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Bulgarian Chess Championship

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Summary

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

Open championship

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Men's Champion !! Comment |- | 1 || 1933 || Varna || || Geshev defeated Yury Toshev (4.5 : 3.5) in a play-off match |- | 2 || 1934 || Sofia || || |- | 3 || 1935 || Rousse || || |- | 4 || 1936 || Sofia || || |- | 5 || 1937 || Sofia || || |- | 6 || 1938 || Varna || || |- | 7 || 1940 || Sofia ||
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  1. Nikola Spiridonov 3. Nikolai Radev |- | 40 || 1976 || Sofia || || |- | 41 || 1977 || Sofia || || |- | 42 || 1978 || Vratza || || |- | 43 || 1979 || Sofia || || Ermenkov defeated Krum Georgiev in a play-off match |- | 44 || 1980 || Sofia || || Radulov defeated Ventzislav Inkiov (2 : 1) in a play-off match |- | 45 || 1981 || Sofia || || |- | 46 || 1982 || Sofia || || Inkiov defeated Valentin Lukov in a play-off match |- | 47 || 1983 || Pernik || || |- | 48 || 1984 || Sofia || || |- | 49 || 1985 || Sofia || || |- | 50 || 1986 || Sofia || || |- | 51 || 1987 || Elenite || || |- | 52 || 1988 || Sofia || || |- | 53 || 1989 || Sofia || || |- | 54 || 1990 || Sofia || || |- | 55 || 1991 || Pazardzhik || || |- | 56 || 1992 || Bankya || || |- | 57 || 1993 || Pirdop || || |- | 58 || 1994 || Sofia || || |- | 59 || 1995 || Sofia || || |- | 60 || 1996 || Sofia || || |- | 61 || 1997 || Shumen || || |- | 62 || 1998 || Dupnitsa || || |- | 63 || 1999 || Plovdiv || || |- | 64 || 2000 || Asenovgrad || || |- | 65 || 2001 || Tsarevo || || |- | 66 || 2002 || Sofia || || |- | 67 || 2003 || Sofia || || |- | 68 || 2004 || Sofia || || |- | 69 || 2005 || Pleven || || |- | 70 || 2006 || Svilengrad || || |- | 71 || 2007 || Pernik || || |- | 72 || 2008 || Plovdiv || || |- | 73 || 2009 || Blagoevgrad || || |- | 74 || 2010 || Kiustendil || || |- | 75 || 2011 || Bankya || || |- | 76 || 2012 || Panagyurishte || || |- | 77 || 2013 || Bankya || || |- | 78 || 2014 || Kozloduy |||| |- | 79 || 2015 || Pleven |||| |- | 80 || 2016 || Pleven |||| |- | 81 || 2017 || Montana || || |- | 82 || 2018 || Kozloduy || || |- | 83 || 2019 || Kozloduy || || |- | 84 || 2020 || Sofia || || |- | || 2023 || Sofia || || half a point ahead of 2017 Women's champion Nurgyul Salimova |}

Women's championship

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Women's Champion |- | 1 || 1951 || || |- | 2 || 1952 || || |- | 3 || 1953 || || |- | 4 || 1954 || || |- | 5 || 1955 || || |- | 6 || 1956 || || |- | 7 || 1957 || || |- | 8 || 1958 || || |- | 9 || 1960 || || |- | 10 || 1961 || || |- | 11 || 1962 || || |- | 12 || 1963 || || |- | 13 || 1964 || || |- | 14 || 1965 || || |- | 15 || 1966 || || |- | 16 || 1967 || || |- | 17 || 1968 || || |- | 18 || 1969 || || |- | 19 || 1970 || || |- | 20 || 1971 || || |- | 21 || 1972 || || |- | 22 || 1973 || || |- | 23 || 1974 || || |- | 24 || 1975 || || |- | 25 || 1976 || || |- | 26 || 1977 || || |- | 27 || 1978 || || |- | 28 || 1979 || || |- | 29 || 1980 || || |- | 30 || 1981 || || |- | 31 || 1982 || Sofia ||

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|- | 34 || 1985 || || |- | 35 || 1986 || || |- | 36 || 1987 || Sofia || |- | 37 || 1988 || || |- | 38 || 1989 || Sofia || |- | 39 || 1990 || || |- | 40 || 1991 || Bankya || |- | 41 || 1992 || Pernik || |- | 42 || 1993 || || |- | 43 || 1994 || || |- | 44 || 1995 || || |- | 45 || 1996 || || |- | 46 || 1997 || || |- | 47 || 1998 || || |- | 48 || 1999 || || |- | 49 || 2000 || || |- | 50 || 2001 || Plovdiv || |- | 51 || 2002 || Plovdiv || |- | 52 || 2003 || Sofia || |- | 53 || 2004 || Sofia || |- | 54 || 2005 || Veliko Tarnovo || |- | 55 || 2006 || Svilengrad || |- | 56 || 2007 || Pernik || |- | 57 || 2008 || Plovdiv || |- | 58 || 2009 || Dupnitsa || |- | 59 || 2010 || Dupnitsa || |- | 60 || 2011 || Bankya || |- | 61 || 2012 || Panagyurishte || |- | 62 || 2013 || Bankya || |- | 63 || 2014 || Kozloduy || |- | 64 || 2015 || Pleven || |- | 65 || 2016 || Pleven || |- | 66 || 2017 || Pleven || |- | 67 || 2018 ||Chavdar|| |- | 68 || 2019 ||Chavdar|| |- | 69 || 2020 || Sofia || |}

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