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The Bulgarian teams won their matches of the penultimate, 10th round of the Chess Olympiad for men and women in Budapest.
In the women’s category, Bulgaria prevailed over Israel by 2.5:1.5 points.
On the first board, Antoineta Stefanova beat Marcel Efroimski with the white pieces.
Dana Kochavi with the whites won against Gergana Peycheva, Focus broadcasts.
Viktoria Radeva outplayed Noga Orian to record her fifth win in eight matches since the start of the tournament, and she is still unbeaten.
The last game that ended was between Masha Klinova and Nurgyul Salimova, and after more than five hours of play, the two agreed to a draw, which secured the victory for Bulgaria.
Before the last round, the Bulgarian women are in 16th position.
For men, our team won over Sweden with 21.5:1.5 points.
The Scandinavians took the lead after Martin Lokander beat Grigor Grigorov on board four.
Arkadiy Naidich on the second board won with the white pieces against Erik Blomkvist, and Momchil Petkov on the third board with the black pieces beat Tiger Persson.
The success was ensured by Ivan Cheparinov on the first board, who with the black pieces finished a draw against the Swedish star Nils Grandelius.
Before the last round, the Bulgarians are in 20th place in the ranking.
For the men, the champion became known a round before the end. This is the Indian squad that defeated the No. 1 seeded USA team by 2.5 to 1.5 points in the tenth round. Thus, the Indians have 19 match points out of a possible 20, and even if they lose in the last round, only China can match them, but not surpass them.
In the women’s category, before the final round, India and Kazakhstan share the top spot with 17 match points each. Next are the USA and Poland with 16 game points each.
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