[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Dzjogov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Qf5 11. h3 b5 12. g4 Qd7 13. Ne3 b4 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qc6 17. Bb3 Bh4 18. Bg5 Rxf2 19. Rhf1 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. exd4 f5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. c5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Nc4 Kh8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Qa3 Ra8 20. Rb2 Bc6 21. Rfb1 f4 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxb7 f3 24. Qc1 Qd5 25. g3 Qf5 26. Kf1 Rad8 27. Qe3 e5 28. h4 exd4 29. cxd4 h6 30. Ke1 Qf6 31. R7b4 Qa6 32. a4 Qa5 33. Kf1 Qa6+ 34. Kg1 Qe6 35. Kf1 a5 36. Rb6 Qc4+ 37. Kg1 Rxd4 38. Rc1 Qxa4 39. Rb3 Qd7 40. Kh2 Qd5 41. c6 Rb4 42. Rxb4 axb4 43. c7 Qb7 44. Qb3 Rc8 45. Rc4 Qa7 46. Rc2 Rxc7 47. Rxc7 Qxc7 48. Qxb4 Qe5 49. Qa3 Kh7 50. Qe3 Qe6 51. Qd4 Kg6 52. Kg1 Kh7 53. Kh2 Qc6 54. Qe5 Qc4 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qe5 Qe2 57. Qc5 Kf7 58. g4 Qd3 59. Kg3 Ke6 60. Qf5+ Ke7 61. Qe5+ Kf7 62. Qf5+ Ke7 63. Qe5+ Kf7 64. h5 Qc2 65. Qd6 Qc4 66. Qg6+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Kf7 68. Qd7+ Kf8 69. Qf5+ Ke7 70. Qe5+ Kf7 71. Qf4+ Ke7 72. Qe5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Bobekov, Radko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Ba6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. c5 Nd7 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 e5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Bg2 Rcd8 22. Nb2 Nd5 23. a3 Bc8 24. b4 Bf5 25. Qb3 Be6 26. Nc4 f6 27. Qc2 Bf7 28. Bh3 Qb8 29. Rd2 Qb5 30. Bf1 Qb8 31. Red1 Qc7 32. Na5 f5 33. Bc4 Bf8 34. Bg5 Be7 35. Bxe7 Rxe7 36. Bf1 e4 37. Nc4 f4 38. Nd6 e3 39. Nxf7 Rxf7 40. fxe3 fxe3 41. Re2 Qe5 42. Bg2 Re8 43. Bxd5 cxd5 44. Qd3 Qh5 45. Rf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 d4 47. Qc4+ Kf8 48. c6 Qf5+ 49. Kg2 d3 50. g4 dxe2 51. gxf5 e1Q 52. Qc5+ Re7 53. fxg6 Qf2+ 54. Kh3 Qf3+ 55. Kh4 Qf4+ 56. Kh3 hxg6 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. 0-0 c5 8. e4 e5 9. exf5 Nc6 10. Nh4 Qe8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5+ Kh8 13. Ng2 Bxf5 14. f4 Qg6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Rf2 Nd4 18. Bxb7 Rxf2 19. Bxf2 Rb8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qb3 Bc2 22. Qb5 Qd6 23. Rf1 d3 24. Qd5 d2 25. Qxd6 Bxd6 26. Bf3 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganchev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Bd2 Bxd3 8. Ne5 Bg6 9. h4 Nfd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 Rxh4 12. 0-0-0 Nb6 13. b3 N8d7 14. g3 Rxh1 15. Rxh1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qe7 17. c5 Nd5 18. Ne4 0-0-0 19. Kc2 N7f6 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Qc4 Ne4 23. Rb1 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Qa3 25. Qb3 Bb4+ 26. Kc2 Qa6 27. Rc1 Qe2+ 28. Kb1 Bd2 29. Rc2 Nb4 30. Rc4 b5 31. Rc5 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Naidenov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7 5. Nce2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 dxe4 7. 0-0-0 Nd7 8. g4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 Ng6 12. h4 Qe7 13. h5 Ngf8 14. Nc3 0-0-0 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rhe1 Nb8 17. Kb1 Nfd7 18. g5 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qb4 20. a3 Qa5 21. Nfd2 b5 22. c4 b4 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. a4 a5 25. c5 Qa7 26. Qc2 Nc6 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Nde5 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Nd6+ Rxd6 31. Bxb7+ Kxb7 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Rc1 Qb6 34. Qe4+ Kb8 35. Qd5 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Kxc8 37. Nxa5 Kd7 38. Nb3 Qc6 39. Qd4 Qc4 40. Qa7+ Qc7 41. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 Qc8 7. b3 Na6 8. a3 Be7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. 0-0 Qe6 12. c4 Rfd8 13. c5 c6 14. b4 g5 15. Nb3 g4 16. Ne1 Qh6 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qe2 f5 20. Nc2 Re8 21. g3 Re6 22. Rfb1 Nc7 23. Ne1 Qh5 24. h4 Bxh4 25. gxh4 Qxh4 26. Ng2 Qg5 27. Nf4 Rh6 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Rh1 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Rexe6 31. Rxh6 Rxh6 32. Rh1 Rg6 33. Bc1 h5 34. Kg3 Rh6 35. Rh4 Qe7 36. Qf1 Kg7 37. Qh1 Kg6 38. Kg2 Rh7 39. Qh2 Rh8 40. Qg3 Rh7 41. a4 a6 42. Ba3 Kf7 43. Kf1 Qf6 44. Qc7+ Kg8 45. Qh2 Qg5 46. Qb8+ Kf7 47. Qxb7+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ Kg7 51. Qg3 Kg6 52. Kg2 f4 53. exf4 Qf5 54. Bc1 Re7 55. Be3 Rb7 56. Rh1 Rxb4 57. Qh4 Rb2 58. Qd8 g3 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. Qg5+ Qxg5 61. fxg5+ Kg6 62. Kxg3 Rb4 63. Kf4 Rxa4 64. Rb1 Ra2 65. Rb6 a5 66. Rxc6+ Kg7 67. Kf5 a4 68. Rc7+ Kf8 69. g6 Rb2 70. Bh6+ Ke8 71. Ke6 Kd8 72. Rc6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nbd7 9. Nc2 Ne5 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Na3 Nfg4 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rc1 Ned7 17. Qc2 a5 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Bd4 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Rcd1 Be6 22. Nb1 Rfd8 23. b3 Qf6 24. Nc3 g5 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. f4 Nf8 27. Rf1 gxf4 28. gxf4 Qh6 29. f5 Bd7 30. Nf4 Be8 31. Rd3 Nd7 32. Rg3 Kh8 33. Nce2 Qf6 34. Qc1 Ne5 35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Nh5 Qf8 37. Qg5 f6 38. Nxf6 Nd7 39. Nxh7 Qg7 40. Rf4 Qxg5 41. Nxg5 Ne5 42. f6 Bg6 43. Nd4 a4 44. b4 Rd7 45. Nde6 a3 46. Rh4+ Kg8 47. Rh6 Be8 48. Ng7 Nf7 49. Nxf7 Bxf7 50. Bf1 b5 51. Nf5 Re8 52. cxb5 Bxa2 53. bxc6 Ra7 54. Ne7+ Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. h4 Rea8 57. c7 Rxc7 58. Bg2 Bb3 59. Nf5 Rxh7 60. Nd4+ Ke5 61. Nxb3 a2 62. Na1 Rxh4 63. Kf2 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bf5 5. g4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 Rc8 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bc2 h5 11. Ng5 Be7 12. h4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qa5 15. h5 Kd7 16. Bd2 g6 17. h6 Nge7 18. h7 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qh4 Rce8 21. Qf6 Qb5 22. Bg5 Qb3 23. Qxf7+ Kc8 24. 0-0 Qc2 25. Rbe1 f4 26. e6 Qf5 27. Bxf4 Re7 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Kg2 Nd8 30. Bg5 Rxe6 31. Bxd8 Rg6+ 32. Kf3 Kxd8 33. Rh1 Kd7 34. Re5 Kd6 35. Rxf5 Ke6 36. Re5+ Kd6 37. Rhh5 Rf6+ 38. Ke3 Kc6 39. Rxd5 b6 40. Rdg5 Re6+ 41. Re5 Rg6 42. Re7 a6 43. a4 Kd6 44. Ree5 Rg7 45. Rh6+ Kc7 46. Ke4 Rhxh7 47. Rxh7 Rxh7 48. Kd5 Rf7 49. Re2 b5 50. axb5 axb5 51. Kc5 Rf5+ 52. d5 Kd7 53. Kxb5 Kd6 54. Kxc4 Rf4+ 55. Kd3 Kxd5 56. b4 Rf3+ 57. Kc2 Kc4 58. Re4+ Kb5 59. Kb3 Rxf2 60. c4+ Kb6 61. Re6+ Kc7 62. b5 Rf5 63. Kb4 Rf4 64. Rh6 Kb7 65. Rh7+ Kb6 66. Rd7 Rh4 67. Rd6+ Kc7 68. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. a4 Ba6 9. Na3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 f6 13. e4 fxe5 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Qh3 Kg7 16. Nb5 Qc8 17. Qh4 Qb7 18. dxe5 a6 19. Na3 dxe4 20. e6 e3 21. Nc4 e2 22. Rf7+ Rxf7 23. exf7 b5 24. Ne5 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Qd5 26. Ng4 Qe4 27. Re1 Bd2 28. h3 h5 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. Nbd2 e4 6. dxe4 dxe4 7. Ng5 e3 8. Nde4 exf2+ 9. Nxf2 Bc5 10. Nd3 Bb6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. c3 h6 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Nd4 0-0 15. Nf2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Ne5 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Qa4 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Ne3 20. Bf3 Bd7 21. Qb3 c5 22. Qa3 Bh3 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Qc3 Rxd4 25. e3 Rdd8 26. Qxc4 g5 27. g4 Ba5 28. Bg3 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd2 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Be1 Qf6 32. Qe4 h5 33. Qxb7 Rad8 34. Qe4 hxg4 35. Bg2 R8d2 36. Qc4 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Petrov, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nd2 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ng5 Qe8 10. c4 Nc6 11. Bb1 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Be3 Bc8 15. a3 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. bxc5 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 bxc5 20. f4 d6 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Nxd4 Qa4 25. Nc6 Qxc4 26. Qc1 Qxc1 27. Rxc1 Re8 28. Nb4 Nf6 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Rxe5 Bb7 32. Ne4 Nxd5 33. Nc5 Nxb4 34. Ne6+ Ke7 35. Nxd8+ Kxd8 36. Rb5 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nc6 38. Rb7 Ne7 39. Kf3 Ke8 40. Ke4 Kf8 41. Ke5 Ng6+ 42. Ke6 Nf4+ 43. Kf5 Ng6 44. h4 Nxh4+ 45. Ke6 g6 46. Rxh7 Nf5 47. Kf6 Ke8 48. Ra7 Nd6 49. Ke6 Nc8 50. Rc7 Kd8 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52. Rd5 Nb6 53. Rd2 Nc8 54. Rd4 Nb6 55. Kd6 Nc8+ 56. Kc7 Ne7 57. Rd7 Nf5 58. Rh7 Kf8 59. Kd7 Kg8 60. Rh1 Kf7 61. Rg1 Kf6 62. Kc6 Ne7+ 63. Kd6 Nf5+ 64. Kd5 Ne7+ 65. Ke4 Nf5 66. Kf4 Ne7 67. Rd1 Nf5 68. Ra1 Nh6 69. Ra5 Nf5 70. Ra6+ Kg7 71. Re6 Kh6 72. Kg4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Ne4 d6 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bd2 f6 13. Bc3 Nf7 14. Be2 Be6 15. 0-0 a4 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. f3 Ke7 18. e4 Nf7 19. f4 Rhe8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Bh5 Kf8 22. Rce1 Re7 23. g4 Ne5 24. g5 Bc6 25. h4 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. Rfe1 Nxc4 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Bxf6 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Bd1 Kf7 33. Bc3 Ne5 34. Bxa4 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxh4 36. Bb3+ d5 37. Kg3 Nxf5+ 38. Kf4 Ke6 39. Bd1 Ne7 40. Bg4+ Bf5 41. Bf3 Ng6+ 42. Kg5 Be4 43. Bg4+ Kd6 44. Kf6 d4 45. Bd2 c4 46. Bb4+ Kc6 47. Bh5 Kd5 48. Bg4 d3 49. Bc3 Kc5 50. Kg5 Kb5 51. Bd7+ Bc6 52. Bg4 Ne7 53. Be6 Bd5 54. Bg4 Nc6 55. Kf4 Na5 56. Ke5 Bf7 57. Bd7+ Kb6 58. Ba4 h5 59. Be1 Nb3 60. Bxb3 cxb3 61. Kd4 Bg6 62. Kc3 Kc5 63. Kxb3 Kd4 64. Bf2+ Ke4 65. Kc3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 c6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. dxc6 Qe7 11. Qd4 bxc3 12. 0-0-0 cxb2+ 13. Kb1 Nxc6 14. Qc4 Qc7 15. Re1 Be6 16. Qa6 Bb4 17. Nf3 0-0 18. Rd1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ne4 20. Rd3 Bc3 21. Qa4 Nb4 22. Rd7 Qc6 23. Rhd1 Qg6 24. g4 Nc5 25. f5 Nxa4 26. fxg6 Nb6 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. R7d6 Rac8 29. Ng5 Bf6 30. R6d2 Na8 31. h4 Nc7 32. Bd4 Nb5 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Kxb2 fxg5 35. Rf1 gxh4 36. c4 Nc7 37. Rh1 Ne6 38. Rxh4 Rcd8 39. Rhh2 Nd3+ 40. Kc3 Nec5 41. Rhe2 Nc1 42. Re7 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 N1xb3+ 44. Kc3 a6 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.23"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Ivanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bf4 d6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bf1 f5 11. Bc1 Bf6 12. c3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bg2 Bc8 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Bg2 Bg5 21. Qd2 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Bg4 23. a4 a5 24. c4 Qd7 25. Ra3 Rf7 26. f3 Bh3 27. Qh6 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Raf8 29. Re4 Rf5 30. Qd2 Qf7 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Rc3 Rf7 33. b3 Kf8 34. Qe2 g5 35. Rce3 h5 36. h3 Ke8 37. Qd3 Kd7 38. Qe2 Ke8 39. Qd3 Kd7 40. Qe2 Rh7 41. c5 dxc5 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Rf4 44. Rxe5 c4 45. Rf5 Rxf5 46. gxf5 Qxf5 47. Qxc4 Rh6 48. Qb5+ Kc8 49. Qa6+ Kd7 50. Qb5+ Kc8 51. Qa6+ Kd7 52. Qa8 Qf7 53. Re2 Rd6 54. Re5 Rf6 55. Re2 Qh5 56. Rf2 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Qxh3 58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Qf6+ Kc8 60. Qxg5 Qxb3 61. Qf5+ Kb7 62. Qe4 Qb4 63. Qh1 Qxa4 64. Qf3 Qc2+ 65. Kg3 Qg6+ 66. Kf2 Qd6 67. Qb3 b5 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. 0-0-0 f5 7. Qg3 Bd6 8. Bf4 Bxf4+ 9. Qxf4 Qc5 10. f3 Ne7 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. Qxg7 Qe5 13. Qxe5 Nxe5 14. Nb5 Nd5 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. c4 a6 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Nxc7+ Ke7 19. Nxa8 dxc4 20. Nb6 Be6 21. Ne2 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Rd8 23. Nc3 Rd6 24. Nba4 Nf2 25. Rg1 b5 26. Nc5 Bf5 27. Be2 Rd2 28. Nxa6 e3+ 29. Ka1 Bd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Nd5+ Kd8 32. Nxe3 Re2 33. Nb4 Rxe3 34. Nxd3 Nxd3 35. Kb1 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Nxe1 37. g4 Nf3 38. h3 Ng5 39. h4 Nf3 40. h5 Ke7 41. Kc2 Kf6 42. Kc3 Ne5 43. Kb4 Nxg4 44. Kxb5 Ke6 45. Kb6 Kd7 46. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. 0-0-0 f5 7. Qg3 Bd6 8. Bf4 Bxf4+ 9. Qxf4 Qc5 10. f3 Nf6 11. fxe4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 0-0 14. Bd3 Qf5 15. Qe1 Qf2 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. Nh3 Qc5 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rhf1 Nf6 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Rf3 Qg5 22. h4 Qh6 23. Kb1 e5 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Ne4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qxe5 Qe3 28. Ka1 Qe2 29. Qd4 Nf2 30. Rb1 Qxe6 31. Qxa7 Qd5 32. a3 Ne4 33. Qe3 Nf6 34. Re1 Qxg2 35. Qe7 Rc8 36. h5 h6 37. Qc5 Qd5 38. Qc3 Qxh5 39. Re7 Qh1+ 40. Ka2 Qd5+ 41. b3 Qd6 42. Qe1 Ra8 43. a4 b5 44. Re6 Qc5 45. Kb1 bxa4 46. Qh1 Qd5 47. Qxd5 Nxd5 48. bxa4 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Kiprov, Alexander Alexandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. a3 Bxf4 15. exf4 Qd6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Re1 Qe7 25. f3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kxe1 f5 28. Kd2 Kf7 29. Kc3 a5 30. b4 axb4+ 31. Kxb4 b6 32. a4 Ke6 33. a5 bxa5+ 34. Kxa5 Kd7 35. Kb6 Kd6 36. h3 Kd7 37. Kb7 Kd6 38. Kb6 Kd7 39. g4 Kd6 40. h4 Kd7 41. Kb7 Kd6 42. Kb6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. 0-0 e6 9. b3 Nbd5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Bd3 Be7 12. e4 Nf4 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. e5 N6d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Be4 Rd8 17. Qd3 Bh5 18. a5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Qf3 g5 22. Ne4 f5 23. Ng3 g6 24. a6 b6 25. Rfc1 Nd5 26. h3 g4 27. hxg4 Bg5 28. Rc4 Qh7 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Bc1 Be7 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Ke2 b5 33. Rc2 Qg6 34. Bd2 Bd8 35. Rac1 Kd7 36. Kd3 Bb6 37. Ne2 Rh4 38. Nf4 Qf7 39. g3 Rhh8 40. Nxd5 exd5 41. Bb4 Rhg8 42. Bd2 Rg4 43. Bf4 b4 44. Re1 Qe6 45. Rh1 Rcg8 46. Rcc1 Bc7 47. Rh6 R8g6 48. Rch1 c5 49. Rh7+ Kc8 50. Rh8+ Bd8 51. dxc5 Qxa6+ 52. Kd4 Rg7 53. Qd3 Qa2 54. Qxf5+ Kb7 55. Rxd8 Qd2+ 56. Qd3 Rxf4+ 57. gxf4 Qxf4+ 58. Kxd5 Qf7+ 59. Ke4 Rg4+ 60. Ke3 Qf4+ 61. Ke2 Qxe5+ 62. Kf1 Qa1+ 63. Qd1 Qa6+ 64. Rd3 Rf4 65. Rh7+ Kc8 66. Qe2 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Ganchev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 e5 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qc2 h6 15. c5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Qe4 g6 20. h4 Bd5 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qg3 Rfe8 23. Kf1 b6 24. b4 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rab8 26. Kg1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rb2 28. Re5 Bxa2 29. Rxh5 Rb3 30. Qg4 Rb8 31. Rg5 Bb1 32. Bc4 Bf5 33. Qf4 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. h5 Re1 36. g4 Re4 37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. gxf5 Rh4+ 39. Kg3 Rxh5 40. Rxh5 gxh5 41. Ba6 Kf6 42. Kf4 h4 43. Bb7 d3 44. Bxc6 d2 45. Ba4 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hinkov, Stefan"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. b3 Nfd7 7. Bb2 a5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Rad1 Nb4 11. Qb1 Qc7 12. d4 Rb8 13. Rd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 f6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nd6 Red8 19. c5 b6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Nhf5 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 a4 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. a3 Na2 27. Qxa2 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 axb3 29. Ne3 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 bxa2 31. Ke1 Nd7 32. Kd2 Nc5 33. Nc2 Na4 34. Bc3 c5 35. e3 Kf7 36. f4 e4 37. Ba5 Ke7 38. Bc3 Kd7 39. Ba1 Kc6 40. h4 h5 41. Ne1 Kb5 42. Ng2 Bh3 43. Ne1 Kc4 44. Kc2 Bf1 45. Kd2 Bd3 46. Ng2 Kb3 47. f5 c4 48. Nf4 c3+ 49. Kc1 Nc5 50. Nd5 Na4 51. Nf4 Bc4 52. Nxh5 Nc5 53. Nf4 Nd3+ 54. Nxd3 exd3 55. h5 Bd5 56. g4 Bf3 57. g5 d2# 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. a4 Be7 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nc3 c5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rac1 Qc4 19. Nd5 Qxe2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Nxe2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. f4 Nc4 24. b3 Ne3 25. Rd7 Bc6 26. Rd4 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 f5 28. Kf2 Bxe4 29. g4 Bd5 30. gxf5 Bxb3 31. Rb4 Bd1 32. Nd4 exf5 33. Nxf5 Rc5 34. Ne3 a5 35. Rxb6 Bxa4 36. Rxh6 Bb3 37. Ra6 a4 38. Ke2 Rc1 39. Kd3 Rh1 40. Ng4 Rg1 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nh5+ Kf8 43. f5 Rg4 44. Ra7 Rh4 45. f6 Kg8 46. Ng3 Rxh2 47. Ke4 Kh7 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Ne4 Re2 50. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 a5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. b3 c6 9. Bb2 Nc5 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nd1 Nfd7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg6 15. Ne3 Nb8 16. Nf5 Nba6 17. a3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qb6 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Rab1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxb3 22. Qd1 Nac5 23. d4 exd4 24. f6 Qd8 25. fxg7 Re8 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Re6 28. Rfd1 Qf6 29. Qd2 a4 30. Bh3 Re4 31. Qc2 Rae8 32. Bf1 Kxg7 33. Qd2 R8e6 34. Qa5 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Qd8 Ne4 37. Qb6 Qxb6 38. Rxb6 Nc5 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Rb2 Kf6 41. Ra2 Ke6 42. f4 Re3 43. g4 Ne4 44. Re2 Rxe2+ 45. Bxe2 d5 46. Bd3 Nf6 47. Bf5+ Ke7 48. g5 Nh5 49. cxd5 Nxf4+ 50. Kf3 Nxd5 51. Bxh7 b5 52. Ke4 b4 53. Kd3 bxa3 54. Kc2 Nb4+ 55. Kb1 a2+ 56. Kb2 a3+ 57. Ka1 c5 58. h4 c4 59. h5 c3 60. h6 c2 61. Bxc2 Nxc2+ 62. Kxa2 Kf8 63. Kb3 Nd4+ 64. Kxa3 Ne6 65. Kb4 Nxg5 66. Kc4 Kg8 67. Kd4 Kh7 68. Ke5 Kg6 69. Kf4 Nh7 70. Ke4 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Zvetkov, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Qc1 Re8 13. Ra3 b6 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Nc4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Be5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. Qc1 Bf5 20. Nd2 f6 21. e4 Bd7 22. f4 Nf7 23. Qa1 Qd8 24. Re1 b5 25. b3 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rb8 27. Nc4 Rb4 28. Qc3 Qb8 29. a5 Bb5 30. Nb6 Qd8 31. Ra2 Rd4 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Qe7 34. Qc3 Nh6 35. Bh3 Nf7 36. Be6 Nd8 37. Nc8 Qf8 38. Bh3 Nf7 39. Na7 Qe7 40. Nc6 Qc7 41. Nd4 Nd8 42. Nf3 Nb7 43. e5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Qxa5 45. Qxa5 Nxa5 46. exd6 Rxe1+ 47. Nxe1 Kf6 48. Bc8 c4 49. Kf2 c3 50. g4 g5 51. Bf5 h6 52. Nc2 Nb7 53. d7 Ke5 54. Nb4 Nd8 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Kd4 a5 57. Na2 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bobekov, Radko"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d4 d5 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Rd1 Be6 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Ne7 15. Nbd2 Nf5 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Bxb3 c6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Ba4 Rc8 21. Rc5 Re8 22. Qc2 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Bxc6 Qb4 25. Rc3 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxe5 28. Qa8+ Qf8 29. Qxa6 Qe8 30. Kf1 g6 31. b4 d4 32. Qd3 Rd5 33. Qb3 Qc6 34. a4 Qd6 35. Rd3 Rh5 36. h3 Qh2 37. Rxd4 Re5 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Qe3 Rxe3 40. fxe3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Stanchev, Zachari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nbd5 15. Nb5 Nxf4+ 16. gxf4 Be7 17. Rac1 c6 18. Qf3 Qb8 19. Nc3 Bd6 20. e4 a5 21. Ne2 Qc7 22. Nc4 Be7 23. Ne3 Qb6 24. f5 c5 25. e5 Ne8 26. d5 Bg5 27. d6 Qxb2 28. Rxc5 b6 29. Nc4 Qb4 30. Rc6 Qa4 31. d7 Qxd1 32. Rc8 Qxd7 33. Qxa8 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. Nxb6 Nd6 36. exd6 Rxc8 37. Nxc8 Kf8 38. d7 g6 39. Nd4 a4 40. Kf3 gxf5 41. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. b3 Bb7 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Qe7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qe1 e5 10. Qg3 0-0-0 11. a4 exf4 12. exf4 Nc5 13. Rfe1 Kb8 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 Nd4 17. Bd3 a5 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 20. Qh3 d5 21. Nf6 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 gxf6 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 d4 25. d3 Bb4 26. Re2 h5 27. Be4 Rhe8 28. f5 h4 29. Rf1 c6 30. Rf4 cxb5 31. axb5 a4 32. Kg1 a3 33. Ba1 Re5 34. Ref2 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. dxe4 d3 37. cxd3 Rxd3 38. Ra2 h3 39. gxh3 Rxh3 40. Bxf6 Kb7 41. Kg2 Rb3 42. h4 Bf8 43. h5 Bh6 44. Ra1 Re3 45. Rd1 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Piskov, Kamen Penev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. b3 Rd8 12. Ba3 Qe8 13. Rd1 Nh5 14. 0-0 Nf4 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Be2 h5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 h4 20. Bf1 Rd7 21. Ne3 Bh6 22. Bc1 Qd8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. g3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nh5 26. g4 Nf4 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Qh2 Bg5 29. b4 Qd7 30. Qc2 c6 31. a4 b5 32. a5 a6 33. Nd1 c5 34. bxc5 Qc7 35. Be3 Qxa5 36. Qd2 Qc7 37. Nb2 Be7 38. Qf2 a5 39. Kh2 a4 40. Bxb5 a3 41. Nc4 Qa7 42. c6 Qb8 43. Bb6 a2 44. Qxa2 Kg7 45. c7 Qh8+ 46. Kg1 Qh4 47. c8Q Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qg3+ 50. Kf1 Qxf3+ 51. Bf2 Qd1+ 52. Be1 Bh4 53. Qd2 Qf3+ 54. Kg1 Qxg4+ 55. Kf1 Qf3+ 56. Kg1 Bf2+ 57. Qxf2 Nh3+ 58. Kh2 Nxf2 59. Nxe5 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Nbd7 7. Nb3 Nxc5 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Bc3 0-0 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Ra5 e6 20. Rfa1 a6 21. Ne5 Rad8 22. b5 Nc5 23. bxa6 Nxa6 24. Rb5 Kf6 25. f4 Rd6 26. Rxb7 Kg7 27. b4 Kg8 28. Ra7 Nb8 29. Rc7 f6 30. Raa7 Rfd8 31. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1949.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. 0-0-0 f5 7. Qg3 Bd6 8. Bf4 Bxf4+ 9. Qxf4 Qc5 10. f3 Ne7 11. fxe4 0-0 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Qe5 Bd7 17. g4 Nfe3 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Qg6 Be8 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxe6+ Kh6 25. Nxc5 Nxg4 26. Rhg1 Bh5 27. h3 Nf6 28. Nxb7 Rae8 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Nd3 Nf4 31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Re1 Bg6 34. Re6 Rf1+ 35. Kd2 Rf2+ 36. Kd1 Kg5 37. Rc6 Bh5+ 38. Ke1 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Re7 40. Kg2 Kf4 41. Rc4+ Ke3 42. Kg3 Rg7+ 43. Kh4 Bf3 44. Rc3+ Kf4 45. Rc4+ Be4 46. Rc5 Bxc2 47. b3 Rh7+ 48. Rh5 Rxh5+ 49. Kxh5 a5 50. Kh6 c5 51. Kg7 Bxb3 52. axb3 c4 53. bxc4 a4 54. Kf7 a3 55. Ke7 Ke5 56. h4 a2 57. c5 Kd5 58. h5 a1Q 59. Kf7 Qh8 60. Kg6 Kxc5 61. h6 Kd6 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stanchev, Zachari"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Qe2 0-0 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 d6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Rd1 Bb6 11. d3 Nd8 12. d4 c5 13. d5 c4 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bg5 Nb7 17. Nbd2 Nc5 18. Nf1 h6 19. Bh4 Kh7 20. g4 g5 21. Bg3 Kh8 22. N3d2 Rg8 23. Kg2 Nfd7 24. Ne3 Nf8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nfd7 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Nf6 29. f3 Ra8 30. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. 0-0 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e4 Rc8 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Qb1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. d5 Bf6 18. Qb1 exd5 19. cxd5 Qa8 20. Nh4 g6 21. Rc4 Qb8 22. Rf4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Re4 Re8 26. Rde1 f6 27. f4 Bxd5 28. R4e3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rcd8 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf6 34. Re2 Rd1 35. g4 h6 36. h4 Rd5 37. g5+ hxg5 38. hxg5+ Kf5 39. Kg3 b5 40. Re7 a5 41. Re8 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Ra8 Ke4 44. Rxa4+ Kd3 45. Ra6 c4 46. Rxg6 Rc5 47. Rc6 Ra5 48. g6 c3 49. g7 Ra8 50. Rc7 Rg8 51. Kf2 Re8 52. a4 Kc2 53. a5 Kb2 54. a6 c2 55. a7 c1Q 56. Rxc1 Kxc1 57. Nd4 Kd2 58. Ne6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Toshev, Yury"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. f3 Bxe5 13. Qe1 Qd6 14. fxe4 Qb6+ 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Kh1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Ng5 h5 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bd5 Re7 23. Qf6 Qc7 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Bg5 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. b3 c5 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Qd1 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rc1 d4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rc8 18. Ne1 b5 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rc6 Rxc6 22. dxc6 a5 23. Nf4 Qc5 24. Nd5 Bg5 25. c7 Be6 26. h4 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Qe5 31. Qc2 a4 32. Qc6 b3 33. axb3 axb3 34. Qd7 Qe6 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qxd4+ Qf6 37. Qc5 b2 38. Rb1 Qa6 39. Qxg5 Qd6 40. Qxb5 Rxc7 41. Qxb2+ Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. f4 Ra7 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. e4 Re7 46. Kf3 Rd7 47. Rb3 Re7 48. Re3 Ra7 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kd4 Ra4+ 52. Kc5 Ra5+ 53. Kb6 Ra1 54. e5 Rc1 55. Kb5 Kh6 56. Rd3 g5 57. Rd6+ Kg7 58. Kb4 Rf1 59. Rd4 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khadshipetrov, Alexander Mateev"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nf3 Nxe4 11. Bd5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nbd2 Nbc5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Re1 f5 17. Ng5 Bb4 18. c3 Nxc3 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Be3 Ba5 23. bxc3 h6 24. Nf3 Rd5 25. Rc1 g5 26. g3 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Bd2 c5 29. Ke2 c4 30. Bxf4 Kh7 31. Be5 Bb6 32. Rg1 Rd7 33. Bd4 Bc7 34. Nd2 Bxh2 35. Rg2 Bd6 36. Ne4 Re7 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Petrov, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf1 0-0 8. Ne3 f6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Ng4 Be7 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. Nge5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. b3 c5 15. c4 d4 16. Bd3 b6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qd3 h6 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qg6 Qe8 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Qd5 Rb8 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Bg3 Nb8 27. Rad1 Nc6 28. h4 Nb4 29. a3 Na2 30. Qd3 Nc3 31. Rc1 Qh5 32. e6 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Rf8 34. Kg2 Qe8 35. Rxc3 dxc3 36. Qxc3 Qg6 37. Re4 Rf6 38. Qe3 Qe8 39. Qd3 Qh5 40. Re5 Qg6 41. Qd7 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 Nh5 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. Be3 Qf6 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Ne7 15. c4 b6 16. Nc1 Nf6 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Bc2 h6 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. Reb1 g5 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. b4 Nb7 24. bxa5 Nxa5 25. Bd3 Nh4 26. Bxa5 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2 Nh4+ 28. Kg3 Rxa5 29. Bf1 f5 30. f3 Kf7 31. Bh3 Bf6 32. Ra3 g4 33. fxg4 f4+ 34. Kf2 Bg5 35. Bg2 Ke7 36. Bf3 Kd7 37. Ra2 Rca8 38. Rba1 Ng6 39. Ra3 Bh4+ 40. Kf1 Bg5 41. Kf2 Ne7 42. Bd1 Ng8 43. Be2 Kc8 44. Nc3 Kd7 45. Nb5 Be7 46. Bf3 Nf6 47. h3 Rc8 48. h4 Rg8 49. Rg1 Nh7 50. g5 hxg5 51. Bg4+ Kd8 52. h5 Nf6 53. Kf3 Nxg4 54. Kxg4 Rh8 55. Rh1 Rh6 56. Ra2 Kd7 57. Raa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Filchev, Rusko"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. f4 Re8 14. Re5 Qc8 15. h3 Bf5 16. d4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Qf3 Rf8 19. Bd5 Nc5 20. dxc5 Be6 21. Be4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qd3 Qf8 24. Nd2 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Qc2 h6 28. Be3 Bc8 29. Re1 Qf8 30. Bd4 Rf4 31. Be5 Rf7 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Nh4 Rf1+ 34. Kh2 Rxe1 35. Ng6+ Kxh7 36. Nxf8+ Kg8 37. Qh7+ Kxf8 38. Qxg7+ Ke8 39. Bf6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Bf6 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. f3 Qe7 16. Be3 c5 17. Rad1 g5 18. Bc1 h6 19. e4 g4 20. Ne1 Bg7 21. f4 Ng6 22. d6 Qd8 23. e5 h5 24. Nd3 a5 25. Qg2 h4 26. a4 Kf7 27. Kf2 Rh8 28. Ke2 Qc8 29. Bd2 Qa6 30. b3 Rh6 31. Rh1 Rah8 32. Bc3 Qc8 33. Kd2 R8h7 34. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piskov, Kamen Penev"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 c5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. b3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd5 15. Qf3 e5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Re1 f5 20. Nxf5 0-0-0 21. Ng3 Bd5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Rac1+ Kb7 24. Red1 Bxb3 25. Rd7+ Kb8 26. Rcc7 Bd5 27. Ne2 b3 28. Bc1 Bb4 29. Bb2 Re6 30. Rxg7 Rd8 31. f3 Ba5 32. Rcd7 Bb6+ 33. Kf1 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Bc4 35. Ke1 e4 36. f4 Kc8 37. Rxh7 Rd6 38. Be5 Ba5+ 39. Nc3 b2 40. Rh8+ Rd8 41. Rxd8+ Kxd8 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 c6 8. Be2 Be6 9. Qd3 Na6 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. Kh1 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Qh3 15. Rg1 e5 16. Rg3 Qe6 17. d5 Qe8 18. Bg5 cxd5 19. Bxf6 Nb4 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Bxb5 Bxf6 22. exd5 Nc2 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Ba4 Nd4 25. Nc3 a6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Bd1 Rac8 28. Ra1 b4 29. Na4 Rc7 30. a3 bxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxd5 32. Nc3 Rd6 33. Rg1 Rb7 34. Ne4 Rdb6 35. Kg2 Bf8 36. Ra5 Nc6 37. Ra4 Nd4 38. f4 f6 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. h4 Be7 41. Kh3 Ne6 42. h5 g5 43. Ra5 Rxb2 44. Rxa6 Kf7 45. h6 Nf4+ 46. Kg4 R2b6 47. Rxb6 Rxb6 48. Kf5 Rxh6 49. Nxg5+ Bxg5 50. Bb3+ Ke7 51. Rxg5 Ng6 52. Rg4 Rh5+ 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Ke3 Rh3+ 55. f3 Rh2 56. Bc4 Nf4 57. Ba6 Rc2 58. Bf1 Nd5+ 59. Ke4 Rd2 60. Bd3 Nf4 61. Bf1 Rd1 62. Rxf4+ exf4 63. Be2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kostakiev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Ng8 16. Bc2 g5 17. Kh2 Bf6 18. Rg1 Ne7 19. h4 gxh4 20. g5 Qd7 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Nh2 Bh8 23. Raf1 Ng6 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Be5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rf3 Qd7 28. Ng4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Bxg4 30. Rf2 Rad8 31. Qe3 h5 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Rf6 Kg7 34. Qf2 Nb7 35. Rc6 Nf4 36. Nxc7 Nd8 37. Qxb6 Nxc6 38. Qxc6 f6 39. gxf6+ Kh7 40. Ne6 Rff7 41. Ng5+ Kg6 42. Nxf7 Rxf7 43. Qe8 Kxf6 44. Qh8+ Rg7 45. Qf8+ Kg6 46. Ba4 Kh7 47. Kh2 Bf3 48. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Filipov, Filip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 e5 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 a6 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Bf5 Rac8 16. Bxd7 Nfxd7 17. Qb3 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nf6 19. Rac1 b5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Qxa4 Qb7 22. b3 Ne4 23. Nd4 g6 24. Qa5 Rfe8 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rfc1 Rec8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. g3 Qd7 29. Qxa6 Qxh3 30. Qf1 Qg4 31. Qd1 Qg5 32. Nf3 Qf6 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. Nd4 Qc3 35. Ra2 Qb4 36. Rc2 Rc3 37. Rxc3 Qxc3 38. Qc2 Qe1 39. Qe2 Qb4 40. Qb5 Qe1 41. Qe2 Qb4 42. Qa2 Qe1 43. Nf3 Qd1 44. Qb2 h5 45. b4 g5 46. b5 g4 47. Nh2 Ng5 48. b6 Nf3 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Pavlin Nikolay"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 Nc4 12. Bc1 c5 13. b3 Nb6 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 dxe5 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. h3 Qe6 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ne3 g6 20. Bb2 c4 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e4 0-0 8. c3 dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. h3 a5 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Nh4 a4 15. Bxe4 axb3 16. axb3 Qxb3 17. Rfc1 Bc4 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 b6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Be4 Rc8 22. f4 e6 23. Kf2 Ne7 24. Nf3 Bd5 25. Nd2 Ra8 26. Bd3 Ra2 27. b4 c4 28. Bb1 Rb2 29. g4 b5 30. Ke1 f5 31. Kd1 Bc6 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Nd5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 Nxb4 37. h4 Nd5 38. Ke2 Nxf4+ 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Nf3 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. 0-0-0 Qe7 13. f3 b5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. g4 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b3 18. axb3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Rab8 20. Qa3 Bxb2+ 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Kxb2 Rb8+ 23. Kc2 Qe6 24. Kd3 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 Qc4+ 26. Ke1 a5 27. Rf1 a4 28. Rc1 Qb3 29. Rc3 Qb2 30. Rc2 Qb3 31. Ke2 Qb8 32. f4 a3 33. Ra1 h5 34. h3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Re8 36. Kf3 Qb3 37. Rc5 Qb2 38. Bc3 Qb6 39. Bd4 Qa6 40. Bxc6 Rd8 41. Bb5 Qb7+ 42. Kg3 Qa8 43. Rg5 Rxd4 44. exd4 a2 45. Bc4 Qa3+ 46. Kh4 Qc3 47. Rxa2 Qxc4 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. Rh5+ Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kh7 51. f5 g6 52. fxg6+ fxg6 53. Rd8 Qc7 54. Rgd5 Qe7+ 55. Kg3 Qe3+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Qe3+ 58. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. Bd2 Na6 9. Qc1 Re8 10. e4 d6 11. a3 e6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bh3 Qc6 14. Nb5 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bg2 d5 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. e5 Nd7 20. Re1 d4 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. Qe2 Rac8 23. h4 Bg7 24. h5 h6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. g4 Rf8 27. Bg3 g5 28. Nd2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rf7 30. Qe4 Qc6 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 32. b4 Rc8 33. Re2 Rb8 34. Rf1 a5 35. b5 Nf8 36. f4 gxf4 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Bxf4 Ng6 39. Bg3 Rf8 40. Re4 Rf7 41. Nf3 Nf8 42. Bh4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Ivanov, Pavlin Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Ndb4 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qe2 0-0 16. Nbd4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Bc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb7 21. Rfc1 Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bd3 23. Qe3 Bg6 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. h4 h6 26. Nf3 Ra7 27. h5 Be4 28. Ne5 Qg5 29. f3 Bf5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qc5 Rb7 33. b3 Qxh5 34. f4 Qe2 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 f6 37. Nf3 Be4 38. Re1 Bd5 39. Nd4 Rc7 40. Re2 Rc3 41. Nxe6 Kg6 42. f5+ Kxf5 43. Nxg7+ Kf4 44. Nh5+ Kg5 45. Ng3 f5 46. Rd2 Be4 47. Ne2 Rc5 48. b4 Rc6 49. a4 Rb6 50. Rb2 Kf6 51. Nc3 Ba8 52. b5 axb5 53. axb5 Ke5 54. Ra2 Bxg2 55. Kxg2 Kd4 56. Ra6 Kc5 57. Na4+ Kxb5 58. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb5 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Qd3 f6 21. Bf4 Be6 22. e5 f5 23. Bb3 Qc6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb5+ Kf7 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. h4 h6 28. h5 Ra5 29. Qd3 c6 30. Qd7+ Qxd7 31. Rxd7+ Ke6 32. Rd6+ Ke7 33. Bg3 Rc5 34. Bh4+ Kf8 35. e6 g5 36. hxg6 Kg7 37. e7 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. f4 cxd4 7. Nce2 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. Nexd4 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bc5 11. c3 Bd7 12. Be3 a6 13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Ncd4 b5 16. 0-0 Rc8 17. Rf2 h6 18. f5 Qc7 19. Qe3 0-0 20. f6 g5 21. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Bardarov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxa8 Bd6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Qg6 Nh7 19. Ba5 Qe7 20. Bh5 Rf8 21. e4 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ng5 25. Rad1 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rc1 Bh3 28. Rfe1 Nxf2 29. Re8 Rxe8 30. Bxe8 Nd3 31. Ra1 Kf8 32. Bc6 Bc8 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Ra8 Nc1 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Rxc8 Na2 37. Ke3 Nxc3 38. Kd4 Ne2+ 39. Ke3 Nc3 40. Rc6 Nd5+ 41. Kd4 Nb4 42. Rc5 Nc2+ 43. Kc3 Na3 44. Kb4 Kd6 45. Rf5 Nc2+ 46. Kc3 Ne3 47. Rxb5 Ke6 48. Kd4 Nf5+ 49. Kc3 h5 50. Ra5 Kf6 51. Kxc4 h4 52. gxh4 Nxh4 53. Kd3 Nf3 54. Ke4 Nxh2 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Rxg5 Nf3 57. Rd5 Nh4 58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. Kg5 Nf3+ 60. Kg4 Ke7 61. Ra6 Ne5+ 62. Kf5 Nd7 63. Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zgurev, Georgi"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Ba6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qe8 11. Rac1 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 Ne4 13. Rc2 c5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 16. dxc5 g5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. c6 Rac8 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. b4 f5 23. a4 Nd3 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rb3 Rf6 26. f3 Rc7 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. fxe4 Ne1 29. Rc1 Re5 30. Kf2 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxe4 32. Kf3 Re6 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Re5 35. Ra1 Kf7 36. Ra6 Ke6 37. Rxb6 Kd6 38. Rb8 Rf7+ 39. Ke2 Ree7 40. Rc3 Kc7 41. Rb7+ Kc8 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. b6 Re6 44. b7+ Kc7 45. Rb3 Re8 46. Kd3 h5 47. Ke2 Rf8 48. Ra3 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Ra8 Rb8 51. Rxb8 Kxb8 52. Kf3 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Ne5 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 f6 12. Ng4 c5 13. c4 Nc6 14. c3 Ba6 15. Qa4 Na5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd7 Bxc4 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Qxe6 Rad8 20. Qf5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc4 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Re2 h5 24. Nf2 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Nd3 d4 28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc3 Ra4 32. a3 Kg8 33. Nb2 Ra5 34. a4 Kf7 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Ne7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. h4 Nd5 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40. Rc2 Rc5 41. Rd2 Kc6 42. Rd4 Rc1 43. Ke4 Re1+ 44. Kf5 Ne7+ 45. Kf4 Ng6+ 46. Kg3 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rb3 48. Nd3 Nxh4 49. g5 Nf5 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. Rf4 Rxd3 52. Rxf5 Rd6 53. Ke2 Kb7 54. Rh5 Rd4 55. a5 Ka6 56. Ke3 Rd6 57. axb6 axb6 58. Ke4 b5 59. Rh1 b4 60. Rh5 b3 61. Rf5 b2 62. Rf1 Rb6 63. Rb1 Ka5 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Qe2 Nb6 9. 0-0 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 0-0 11. Bf4 c6 12. Rad1 Qd5 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qa3 a5 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Ne5 c5 21. f3 cxd4 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Bf2 Bc6 24. b3 c3 25. Re4 d3 26. Qc1 c2 27. Rd2 Bc3 28. Rc4 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 e5 30. Rc5 Qd6 31. Rxa5 Qh6 32. Be3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 d2 34. Rxe5 c1Q+ 35. Kf2 d1N+ 36. Kg3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Jankov, Todor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f3 e5 10. Qe1 Qe7 11. Qh4 h6 12. d5 Nh7 13. Qf2 Nd8 14. Ng3 f5 15. f4 e4 16. Bc2 g6 17. Qe2 b6 18. Nh1 Nf6 19. g3 Ba6 20. Rd1 Qf7 21. Bb3 Nb7 22. Qb2 Na5 23. Qa3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qa4 Na5 26. c4 Qd7 27. Qc2 b5 28. cxb5 Qxb5 29. Rb1 Qc4 30. Qd2 Qa4 31. Bb2 Nc4 32. Qc1 Nxb2 33. Qxb2 Rab8 34. Qd2 Kf7 35. Nf2 Rb5 36. Rb2 Rfb8 37. Rdb1 Qc4 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Rxb5 Qxb5 40. Nd1 Qd3 41. Qxd3 exd3 42. Nb2 Nxd5 43. Nxd3 Nxe3 44. h3 c4 45. Nc1 d5 46. Kf2 d4 47. Ne2 Nc2 48. Nc1 Ke6 49. Ke2 Ne3 50. a3 Kd5 51. Kf3 h5 52. h4 Nc2 53. Ke2 Nxa3 54. Kf3 a5 55. Na2 Nc2 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Kd2 Nb4 58. Nc1 Kf3 59. Ne2 Nc6 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Kd1 a4 62. Nc1 Kf3 63. Ke1 Kxg3 64. Ne2+ Kf3 65. Kd2 a3 66. Ke1 a2 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. 0-0 Qg6 11. Qxg6 hxg6 12. f4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 0-0-0 14. Nd1 f6 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxf4 Ne6 18. Rf2 Ng5 19. Kg1 Nf7 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. b3 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. e4 Qe7 11. Na2 e5 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. Bd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. a5 Nc8 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. Qa2 Rf8 21. Rd3 Ne7 22. Rbd1 Ng6 23. Bd6 Qc8 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Bxf7+ Ke7 26. Bc4 Ng6 27. Rd6 Nf4 28. Qb2 Ng6 29. Be6 Qc7 30. Rd7+ Nxd7 31. Rxd7+ Qxd7 32. Bxd7 Rd8 33. Bg4 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Nf4+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kh4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch02"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1947.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Toshev, Yury"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1947.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. d3 Nxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. Nxb5 Bxh3 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Ra4 Re8 18. Qa1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bd2 20. Re2 Qg5+ 21. Kf1 Bf4 22. Nxf4 Qxf4 23. Re3 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.25"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. c4 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. d5 e5 16. Qc3 Ng6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Be4 Bc8 19. Bc2 Qf8 20. Re3 Qg7 21. Bxg6 fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Milic, Borislav"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 f6 5. e3 Nh6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. b4 0-0 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. d5 Nb8 12. c5 Bg4 13. Ba3 f5 14. Rac1 e4 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Ne5 19. Nf4 Qb5 20. Bb2 Nhf7 21. Ne6 Rfc8 22. c6 bxc6 23. a4 Qe2 24. Nf4 Qa6 25. dxc6 Re8 26. Rd5 Re7 27. Ra5 Qc8 28. Bd4 a6 29. Nd5 Re8 30. b5 Ng5 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. bxa6 Qxa6 33. Nxc7 Qc8 34. Nxe8 Qxe8 35. c7 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Bochvarov, Ilij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rfd1 Qe8 11. e3 Qh5 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Qd3 g5 14. Ne1 Be4 15. Qd2 Rf7 16. f3 Bb7 17. Nd3 Rg7 18. Nf2 Rf8 19. Rac1 Qg6 20. Qd3 h5 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qf7 23. Rd2 h4 24. e5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nh5 26. Ng4 h3+ 27. Kg1 Kh8 28. Rf2 Nf4 29. gxf4 Qh5 30. Nf6 gxf4+ 31. Kh1 Rfg8 32. Nxg8 Kxg8 33. Qf3 Qg5 34. Nd2 Ng6 35. Ne4 Qf5 36. Rg1 Kf8 37. Rg5 Qf7 38. Qh5 Ke7 39. Nf6 d6 40. exd6+ Kxf6 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6 42. Rxf4+ Qf5 43. Rxf5+ exf5 44. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 Qe7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Qd3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. axb5 c4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxb5 16. Ba4 0-0 17. Qb4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qc7 19. Bc2 a5 20. Qa4 exd4 21. cxd4 d5 22. e5 Ne4 23. Be3 Rac8 24. Bb3 Rfd8 25. Qb5 Qc6 26. Qd3 Qg6 27. Kg1 Ng5 28. Qe2 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Bc2 Ba7 33. b3 Rbc8 34. Bxe4 Bxd4 35. Rb1 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Rd2 37. Ra1 Kf8 38. h3 Rc5 39. e6 fxe6 40. Bxh7 Rg5 41. Be4 Rb2 42. h4 Re5 43. Bg6 Rxb3 44. Rf1+ Kg8 45. Rf7 Rb8 46. Ra7 Rc5 47. h5 Rf8 48. e4 e5 49. Kh2 Rb5 50. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e5 2. e4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a3 Re8 10. Qe1 Bf5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Kh1 Qd7 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 Re7 15. e5 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rae8 17. Nc4 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Qh4 Ngxe5 20. Nfxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Bxd4 Ng6 23. Qf2 Re2 24. Qf5 Qxd4 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Rac1 Rf8 27. Qxb7 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qf2 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rd2 31. Rc1 Rxd3 32. Rc6 Rxf3 33. Rxb6 Rxa3 34. b5 axb5 35. Rxb5 Ra2 36. Kg1 Nh4 37. Rb3 g5 38. h3 Kg6 39. Kh1 Kf5 40. Kg1 Kf4 41. Kf1 Nf3 42. Rb4+ Kg3 43. Rg4+ Kxh3 44. Rg3+ Kh4 45. Rh3+ Kg4 46. Rxh6 Nh2+ 47. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Stanchev, Zachari"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. dxc6 bxc4 7. Qe2 Qd5 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Nc3 Qxc6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Qxc6+ Bxc6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. b3 f5 16. Nc3 cxb3 17. axb3 Bf6 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 e4 20. Bc5 Be8 21. Be3 Be5 22. g3 Rd6 23. Ra1 a5 24. Ra2 h6 25. Rea1 Bh5 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Bxc3 28. dxc3 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Bf3+ 30. Kh3 Bg4+ 31. Kg2 Be2 32. Kh3 Bg4+ 33. Kg2 g5 34. Bd4 Bf3+ 35. Kh3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Ivanov, Pavlin Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Rd1 Nb6 16. c5 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Qc2 Ra8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Nd7 23. Bh3 Rad8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd6 Nf8 26. Rbd1 Ra8 27. Bg4 Rae8 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Qf3 h6 30. h4 Qb8 31. h5 Nh7 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bh3 Rf8 34. Qc3 Ng5 35. Bg2 Nf7 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rd8 38. Qd3 Qc8 39. Bh3 Rxd7 40. Qxd7 Qxd7 41. Bxd7 Kf6 42. Bc8 Nd8 43. Kg2 g5 44. g4 Kg6 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke3 Kg6 47. Kd3 h5 48. gxh5+ Kxh5 49. Kc3 g4 50. Kb3 Kg5 51. Ka4 Kf4 52. Bf5 Kf3 53. Ka5 Kxf2 54. Bxg4 Ke3 55. Bf5 Kd4 56. Kb6 Kc4 57. Kc7 Kxb4 58. Kxd8 Kxc5 59. Kc7 Kd4 60. Kxb7 c5 61. Kb6 c4 62. Be6 c3 63. Bb3 Kxe4 64. Bd1 Kd3 65. Kc5 e4 66. Kb4 e3 67. Kb3 Kd2 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dzhogov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. Bc2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. d4 Nge7 9. Be3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 0-0 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd2 f5 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. Nc4 N7c6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nd7 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Rh1 Nf6 21. Qf3 Nh5 22. Be6 Be5 23. f5 Ng7 24. Qxb7 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Rab1 Qf6 28. h4 Rf8 29. Rbf1 g5 30. h5 g4 31. Qc6 Rf3 32. Qe4 c5 33. h6 g3 34. Rh3 d5 35. Qh4 Qg6 36. Bxc5 Qc2 37. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e5 6. e4 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc4 f6 10. a4 Be6 11. h3 b6 12. Kh2 a6 13. Nh4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Na3 b4 17. Nc4 Qc8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. g4 Bg6 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nd4 23. c3 Qd8 24. Ne3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb5 26. Qd2 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 28. Kg2 Qe5 29. c4 Nd4 30. Nf5 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Re1 Qd4 33. Re3 Bg6 34. Qe1 h6 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. Re7 Qxd3 37. Qc7 Qc2+ 38. Kh1 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qb2+ 40. Kh1 f5 41. Qxc5 f4 42. Bf3 Qc3 43. Qd5 Rb8 44. Re2 Rc8 45. h4 Qxc4 46. h5 Bd3 47. Qe5 Rc5 48. Qe8 Qd4 49. Re1 Qf6 50. Qe7 Qxe7 51. Rxe7 Kg8 52. Rd7 Bb5 53. Ra7 Bc6 54. Bxc6 Rxc6 55. Kg2 Rc5 56. Kf3 Rxh5 57. Kxf4 Rb5 58. Kg4 Kh7 59. Rc7 h5+ 60. Kf4 Kh6 61. Rc6+ g6 62. Ra6 Rb4+ 63. Kg3 h4+ 64. Kh3 Kh5 65. Ra5+ g5 66. Rc5 Rb3+ 67. Kg2 h3+ 68. Kh2 Kh4 69. Rc4+ g4 70. Ra4 Rb2+ 71. Kg1 Re2 72. Rb4 Rg2+ 73. Kh1 Rf2 74. Kg1 Rf3 75. Kh2 Re3 76. Ra4 Re2+ 77. Kg1 Kg3 78. Ra3+ Kf4 79. Ra8 g3 80. Rf8+ Ke3 81. Re8+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Filipov, Filip"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 e5 12. f5 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bg4 Qa7+ 19. Kh1 Rc7 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Qxd6 a5 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rd7 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Nxe7 27. Nxa5 Ra8 28. Nc4 Rxa2 29. h3 Nc6 30. Rf6 Nd4 31. Nxe5 Rxb2 32. Kh2 b3 33. Rd6 Ne2 34. Nc4 Rc2 35. Rb6 Nc1 36. e5 Rc3 37. Nb2 Nxd3 38. Nxd3 Rxd3 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxe6 Kg7 41. Rb6 Kh6 42. h4 Kh5 43. Rb4 Rc3 44. g3 Rc2+ 45. Kh3 b2 46. g4+ Kh6 47. Rb3 Rc3+ 48. Rxc3 b1Q 49. Rf3 Qg1 50. Rf7 Qh1+ 51. Kg3 Qe1+ 52. Kh3 Qc3+ 53. Kg2 g5 54. hxg5+ Kxg5 55. Rf3 Qd4 56. Rf2 Kxg4 57. Re2 Qd3 58. Rf2 Qh3+ 59. Kg1 Qe3 60. Kf1 Qd4 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kh2 Kh4 63. Rg2 Qf4+ 64. Kg1 Kh3 65. Re2 Qg3+ 66. Kf1 Qf3+ 67. Ke1 Kg3 68. Rd2 Qe3+ 69. Kd1 Kf3 70. Rc2 Qd3+ 71. Kc1 Ke3 72. Rb2 Qc3+ 73. Kb1 Kd3 74. Ra2 Qe1+ 75. Kb2 Qd2+ 76. Kb1 Qd1+ 77. Kb2 Qc2+ 78. Ka3 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Toshev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. 0-0 Rc8 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Rc1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Be2 d4 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Bg4 Rc7 18. b4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxc7 Bc6 22. Bf3 Bb6 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zgurev, Georgi"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 b5 7. Bg5 bxc4 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nd2 Qa6 12. Nde4 f5 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. e4 0-0 15. Qh5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 exd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. Nxc4 Ba6 19. Qe2 d6 20. Rfe1 Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qf6 22. Qe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd8 25. Bh3 Nd7 26. Bxf5 Nb6 27. Rg4+ Kf8 28. Re1 Nxd5 29. Bxh7 Nf6 30. Rh4 Nxh7 31. Rxh7 d5 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Rb7 Re7 34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. Rxe7 Rxh8 36. Rxa7 Kf6 37. h4 d4 38. Rc7 Rh5 39. Kf1 Ke6 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Rc8 Kd5 42. Kd3 Rf5 43. f4 Rf6 44. Rd8+ Ke6 45. Kc4 Rg6 46. Kxc5 Rxg3 47. Rxd4 Ra3 48. Rd2 Ra4 49. Rf2 Kf5 50. Kb5 Ra3 51. Kb4 Rh3 52. a4 Rxh4 53. a5 Rh1 54. a6 Ra1 55. Kb5 Rb1+ 56. Kc6 Ra1 57. Kb7 Rb1+ 58. Ka8 f6 59. a7 Rb3 60. Re2 Kxf4 61. Re8 f5 62. Rb8 Ra3 63. Kb7 Kf3 64. a8Q Rxa8 65. Rxa8 f4 66. Kc6 Ke2 67. Kd5 f3 68. Ke4 f2 69. Ra2+ Ke1 70. Ke3 f1N+ 71. Kd3 Ng3 72. Rg2 Nf5 73. Rg5 Nh4 74. Ke3 Kf1 75. Kf4 Ng2+ 76. Kg3 Ne1 77. Re5 Nd3 78. Re3 Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Piskov, Kamen Penev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. b3 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. Qc2 Qh6 16. Be5 b6 17. Rac1 Ba3 18. Rcd1 Bg4 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Qd3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qe6 22. Ba1 Rc7 23. Qf3 Rc2 24. Rxd5 Rxa2 25. Rfd1 h6 26. e4 Bc5 27. R5d2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc8 29. Kf1 Bb4 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Qd3 Qc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Bd4 Bc5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 Kg6 39. Rxa7 Rb2 40. Ra3 Kg5 41. g3 b5 42. f4+ Kg6 43. Kd1 b4 44. Ra4 Rxb3 45. Kc2 Rc3+ 46. Kd2 Rb3 47. Kc2 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Rb3 49. Kc2 Re3 50. Rxb4 Re2+ 51. Kd3 Rxh2 52. Ke3 Ra2 53. Rb3 h5 54. Kf3 Rc2 55. Rb6+ Kh7 56. e5 g6 57. Rb7 Kg8 58. Ra7 Rb2 59. Ra3 Rc2 60. Ke4 Re2+ 61. Re3 Ra2 62. Kf3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 Qh4 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. h3 Nh6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Kh2 c6 17. g4 Nh4 18. Be3 f5 19. Bf2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 fxg4 21. hxg4 Rxf4 22. Bg3 Rf8 23. Kg2 Be6 24. Qd6 Qf7 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Qc5 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Qxd5+ Rxd5 29. e6 Rd2+ 30. Kh3 Rxb2 31. e7 Re8 32. Rad1 Re2 33. Bh4 Be5 34. Rh1 Bf4 35. Bf6 g5 36. Rd8 Kf7 37. a4 a5 38. c4 c5 39. Bc3 R8xe7 40. Rd3 R7e3+ 41. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 42. Kg2 Rxc3 43. Rxh7+ Ke6 44. Rxb7 Rxc4 45. Rb5 Bd2 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Rb2 Rd4 48. Ke2 Bb4 49. Rb1 Rxg4 50. Rh1 Ke4 51. Rh8 Rg2+ 52. Kf1 Ra2 53. Re8+ Kf3 54. Rf8+ Kg3 55. Rf5 g4 56. Re5 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Qc1 Re8 9. Bh6 Bh8 10. h3 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Qc7 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb8 16. N2b3 Qa8 17. Re1 Nc5 18. f3 Nfd7 19. Qc2 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Rad1 a6 22. Qf2 Ne5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Nb3 c4 25. Nc1 Bxf3 26. Bf4 Bxg2 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 f6 30. Rd7 Kf7 31. Red1 Rc6 32. R1d2 Rb8 33. Ra7 Rbc8 34. Ne2 R8c7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Nd4+ Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Ke5 39. Ke3 h5 40. Kd2 Rc6 41. Kc2 g5 42. h4 Kf5 43. hxg5 e5 44. Rh4 Kxg5 45. Re4 Rc5 46. b4 cxb3+ 47. axb3 f5 48. Ra4 Rc6 49. Kd2 e4 50. c4 Kg4 51. Ra5 Rf6 52. b4 Kxg3 53. b5 axb5 54. cxb5 f4 55. Ra6 Rf5 56. Rg6+ Kf2 57. b6 e3+ 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Ninov, Khatalampi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 Bd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nd2 Bb8 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qxd8 Rcxd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf3 Re8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rd7 Re1+ 25. Kh2 f6 26. Rxa7 Re2 27. Bc5 Nf5 28. a4 Nh4 29. a5 Ng6 30. a6 Ra2 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. a7 h5 33. Rc8 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Qxe4 Ng6 10. f4 0-0 11. Bb3 Bf6 12. g4 d5 13. Qxd5 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Bxg4 15. f5 Nh4 16. Rf4 Qg5 17. Rf1 Qh5 18. Qxd4 Bf3+ 19. Kg1 Rfe8 20. Nc3 Nxf5 21. Qf4 Qg6+ 22. Qg5 Qb6+ 23. Be3 Rxe3 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Na4 Qd4 26. c3 Rxc3+ 27. Rf2 Rc2 28. Raf1 Ne3 29. Bb3 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Kiprov, Alexander Alexandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. 0-0 g6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Bg7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 b5 14. Nce5 Rac8 15. a6 Bd5 16. Rfc1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qd7 18. e4 Ba8 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. d4 Nxe4 21. dxc5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qd4 23. c6 Qxe5 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 26. c7 Bxe4 27. cxd8Q+ Rxd8 28. Rc7 Kf7 29. Rxa7 Ke6 30. Rc7 Kd6 31. Rcc1 Ra8 32. b4 Ra7 33. Rc5 Bc6 34. f4 Kc7 35. Re5 Kd7 36. Kf2 e6 37. Ke3 Bd5 38. Kd4 Kc6 39. Re3 Kd6 40. Rc3 Bc6 41. Rc5 Bd7 42. Ra3 Bc6 43. Rc1 Bd7 44. h3 h5 45. Rcc3 Bc6 46. h4 Bd7 47. Rc1 Bc6 48. Rxc6+ Kxc6 49. Ke5 Kd7 50. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. 0-0 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 0-0 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Qc3 Bb7 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Nd2 d4 15. Qxd4 Rad8 16. Ne4 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Rxd4 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. Re1 Rd5 22. f4 Bc8 23. Re2 Bg4 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. c4 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 Ke7 27. Ke3 f6 28. Kd4 fxe5+ 29. Kxe5 Bd3 30. Kd4 Be2 31. Ke5 Bd3 32. b3 g6 33. Nf3 Bb1 34. a3 Bf5 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. b4 Kf7 37. Nf3 h6 38. Nd4 h5 39. h4 Ke7 40. f5 gxf5 41. Nxf5+ Kf7 42. Nd4 a6 43. Nb3 Ke7 44. Nc5 Bc8 45. Ne4 Bg4 46. Nf6 Be2 47. c5 Bd1 48. Kf5 Be2 49. Kg5 Ke6 50. Nxh5 Ke5 51. Nf4 Bd1 52. h5 Bxh5 53. Nxh5 Kd4 54. Nf6 Kc3 55. Ne8 Kb3 56. Nxc7 Kxa3 57. Nxa6 Ka4 58. Kf6 Kb5 59. Ke6 Kxa6 60. Kd6 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch10"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1945.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Petrov, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. b3 0-0 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rbc8 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qb1 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 c4 21. Nf3 Qd5 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb4 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. a3 Bf8 27. Qc2 Nd6 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nd3 Nc4 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. Qb3 g5 32. Nd3 Nxb2 33. Nxb2 Qd5 34. Qe3 Rd6 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Rd3 a5 37. Qd2 b4 38. axb4 Bxb4 39. Qd1 Kg7 40. f3 Qa2 41. Rb3 Bc3 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Na4 Qa1 44. Qxa1 Bxa1 45. e3 Rc4 46. Nc5 e5 47. Ne6 exd4 48. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kiprov, Alexander Alexandro"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Nxe5 8. Qxe4 Qe7 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. Qxe7+ Nxe7 11. Re1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 0-0-0 15. Bf3 Nf5 16. c3 Rde8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Kf1 a5 19. d4 Bd6 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bg4 Ng7 22. a4 b4 23. cxb4 f5 24. Bf3 axb4 25. a5 Kb8 26. Ra4 Ne6 27. Bxb4 Nxd4 28. Bxd6 Nxf3 29. Bxc7+ Kxc7 30. gxf3 Kc6 31. Rb4 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Rd8 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Ne2 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Bd7 14. 0-0 Rdb8 15. b4 Na4 16. b5 Nc5 17. a4 b6 18. Nc1 Rf8 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nh5 21. Qe2 Qg5 22. Bd2 Qg6 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qd2 Qg5 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Rh1 Qh4+ 28. Kf1 Re5 29. Re1 Rfe8 30. Qxf4 f5 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. g5 Qf7 33. f4 fxe4 34. Ke2 R5e7 35. Ke3 g6 36. Rd1 Rf8 37. h4 Qg7 38. Rd4 Ref7 39. Rf1 Bf5 40. Bh3 Re8 41. Bg4 Rff8 42. Qh3 Qd7 43. Rg1 Re7 44. h5 Kf7 45. hxg6+ hxg6 46. Bxf5 Qxf5 47. Rh1 Ke8 48. Qxf5 gxf5 49. Rd2 Rg7 50. Rh6 Rff7 51. Rdh2 Kd7 52. Rh8 Ke7 53. R2h6 Kd7 54. Kd4 Re7 55. Ke3 Ref7 56. Re6 Re7 57. Rf6 Ref7 58. Rxf7+ Rxf7 59. g6 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Telegin, Alexander"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 e6 9. Rb1 d5 10. Na4 b6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. c4 Nde7 16. Nb5 Na5 17. Qe2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc8 19. Rbd1 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Rad8 21. Nd6 Qb8 22. Nc3 Nac6 23. Nde4 Nd4 24. Qb2 e5 25. f4 f6 26. Qf2 h6 27. Rd3 f5 28. Nd2 Ndc6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Nd1 Qa5 32. Nf3 Qb4 33. Ne3 Qc5 34. Ng2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nb4 36. Ra1 Nec6 37. Ne3 Rd3 38. Nd1 Nc2 39. Rc1 N6b4 40. Ke2 Rd7 41. Nc3 Re7+ 42. Kd2 Rd7+ 43. Ke2 g5 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Kxd1 g4 46. Ne1 Nxe1 47. Kxe1 Kf6 48. Kd2 Ke5 49. a3 Nc6 50. Ke3 Na5 51. Nb5 a6 52. Nc7 Nxb3 53. Nxa6 Na5 54. Kd3 f4 55. Nb4 f3 56. a4 Nb3 57. Ke3 Nc5 58. a5 bxa5 59. Nc6+ Kd6 60. Nxa5 h5 61. h3 Kc7 62. hxg4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Kantardzhiev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Qc8 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3 h6 9. Re1 0-0 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qb4 Re8 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Nd3 a5 15. Qa3 b5 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Qd2 Ne8 21. e5 b4 22. Qc2 Rdc8 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Nc5 Qc4 25. Qd2 Nd5 26. Bf1 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Poljakov, Georgij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Ne5 c5 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. c4 e6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. exd4 Bxd4+ 16. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Qc1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. h3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. g4 f5 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Kf2 e5 28. Ke3 Ke6 29. g5 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 e3 31. h4 Be4 32. a3 a5 33. Bd1 Bc2 34. Bf3 Bxb3 35. Bd5+ Kd6 36. Kxe3 Ke5 37. Bg8 f4+ 38. Kd3 Kf5 39. Bxh7 Bd1 40. Bg8 Bh5 41. Bd5 Kg4 42. Ke4 f3 43. Ke3 Kxh4 44. Bxf3 Kxg5 45. Bc6 Kf5 46. Be8 Bd1 47. Bxg6+ Kxg6 48. Ke4 a4 49. Kd5 Kf5 50. Kxc5 Ke4 51. Kb4 Kd4 52. c5 Kd5 53. Kb5 Bc2 54. c6 Kd6 55. Kb6 Be4 56. c7 Kd7 57. c8Q+ Kxc8 58. Kb5 Bc2 59. Kc6 Bd1 60. Kb5 Kd7 61. Kc5 Ke6 62. Kc4 Ke5 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Kc3 Ke4 65. Kd2 Bb3 66. Ke2 Kd4 67. Kd2 Be6 68. Kc2 Kc4 69. Kb2 Bf5 70. Ka2 Kc3 71. Ka1 Be6 72. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qa4 0-0 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh4 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Petrov, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 Ng6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Nb3 Rh5 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. g4 Rh8 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Kg2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Bc5 18. c3 Ke7 19. Nb3 a6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rh4 22. h3 g5 23. Nd4 Bc6 24. Kg3 Rch8 25. Rh1 R4h7 26. Rh2 Bd7 27. Nf3 f6 28. Nd4 f5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Kg2 f4 31. Rd3 g4 32. h4 Rxh4 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Rd1 Rh5 35. e6 Be8 36. f3 g3 37. Re1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Kf6 39. e7 Rxb2 40. Ne6 g5 41. Nc7 Kf7 42. Re5 g4 43. fxg4 f3 44. Rf5+ Kxe7 45. Rxf3 Bf7 46. Rxg3 Kd6 47. Rf3 Bg6 48. Nb5+ Rxb5 49. Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rxg6 Kf4 51. Rg7 Rb1+ 52. Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Ke1 Rxa2 54. Rxb7 Kxg4 55. Rd7 Ra5 56. Kd2 Kf5 57. Kc2 Ke6 58. Rh7 Kd6 59. Kb3 Kc5 60. Rc7+ Kb6 61. Rc8 Rb5+ 62. Ka4 Rc5 63. Rb8+ Kc7 64. Rb3 Kc6 65. Rb8 Kc7 66. Rb3 Kd7 67. Rb7+ Kc8 68. Rb6 Rxc3 69. Rd6 Rc5 70. Rxa6 Kc7 71. Kb4 Rc6 72. Rxc6+ Kxc6 73. Kc3 Kc5 74. Kd3 d4 75. Kd2 Kd6 76. Kd3 Kd5 77. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zgurev, Georgi"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Qa5 9. Bd2 0-0 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 Qa5 14. h3 Re8 15. e4 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Na3 dxe5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bb5 f6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 Be6 14. e4 c5 15. Nc4 Nf7 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Bxc5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Bf2 Qa6 20. d3 Nd8 21. Qd2 Bf7 22. Be3 Ne6 23. c3 Rad8 24. Qc2 c5 25. Qf2 Rd7 26. Rd2 Qc6 27. Rfd1 Red8 28. Nh2 g5 29. Qf3 Nc7 30. Nb2 Ne6 31. Ng4 Nf4 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Na4 c4 34. d4 cxb3 35. Nc5 exd4 36. Nxd7 Rxd7 37. axb3 f5 38. exf5 Bd5 39. Qe2 Bxb3 40. Qe8+ Bf8 41. Qxd7 Qxd7 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Nxd7 dxc3 44. Rd3 c2 45. Rc1 Ba3 46. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. 0-0 c5 8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Bd4 Ncd7 16. Rac1 b6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. b3 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qe7 21. Rd3 Red8 22. Rcd1 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne8 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 f6 26. Bb2 Rc7 27. Rd8 Kf7 28. Ba3 f5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Rf8+ Kg6 32. Ke2 e5 33. Bb2 f4 34. Rc8 e4 35. Bc1 Kf5 36. c5 bxc5 37. Rxc5+ Nd5 38. g4+ fxg3 39. hxg3 exf3+ 40. Kxf3 h5 41. Ra5 Ke6 42. Bb2 g6 43. Bd4 Nb4 44. Bxa7 Rd3+ 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Ra4 g5+ 47. Ke4 Rxg3 48. Bd4+ Ke6 49. Rxb4 h4 50. Rb6+ Kd7 51. Kd5 Rg2 52. a4 h3 53. Rb7+ Kc8 54. Rh7 g4 55. Kc6 Kd8 56. Kd6 Kc8 57. Be5 Rd2+ 58. Kc6 Rc2+ 59. Kb6 Re2 60. Bd6 Re3 61. Kc6 Rc3+ 62. Bc5 Rd3 63. Rh8+ Rd8 64. Rxd8+ Kxd8 65. Bd6 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Dzhogov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Qc2 d5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. e3 Re6 19. Qc2 c5 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Bd5 Rd6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 23. Qf5 Rdd8 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qxc5+ Kxf7 29. b4 Bf8 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. a3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qb3 33. Qa5 Qd3 34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. a4 Bd6 36. Qh5+ Ke7 37. Qf3 Ke6 38. Qg4+ Ke7 39. Qf3 Kd8 40. Qb7 Bc7 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Qd6 43. e4 Bb6 44. Qd5 Qxd5 45. exd5 Kd7 46. f4 Kd6 47. Kf3 Kxd5 48. g4 Kc4 49. Ke4 Kxb5 50. g5 hxg5 51. fxg5 Kc4 52. h4 Bd8 53. Kf5 Ba5 54. h5 Kd5 55. h6 Bc3 56. g6 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6 8. e5 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 f6 11. f4 fxe5 12. fxe5 Ne7 13. 0-0-0 Nf5 14. Nd5 Rxa2 15. Kb1 Ra4 16. Bd3 g6 17. Rhf1 0-0 18. g4 Nd4 19. b3 Ra8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rf1+ Kg7 22. Nxc7 Rb8 23. Ne8+ Kg8 24. Nd6 b5 25. Rf7 Nc6 26. Bxb5 b6 27. e6 dxe6 28. Bxc6 Ba6 29. Ra7 Be2 30. Ne8 Rd8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nxh7+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Bd7 Ke7 35. g5 Kd6 36. Rb7 b5 37. Rb6+ Kc5 38. Rxe6 Bf1 39. c3 Bd3+ 40. Kb2 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Bidev, Pavle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. Bb2 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Rad1 e6 15. Rhg1 Rg8 16. Ke1 Bb4+ 17. c3 Bd6 18. Bf1 Ke7 19. c4 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 dxc4 21. Rg4 Rac8 22. bxc4 g6 23. Rgd4 Rgd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Ke3 Bd6 27. h3 Ke7 28. a4 Bc5+ 29. Bd4 Kd6 30. f4 Bxd4+ 31. Kxd4 Nxf4 32. c5+ Ke7 33. Ke5 Nd5 34. Bb5 Kd8 35. c6 b6 36. Kd6 Nc7 37. f3 Ne8+ 38. Ke5 Ke7 39. f4 f6+ 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Be2 Nc7 42. h4 Nd5 43. h5 Nxf4 44. hxg6 Nxe2+ 45. Ke3 hxg6 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch09"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1943.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balchikliev, Mihail"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1943.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. Rc1 0-0 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nb4 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Bb3 Qf5 16. Ng3 Qd3 17. Qd1 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 f6 19. Ne4 g5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Kf7 22. Rd6 Ke7 23. Nd4 Na6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 26. Rd6 Rad8 27. Nf5 Rxd6 28. Nxd6+ Ke6 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. f3 h6 31. g4 Rd3 32. Kf2 Nb4 33. Ke2 Rb3 34. Nd2 Rxb2 35. Rc4 a5 36. Rd4 Rc2 37. Re4+ Kf7 38. Rd4 Nd5 39. Rc4 Ra2 40. f4 gxf4 41. exf4 Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Nxa4 44. Nb3 Nb2+ 45. Kc2 Nc4 46. Kc3 Ne3 47. Nxa5 Nxg4 48. h4 Ke6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Nxb7 Kxf4 51. Nd8 Ne5 52. Ne6+ Kg4 53. Ke4 Ng6 54. h5 f5+ 55. Ke3 Kxh5 56. Kf3 Ne7 57. Kf4 Kg6 58. Nf8+ Kf6 59. Nd7+ Ke6 60. Nf8+ Kd5 61. Nd7 Kd4 62. Kf3 Nd5 63. Kg3 f4+ 64. Kf3 h5 65. Nf8 Kxc5 66. Ne6+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.08.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. c4 e6 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Bb1 Qe7 14. Nf1 Rd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e4 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rad8 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxg7 Qg5 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Kxg7 26. Kf1 Bxg2+ 27. Ke1 f6 28. Rc3 Bc6 29. f3 e5 30. Nf2 f5 31. Nd3 Nxd3+ 32. Bxd3 Bxf3 33. Bxf5 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 gxf5 35. Rxf3 f4 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Rh3 Kg6 38. a3 e4 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 cxb4 41. Rb3 f3+ 42. Ke1 Rb7 43. c5 Kf5 44. c6 Rc7 45. Rxb4 Rxc6 46. Rb5+ Kf4 47. Rb4 Rc1+ 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Kg1 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.08.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Filipov, Filip"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. d5 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 c4 17. b4 a5 18. Ne3 g6 19. g4 axb4 20. cxb4 Ra7 21. Qg3 Rfa8 22. a3 Ne8 23. Nd1 Qd8 24. Qe3 Na4 25. Bxa4 Rxa4 26. Bb2 Bg5 27. Qf3 Bd2 28. Nc3 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxa3 30. Bxa3 Rxa3 31. Re3 Qb6 32. Ne2 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Ra3 Qb7 35. Qc3 Nf6 36. Ng3 Nxd5 37. exd5 Qxd5+ 38. f3 Qd1 39. h4 Rc1 40. Qe3 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Qd2 42. Qxd2 Rxd2 43. Ne4 Rd3 44. Rxd3 cxd3 45. g5 d5 46. Nd2 Kf8 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Kf2 f5 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Kxd3 Kf4 52. Ke2 Kg3 53. Nb1 Kxh4 54. Nc3 Kg3 55. Nxb5 h5 56. Nc3 h4 57. Nxd5 h3 58. Ne3 e4 59. fxe4 Kf4 60. Kf2 Kxe4 61. Kg3 g5 62. Kxh3 Kxe3 63. b5 Kf3 64. b6 g4+ 65. Kh4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Toshev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd4 10. Qf2 e5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bf5 0-0 14. Qh4 g6 15. Be6+ Kh8 16. Rad1 d4 17. Rf1 Nh5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Ne4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qf4 21. Nf7+ Kg7 22. Qe1 Rf8 23. Rd2 Rxf7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. c3 Qd5 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. Qf2 Nf4 28. Kh2 h5 29. h4 Qe4 30. Qg3 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Telegin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxd5 Nf6 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 Be6 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Nxe4 Bd5 12. f3 Bh6 13. c4 Bf7 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Kf1 a5 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. d5 Bg8 19. N2c3 Nd7 20. Kg2 Ne5 21. Nf2 Kd7 22. f4 Nf7 23. Nfe4 Kc8 24. Nxf6 Rf8 25. Nxg8 Rxg8 26. Re7 Nd6 27. c5 Ne8 28. Rhe1 Nf6 29. g5 Nh5 30. Re8+ Kd7 31. R1e7# 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Bd5 Bd7 8. c4 Nf6 9. cxb5 axb5 10. dxe5 Nxd5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. exd5 Qe7+ 13. Be3 Ne5 14. 0-0 Bg4 15. Nbd2 0-0 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bd4 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qe4 19. Bc3 f6 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 b4 23. Bd2 Ra5 24. a3 Rxd5 25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. axb4 Rb5 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Re4 Kf7 29. Rc4 Kg6 30. f4 h5 31. Kg2 Kh6 32. Kf3 Rcb8 33. Rcxc7 Rxb4 34. Rxg7 Rb3+ 35. Kg2 Rxb2 36. f5 1-0

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Black "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. a3 a4 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. f3 Nh5 15. g3 Kh8 16. f4 Bh3 17. Bxh5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 gxh5 19. f5 h4 20. Qd1 hxg3 21. f6 gxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Bxf6 23. Bxh6 Rg8 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. Rg1 Qg8 26. Rxg6 Qxg6 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Nb5 Kh7 29. Be3 Rc8 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Nb1 Bd8 32. N1c3 Ra8 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Kg4 Kf7 35. Nd1 Ke8 36. Nf2 Kd7 37. Nh3 c6 38. dxc6+ Kxc6 39. Ng5 Bxg5 40. Kxg5 Rb8 41. Kxg6 Rxb5 42. cxb5+ Kxb5 43. Kf6 Kc4 44. Ke6 Kd4 45. Kxd6 c4 46. Kc6 Kxe4 47. Kb5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrov, Peter"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Bd3 c6 9. 0-0 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 0-0 13. Rae1 Na6 14. Nd2 Nc7 15. Re3 Ne6 16. Rh3 Ng5 17. Rg3 f6 18. Qf5 h6 19. h4 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qf7+ 22. Kg1 Re8 23. Qd6 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Qh5 25. Qf4 Qd1 26. Re3 Rh1+ 27. Kg3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "BUL Kingdom-ch08"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1942.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Black "Benderev, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1942.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. a3 Nxd2 8. Nbxd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 d6 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. e4 e5 12. Rad1 Nf6 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Rd3 Rfd8 19. Red1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Kf8 21. Bg2 Ke7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Kf2 f6 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Ke3 Nc5 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 exf4+ 28. gxf4 b6 29. b4 Nb7 30. Be4 g6 31. Kd4 Nd6 32. Bd3 Nc8 33. c5 Kd8 34. Be2 Ne7 35. Bg4 c6 36. d6 Nd5 37. f5 Nf4 38. Ke4 g5 39. h4 b5 40. Kd4 Kd7 41. Ke3 h6 42. Kd4 a6 43. Bf3 Nh3 44. Bg2 Nf4 45. Bf3 Nh3 46. Bg4 Nf4 47. Bf3 Nh3 1/2-1/2

