofia	Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov[15]
16	1951	Sofia	Tsvetkov, AlexanderAlexander Tsvetkov Minev, NikolayNikolay Minev Bobotsov, MilkoMilko Bobotsov [16]	Tsvetkov won ahead of Bobotsov and Minev in BUL-ch playoffs in January 1952
17	1952	Sofia	Milev, ZdravkoZdravko Milev[17]
18	1953	Sofia	Minev, NikolayNikolay Minev Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch[18]
19	1954	Sofia	Padevsky, NikolaNikola Padevsky[19]
20	1955	Sofia	Padevsky, NikolaNikola Padevsky[20]
21	1957	Sofia	Neikirch, OlegOleg Neikirch[21]
22	1958	Sofia	Bobotsov, MilkoMilko Bobotsov[22]
23	1959	Sofia	Popov, Vladilen TodorovVladilen Todorov Popov
24	1960	Sofia	Milev, ZdravkoZdravko Milev
25	1961	Sofia	Milev, ZdravkoZdravko Milev
26	1962	Sofia	Padevsky, NikolaNikola Padevsky
27	1963	Sofia	Tringov, GeorgiGeorgi Tringov
28	1964	Sofia	Padevsky, NikolaNikola Padevsky[23]	Padevsky defeated Atanas Kolarov (2.5 : 1.5) in a play-off match
29	1965	Varna	Minev, NikolayNikolay Minev
30	1966	Sofia	Minev, NikolayNikolay Minev
31	1968	Sofia	Peev, Peicho ChanevPeicho Chanev Peev
32	1969	Plovdiv	Spiridinov, NikolaNikola Spiridinov
33	1970	Sofia	Popov, Lyuben StoyanovLyuben Stoyanov Popov
34	1971	Sofia	Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov
35	1972	Sofia	Bohosjan, Sarkis StepnSarkis Stepn Bohosjan
36	1973	Sofia	Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov
37	1973	Sofia	Kirov, NinoNino Kirov
38	1974	Asenovgrad	Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov
39	1975	Pernik	Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov[24]	Match-tournament: 1. Ermenkov 2. Nikola Spiridonov 3. Nikolai Radev
40	1976	Sofia	Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov
41	1977	Sofia	Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov
42	1978	Vratza	Kirov, NinoNino Kirov
43	1979	Sofia	Ermenkov, EvgenijEvgenij Ermenkov[25]	Ermenkov defeated Krum Georgiev in a play-off match
44	1980	Sofia	Radulov, IvanIvan Radulov[26]	Radulov defeated Ventzislav Inkiov (2 : 1) in a play-off match
45	1981	Sofia	Tringov, GeorgiGeorgi Tringov
46	1982	Sofia	Inkiov, VentzislavVentzislav Inkiov[27]	Inkiov defeated Valentin Lukov in a play-off match
47	1983	Pernik	Donchev, DimitarDimitar Donchev
48	1984	Sofia	Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev[28]
49	1985	Sofia	Tringov, GeorgiGeorgi Tringov
50	1986	Sofia	Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev
51	1987	Elenite	Velikov, PetarPetar Velikov
52	1988	Sofia	Donchev, DimitarDimitar Donchev
53	1989	Sofia	Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev
54	1990	Sofia	Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov
55	1991	Pazardzhik	Chatalbashev, BorisBoris Chatalbashev
56	1992	Bankya	Kolev, AtanasAtanas Kolev
57	1993	Pirdop	Genov, PetarPetar Genov
58	1994	Sofia	Delchev, AleksanderAleksander Delchev
59	1995	Sofia	Georgiev, VladimirVladimir Georgiev
60	1996	Sofia	Delchev, AleksanderAleksander Delchev
61	1997	Shumen	Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov
62	1998	Dupnitsa	Chatalbashev, BorisBoris Chatalbashev
63	1999	Plovdiv	Genov, PetarPetar Genov
64	2000	Asenovgrad	Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov
65	2001	Tsarevo	Delchev, AleksanderAleksander Delchev
66	2002	Sofia	Petrov, MarijanMarijan Petrov
67	2003	Sofia	Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov
68	2004	Sofia	Cheparinov, IvanIvan Cheparinov
69	2005	Pleven	Cheparinov, IvanIvan Cheparinov
70	2006	Svilengrad	Iotov, ValentinValentin Iotov
71	2007	Pernik	Chatalbashev, BorisBoris Chatalbashev
72	2008	Plovdiv	Spasov, VasilVasil Spasov
73	2009	Blagoevgrad	Bojkov, DejanDejan Bojkov
74	2010	Kiustendil	Chatalbashev, BorisBoris Chatalbashev
75	2011	Bankya	Radulski, JulianJulian Radulski[29]
76	2012	Panagyurishte	Cheparinov, IvanIvan Cheparinov
77	2013	Bankya	Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev
78	2014	Kozloduy	Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev
79	2015	Pleven	Georgiev, KirilKiril Georgiev
80	2016	Pleven	Nikolov, MomchilMomchil Nikolov

Women's Championship

#	Year	City	Women's Champion
1	1951		Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova
2	1952		Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova
3	1953		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
4	1954		Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova
5	1955		Todorova, PaunkaPaunka Todorova
6	1956		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
7	1957		Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova
8	1958		Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova
9	1960		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
10	1961		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
11	1962		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
12	1963		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
13	1964		Todorova, PaunkaPaunka Todorova
14	1965		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
15	1966		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
16	1967		Ivanova, AntoniaAntonia Ivanova
17	1968		Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva
18	1969		Asenova, VenkaVenka Asenova
19	1970		Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva
20	1971		Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva
21	1972		Shikova, VesminaVesmina Shikova
22	1973		Trojanska, EvelinaEvelina Trojanska
23	1974		Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko
24	1975		Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko
25	1976		Borisova-Ornstein, BorislavaBorislava Borisova-Ornstein
26	1977		Georgieva, AntoninaAntonina Georgieva
27	1978		Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko
28	1979		Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko
29	1980		Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
30	1981		Lematschko, TatjanaTatjana Lematschko
31	1982	Sofia	Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
32	1983		Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
33	1984		Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
34	1985		Petrova, MarlenMarlen Petrova
35	1986		Savova, StefkaStefka Savova
36	1987	Sofia	Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
37	1988		Genova, RuzkaRuzka Genova
38	1989	Sofia	Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
39	1990		Peicheva, VeraVera Peicheva
40	1991	Bankya	Bojadjieva-Gocheva, RumianaRumiana Bojadjieva-Gocheva
41	1992	Pernik	Koen, MajaMaja Koen
42	1993		Chilingirova, PavlinaPavlina Chilingirova
43	1994		Koen, MajaMaja Koen
44	1995		Stefanova, AntoanetaAntoaneta Stefanova
45	1996		Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva
46	1997		Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva
47	1998		Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
48	1999		Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva
49	2000		Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva
50	2001	Plovdiv	Velcheva, MariaMaria Velcheva
51	2002	Plovdiv	Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
52	2003	Sofia	Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
53	2004	Sofia	Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
54	2005	Veliko Tarnovo	Georgieva-Genova, LiubkaLiubka Georgieva-Genova
55	2006	Svilengrad	Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
56	2007	Pernik	Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
57	2008	Plovdiv	Raeva, ElitsaElitsa Raeva
58	2009	Dupnitsa	Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
59	2010	Dupnitsa	Voiska, MargaritaMargarita Voiska
60	2011	Bankya	Nikolova, AdrianaAdriana Nikolova
61	2012	Panagyurishte	Videnova, IvaIva Videnova
62	2013	Bankya	Videnova, IvaIva Videnova
63	2014	Kozloduy	Videnova, IvaIva Videnova
64	2015	Pleven	Yordanova, SvetlaSvetla Yordanova
65	2016	Pleven	Raeva, ElitsaElitsa Raeva

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