Bulgaria’s national teams recorded one win and one loss in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
In the open section, the Bulgarian team defeated North Macedonia 3.5–0.5. This was the Bulgarians’ fourth victory, taking their total to 8 match points and placing them among the top 25 teams in the standings.
Arcadij Naiditsch, Martin Petrov, and Radoslav Dimitrov each contributed a full point to the victory, defeating Emil Risteski, Toni Lazov, and Filip Pancevski, respectively. The only draw came in the game between Momchil Petkov and Anton Zlatkov, with the Bulgarian playing Black.
Uzbekistan, Germany, and defending champions India lead the standings with a maximum of 10 match points.
In the women’s section, Bulgaria suffered its first defeat of the tournament, losing 1–3 to China. On boards three and four, Beloslava Krasteva, playing White, and Gabriela Antova, playing Black, drew against Lu Miaoyi and Zhai Mo, respectively. On the top two boards, however, the Chinese players proved too strong, with Nurgyul Salimova losing to Zhu Jiner and Nadya Toncheva falling to Song Yuxin.
After five rounds, Bulgaria’s women’s team has 8 match points and is currently seventh in the standings.
The sixth round of the Chess Olympiad will take place on Monday, marking the halfway point of the world’s largest chess competition.
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