Balgarianovinite.com Woman Grandmaster Beloslava Krasteva finished first among the women at the European Rapid Chess Championship in Kosovo, winning a prize of EUR 40,000. She scored 7.0 points in 11 games played under the Swiss system with a 15-minute time control and an additional 10 seconds per move, ranking 61st in the open competition.
The champion was Grandmaster Paulius Pultinevicius (Lithuania) with 10.0 points, ahead of Levan Pantsulaya (Georgia) and Daniel Darda (Belgium) who both scored 9.0 points. The best performing Bulgarian male player was Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev, who finished 30th with 7.5 points.
Georgiev ranked second in the over-50s age group, which was won by Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) with 8.5 points.
A total of 374 players took part in the rapid chess tournament.
Georgiev was the best in his age group at the European Blitz Chess Championship, which also took place in Kosovo. There, he ranked 29th in the overall standings with 9.0 points from 13 games, each with a 3-minute time control and 2 seconds added per move. This result put him ahead of Ivanchuk on additional criteria.
The continental blitz champion was Grandmaster Jordan Van Foreest (Netherlands) with 11.0 points, ahead of Eduardo Bonelli (Spain) and Vojtech Plat (Czech Republic), who both had 10.5 points.
Krasteva ranked fourth among the women with 7.5 points (93rd in the overall standings), while Johanna Paasikangas of Finland became the top-ranked woman with 8.0 points. Beloslava Krasteva Finishes First among Women at European Rapid Chess Championship 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-01 12:46:28 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law