[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.28"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 Be7 5. 0-0 f5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. b3 Qe8 9. Bb2 d6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bd8 12. Qd3 Nh5 13. Qf3 c6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qxh5 Bf6 16. e3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Qe2 Qf7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Qh5 21. Ne2 g6 22. Ba3 Be7 23. Nc3 Rf8 24. f3 Rf7 25. Re2 Rcf8 26. Rde1 g5 27. Bc1 g4 28. f4 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 c5 30. Nd5 h5 31. e4 Bd8 32. e5 Rh7 33. e6 Nf6 34. e7 Bxe7 35. Rxe7 Ne4 36. Rxh7 Kxh7 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4+ Kg7 39. dxc5 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.26"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 0-0 8. Nc3 c5 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Qb3 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf6 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. b3 Rac8 21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rbc1 Kf7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Bd4 27. Ba3 Bc5 28. Bb2 Bd6 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 f4 31. Kg2 Kg6 32. Kh3 Kf5 33. e6 dxe6 34. d6 Kf6 35. Kg4 e5 36. d7 h5+ 37. Kxh5 Ke7 38. Kg5 Kxd7 39. Kf5 Kd6 40. h4 Kd5 41. h5 Kd4 42. Kg6 e4 43. Kxg7 e3 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kadrev, Zdravko Minchev"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. a3 Ne5 9. Ne3 Bc5 10. b3 0-0 11. Be2 b5 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 Ba7 18. Ned1 Re8 19. Rf1 Bg4 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Qd2 d4 23. Na2 Rad8 24. Nc1 Nd5 25. Nfd3 Nc3 26. Rf2 Ne4 27. Qa2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Qf6 29. Kg1 h6 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Bf1 Rc3 32. Qf2 Be4 33. Ra2 Rec8 34. Bd2 R3c6 35. Ra1 Qxf2+ 36. Nxf2 d3 37. Rb1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Ivanov, Pavlin Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Ne5 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Nd2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qh3 Rad8 12. Rf3 Ne4 13. Qh4 Bf6 14. Qe1 Bg7 15. Qh4 Bf6 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bobekov, Radko"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. d5 Nc5 12. Nd4 g6 13. b4 e5 14. Nc2 Nb3 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Ne1 Nd4 17. e3 a5 18. exd4 axb4 19. axb4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Bxb4 21. Nd3 Ba5 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. Nf4 Bb4 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. Nb4 Bb7 27. Rfe1 Ra4 28. Bc3 Qc7 29. Re7 Qc5 30. Qh4 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. Nd5 h6 9. Bf6 Kf8 10. Bxg7+ Kxg7 11. Nd2 Be6 12. 0-0 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. a4 h5 15. h3 Ndf5 16. Nc4 g5 17. e3 Ng6 18. Bf3 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Bxg4 Qg5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. g4 Qf6 23. Kg2 Nh4+ 24. Kg3 Nf3 25. Nxd6 Rh3+ 26. Kg2 Rah8 27. Nf5+ Kg6 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Kxf3 Qa6 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 f6 32. Rh6+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Ke8 34. d6 Qxd3 35. Rg7 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa4 37. Kg3 Qd1 38. Kg2 a5 39. Re7+ Kd8 40. Rg7 Qd5+ 41. Kg3 a4 42. f3 b5 43. e4 Qd2 44. Rg8+ Kd7 45. Rg7+ Kc6 46. Rc7+ Kb6 47. Rf7 b4 48. Ne7 b3 49. Nd5+ Kc6 50. d7 Qe1+ 51. Kh3 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qh1+ 54. Kg3 Qh8 55. Nxf6 Qd8 56. Nd5 a3 57. bxa3 b2 58. Nc3 Qa5 59. g5 Kc7 60. Nd5+ Kd8 61. Nf6 b1Q 62. Rf8+ Ke7 63. Re8+ Kf7 64. d8N+ Qxd8 65. Rxd8 Qc1 66. Ng4 Qxg5 67. Rd5 c4 68. Kf2 c3 69. Nxe5+ Ke8 70. Nd3 Qd2+ 71. Kg3 c2 72. a4 Qxd3 73. Rxd3 c1Q 74. Rd5 Qg1+ 75. Kf4 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khadshipetrov, Alexander Mateev"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. c5 c6 7. Be2 g6 8. b4 Bg7 9. a4 0-0 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. 0-0 e5 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Nf5 16. Qd2 e4 17. Nh2 Qd8 18. Bb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qg5 20. Kh1 Bxd4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. exd4 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Nxd4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bc4 Nxc5 26. Bc3 Nce6 27. Ng4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Orev, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. 0-0 Ne4 15. Bb4 Kd7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. Nd2 Rhc8 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bc3 Rc8 22. Kf2 Kd6 23. Ke2 f5 24. h3 Kd5 25. Rg1 Bf6 26. g4 fxg4 27. Rxg4 Ke6 28. Rg1 Kf5 29. Rf1 e6 30. Kd2 Rd8 31. Kc2 Rd5 32. Kb3 Be7 33. a4 Kf6 34. Kc4 Kf7 35. b4 Bd8 36. Bd2 Rh5 37. Rh1 Ke8 38. Rh2 Kf7 39. Rh1 Ke8 40. Bc1 Kf7 41. Bd2 Rf5 42. h4 Rh5 43. Be1 Kg7 44. Bg3 Kf6 45. Bf2 h6 46. Rd1 Rd5 47. Rh1 Rh5 48. Be1 Kf7 49. Rh2 Bf6 50. Bg3 Bd8 51. Kb3 Kf6 52. Kc4 Kf5 53. Be1 Kf6 54. Rc2 Rd5 55. Kb3 Kf5 56. Rh2 Rd7 57. Rd2 Be7 58. Rc2 Kg4 59. Rg2+ Kf5 60. Rc2 Bf6 61. Rc8 Bd8 62. Kc4 Kg4 63. a5 bxa5 64. bxa5 Kf3 65. Bd2 Ke2 66. Bc1 Rc7+ 67. Rxc7 Bxc7 68. d5 exd5+ 69. Kxd5 Kd3 70. Ke6 Bxa5 71. Kf6 b5 72. Kxg6 b4 73. Bb2 Kxe3 74. f5 b3 75. Kxh6 Kd3 76. Kg6 e3 77. h5 e2 78. h6 e1Q 79. h7 Qe8+ 80. Kg7 Kc2 81. Bf6 b2 82. h8Q Qxh8+ 83. Kxh8 b1Q 84. Be5 Qb7 85. f6 Qf7 86. Bc3 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Be7 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 c5 16. e5 Ng4 17. Qe4 Rc8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Nf4 Qb6 21. Rfe1 0-0 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Qg4+ Bg5 24. f4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Bd8 26. f5 Re8 27. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Prahov, Valentin Asenov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 c6 6. Bc4 0-0 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Qe1 b5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qh4 a5 11. e4 e6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Qd8 16. Qh3 f5 17. Nd6 h5 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Kh1 Ba6 21. Nd2 c5 22. Nf3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nb4 24. Bb1 Bb7 25. Nh4 Qxd4 26. Bf6 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxg6+ Kg8 29. Nxb7 Rf6 30. Qg3 Qxb2 31. Bd3 Kh7 32. Bxb5 Nd5 33. a4 Bh6 34. Rab1 Qa2 35. Qf2 Qa3 36. Qb2 Qe7 37. Bc6 Ne3 38. Rfe1 e5 39. Bf3 e4 40. Bxh5 Rc6 41. Bg6+ Rxg6 42. Nxg6 Kxg6 43. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valchanov, Mihail"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 c5 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qd3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. Rad1 Ne4 17. b3 Rf7 18. Qe3 e5 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Qxa7 Bc5 21. Qa8 Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Rf8 24. Qa7 Bd7 25. Qe3 Bc6 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Rd1 g6 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Qd2 Bc6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 e4 32. Nd4 e3 33. Ne2 Kf7 34. g3 Ke7 35. c5 Ra8 36. a4 Ra5 37. Rd3 Rxc5 38. Rxe3+ Kf6 39. Nc3 Re5 40. Kf2 Rxe3 41. Kxe3 Ke5 42. h4 h6 43. b4 Bg2 44. a5 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. b5 Bf1 47. Ne2 f4+ 48. gxf4+ gxf4+ 49. Nxf4 Bxb5 50. Kf3 Kd6 51. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Qc2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. d3 e5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 Nd7 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. h4 f5 15. h5 c6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Ne3 Qf6 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. 0-0-0 Nxf3 21. gxf3 Nc5 22. Rdg1 Ne6 23. Rh5 Nf4 24. Rxf5 Qh6 25. Rfg5 Rf7 26. R5g3 c5 27. Kc2 Kf8 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Nf5 Qh7 30. Nxg7 Ke7 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Qe3 Kd7 33. Qe4 Qh2 34. Qxb7+ Kd8 35. Qb8+ Kd7 36. Qxa7+ Kc8 37. Qa6+ Kc7 38. Qa5+ Kc6 39. Qb5+ Kc7 40. Ne8+ Kd8 41. Qb8+ Ke7 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Nxe5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. 0-0 0-0-0 9. Nd2 a6 10. Bd3 f5 11. Qc2 g6 12. b4 Kb8 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. a4 Na7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. f3 Ng5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Rab1 d4 21. b5 a5 22. c4 Qc5 23. Rfe1 g5 24. fxg5 Rhe8 25. Qf2 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1 Qc5 28. Qxf5 Qb4 29. Rf1 Qd2 30. h4 Nc8 31. Qxh7 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qg3 33. Rf3 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Nd6 35. g6 Qe5+ 36. g3 Ne8 37. Qf7 Qh5 38. Qf5 Qh6 39. c5 Ng7 40. Qf6 Re8 41. Rf4 Qh5 42. b6 Ne6 43. Qf7 Qh8 44. g7 Nxg7 45. Qxc7+ Ka8 46. c6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. Nbd2 Qb6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. c4 d4 11. a3 e5 12. b4 Qd6 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. c5 Qc7 15. Nc4 a6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bg2 Bh5 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Nb6 e4 23. Qc1 Bg5 24. Qa1 d3 25. h4 d2 26. hxg5 dxe1Q+ 27. Rxe1 hxg5 28. Nc4 Rd5 29. Nd6 b6 30. Rc1 bxc5 31. bxc5 Bxe2 32. Qa2 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxd6 34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb8 36. Bc3 Rb3 37. Rc5 Ne7 38. Bb4 Kh7 39. Re5 Nc6 40. Rxf5 Nxb4 41. axb4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rxb4 43. Rxg5 Bd3 44. Re5 Kg6 45. g4 Kf6 46. Rc5 Rc4 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Rg5 Rc7 49. Kg3 Rf7 50. Rc5 Kd6 51. Ra5 Rf8 52. Rg5 Rf7 53. Ra5 Rc7 54. Rg5 Ra7 55. Ra5 Rf7 56. Rg5 Ra7 57. Ra5 Kc6 58. Re5 a5 59. Bxe4+ Bxe4 60. Rxe4 a4 61. Re2 a3 62. Ra2 Kc5 63. f4 Kb4 64. f5 Kb3 65. Ra1 Kb2 66. Rf1 a2 67. g5 a1Q 68. Rxa1 Rxa1 69. Kf4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gerenski, Hristo"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c3 0-0 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nxd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd4 Qb7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. h3 Rc7 22. Rfd1 Qc8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rd2 g6 25. Rc2 Qb8 26. Rc6 a5 27. Bd1 Rc8 28. Rd6 Rc4 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. Bf3 Rc6 31. Qf4 Rxd6 32. exd6 Qd7 33. Qe5 f6 34. Qxf6 Qxd6 35. Bg4 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Kaikamdzozov, Jivko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Nc4 c6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Ng5 d5 11. Nd2 e5 12. f4 exd4 13. exd4 Nh5 14. Qf3 Ndf6 15. f5 Bh6 16. h4 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Re2 19. Rf2 Rae8 20. Qf3 R2e3 21. Qf5 Re1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Nf1 Kg7 24. Bc3 Rb1 25. Bd2 Qg3 26. Nxh7 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qxh4 28. Bxh6+ Kxh6 29. Rf3 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxg2+ 31. Kd1 Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Ne4 33. Qxf7 Qg2+ 34. Ke1 Qd2+ 35. Kf1 Nhg3+ 36. Rxg3 Nxg3+ 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kg2 Nxd4+ 39. Kh3 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Ne2 43. Kf1 Nf4 44. Qg8 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Ne2+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filchev, Rusko"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nc6 7. g3 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Re1 h5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 0-0-0 14. Be3 h4 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qa7+ Kc8 18. Bf4 hxg3 19. Bxd6 gxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bxd6 21. Qxa6+ Kc7 22. Rad1 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. Qxb5 d6 25. b4 Rdh8 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Popov, Luben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. c3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. 0-0 d6 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. f5 d5 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Qh4 Nh7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Ndf3 Bc8 17. g4 Bf6 18. Qg3 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Qg2 Qe6 21. e4 Bxc1 22. exd5 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Nc4 Qd7 25. Nxe3 cxd4 26. cxd4 Bb7 27. Kg1 Rad8 28. Rfe1 Rfe8 29. Rac1 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Re4 Red8 33. Rxe7 Rxd4 34. h3 Rd2 35. Rcc7 Rf8 36. Kf1 Rxb2 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. Rb7 Rb5 41. h4 Rb4 42. Rc7 Ra4 43. Rc2 Kg7 44. Kg3 b5 45. Rh2 b4 46. Rb2 a5 47. Rh2 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 Rc3 49. Ke5 Rc8 50. Kd5 Rd8+ 51. Kc4 Re8 52. g5 Re5 53. Kd4 Rf5 54. Kc4 f6 55. gxf6+ Kxf6 56. Kb3 Kg7 57. Ka4 Kh6 58. Rh1 Kh5 59. Rh2 Re5 60. Rh1 Re2 61. Kxa5 Rxa2+ 62. Kxb4 Rf2 63. Kc3 Rf4 64. Kd3 Rxh4 65. Rf1 Rh2 66. Ke3 g5 67. Kf3 Kh4 68. Rg1 Rh3+ 69. Kf2 g4 70. Ra1 Rb3 71. Rh1+ Rh3 72. Ra1 Rh2+ 73. Kg1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch11"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1957.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogdanov, Emil"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1957.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. 0-0-0 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qd5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qa3+ Qd6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Qc4 Rd8 17. g3 g6 18. c3 Kg7 19. f4 h5 20. Bc6 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.31"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Filchev, Rusko"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 d5 9. f4 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qxg4 12. Qxg4 Bxg4 13. Nd2 0-0-0 14. h3 Bd7 15. 0-0-0 Bb6 16. Bh4 f6 17. e5 Ng6 18. Bg3 c5 19. N4f3 Bc7 20. Nh4 Rde8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Rhe1 d4 24. cxd4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 cxd4 26. h4 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rhe8 28. Re4 Bb6 29. Bf2 f5 30. Re2 Rd5 31. Rc2+ Kd7 32. Rc4 Re6 33. Kc2 Rc6 34. b3 Ke6 35. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 Nd7 5. c3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 bxa4 8. Bxa4 Qc7 9. 0-0 Ngf6 10. Bc2 h6 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. Nc4 Ng6 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. Nf5 g5 15. Re1 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nd7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Be4 0-0 19. g3 g4 20. gxf4 gxf3 21. Qxf3 Bf6 22. Kh1 Bg7 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Be3 a5 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh4 Qd6 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. f6 Ng4 30. Qxg4 Qxf6 31. Bd4 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 h5 11. h3 Bd6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Bh2+ 14. Kf1 Be5 15. a5 Rg8 16. Bg5 h4 17. Na4 Nh7 18. Be3 g5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nc4 c5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d4 7. c3 c5 8. e4 dxe3 9. Bxe3 Qc7 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. d4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bf2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bh6 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Ne4 b6 18. a3 Qd7 19. h4 Rc7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Rfc8 22. Be4 Bf5 23. Qf3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 e6 25. Kg2 Rc2 26. Rh1 Qc6 27. Rae1 Rxb2 28. Rh2 Qc2 29. Kg1 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rcc2 32. Kg1 Ra2 33. a4 Rxa4 34. Be1 Rxh2 35. Kxh2 Ra2+ 36. Kg1 a5 37. Bf2 Rc2 38. Re1 Kf8 39. Kg2 a4 40. Ra1 b5 41. Kf3 Ke8 42. Be1 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanov, Pavlin Nikolay"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. c4 Ng4 10. e4 e5 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 f4 13. Qc1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 fxg3 17. fxg3 Nf7 18. Rae1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. Be2 h5 26. h4 a5 27. a3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Jakovlev, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. f4 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c5 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. a4 dxc4 11. a5 Nbd5 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. Nb5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rfc1 Nf6 20. Qb3 a6 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Nxa6 Ra8 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. a6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. f4 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Ne5 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Nd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Nc6 Qe8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. b3 Rfc8 15. Ba3 Nce8 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. c4 Nde4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rdc1 Qd6 24. Bb2 Qe6 25. Be5 a5 26. Qb5 Ra8 27. Qb7 Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bc7 Rdc8 30. Bb6 Ra6 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Rc6 34. b4 axb4 35. Bxb4 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Bc3 g6 39. Bd4 Ke6 40. Bg7 Kd6 41. Bd4 Kc6 42. Be5 Kc5 43. h3 Kc4 44. g4 Kd3 45. Bd4 Ra5 46. Bb6 Rb5 47. Bd4 Rb1 48. Ba7 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Ke2 50. Kg3 Rf3+ 51. Kh4 Rxe3 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Kg5 Re7 54. Bd4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. 0-0 c6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. e5 Ne4 8. c3 d3 9. Qf3 Nc5 10. Bd1 d6 11. b4 Ne6 12. Qxd3 dxe5 13. Qe3 Bd6 14. Na3 Bc7 15. Nc4 f6 16. Bb3 0-0 17. a4 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 h6 9. Bb2 g5 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Rad1 Qh5 12. Bc1 f4 13. gxf4 Bh3 14. Qd3 Nbd7 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Ne5 Qh5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Qe3 Rf6 20. Kg2 Raf8 21. Ne4 Re6 22. Ng3 Qf7 23. Qxg5 Rg6 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. f3 Bh6 26. Qc3 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Nh5 28. Qe3 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Qh7 30. Rh1 Re6 31. Qd2 Rh6 32. h4 Rxh4 33. Rxh4 Qxh4 34. Rh1 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Nh3 37. Qe1 Rf7 38. Ne4 Qxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Nf4 40. e3 Ne6 41. Kf2 Rf8 42. Rg1+ Kf7 43. d5 cxd5 44. cxd5 Nc7 45. Ng5+ Ke8 46. Rc1 Rg8 47. Rxc7 Rxg5 48. Rxb7 a5 49. e4 Rh5 50. a4 Rh2+ 51. Ke3 Rh1 52. Rb5 Rb1 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Kf5 Rf1 55. f4 Rf3 56. Rb7 Rd3 57. Rb5 Rf3 58. Kg4 Re3 59. e5 dxe5 60. fxe5 Rxe5 61. Rxa5 Kf6 62. Ra6+ Kf7 63. Ra5 Kf6 64. Rb5 e6 65. a5 exd5 66. a6 Re8 67. Rxd5 Ke6 68. Rb5 Kd7 69. Rb7+ Kc8 70. b4 Re1 71. b5 Ra1 72. Kf5 Ra2 73. Ke4 Rc2 74. Kd3 Rc5 75. Kd4 Rc2 76. Rh7 Kb8 77. b6 Rd2+ 78. Kc3 Rd8 79. Kc4 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nb5 0-0 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Ne5 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Rb8 16. Nd6 b6 17. Nxc4 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Hinkov, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Nd2 Qc7 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nf1 Nd5 11. a3 f5 12. e4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. exf5 cxd4 15. fxe6 dxc3 16. bxc3 dxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bd6 19. Qh3 h6 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. Nh5 Qf7 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Qh4 Bc5 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Bd5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxa3 27. Re6 Nd8 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Bxb7 Nxb7 31. Ne5 Kg8 32. Kf1 Bd6 33. Nc4 Bxg3 34. hxg3 Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Ne3 Nc5 37. f3 b5 38. Nc2 Kd5 39. Ne3+ Ke5 40. Nc2 Na4 41. Kd2 a5 42. Nd4 b4 43. Nc6+ Kd5 44. cxb4 Kxc6 45. bxa5 Nc5 46. Kc3 Kd5 47. Kb4 Kc6 48. Kc4 Na6 49. g4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Filipov, Filip"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Bxb5 7. Qxb5+ Qd7 8. Qxd7+ Nxd7 9. 0-0 Ngf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nfd7 16. Rad1 0-0-0 17. Bg3 h5 18. Nd2 h4 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Ndc4 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Bc7 22. h3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Kf1 Kd7 26. Ke2 e5 27. Nd2 Bd8 28. b4 Kc6 29. Kd3 f5 30. f3 Bf6 31. Nc4 e4+ 32. fxe4 fxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Bxc3 34. Ne5+ Kc7 35. Nf3 Bxb4 36. Nxh4 Kb6 37. Nf5 g6 38. Nh4 g5 39. Nf3 Ka5 40. Nxg5 Kxa4 41. Ne6 b5 42. g4 Bd2 43. g5 b4 44. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07+"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Piskov, Kamen Penev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Bg5 g6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bh6 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Bg4 11. Rde1 e6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nf4 Rae8 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. d5 Nd8 18. Ng5 Kg8 19. Nfe6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Qe7 21. Nf7 Rxf7 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qd4 Kg7 25. Qxa7 Qc6 26. Qf2 Qa4 27. Kb1 Ne4 28. Qe3 c5 29. Re1 d5 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. g4 f4 32. Kc1 b5 33. c3 Kf6 34. h4 h6 35. Rf1 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Qh3 Ke5 38. Qh8+ Kd6 39. Rh1 Kc7 40. Rh7+ Kb6 41. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bobekov, Radko"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e3 d5 7. Nge2 c6 8. b3 Qe8 9. 0-0 g5 10. f3 g4 11. fxg4 Nxg4 12. Nf4 Bb4 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Bb2 Nh5 16. Kh2 Bd6 17. Bf3 Ndf6 18. Qe2 Ng7 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Nd3 Qb8 21. Ne5 Be8 22. c5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Bh5 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. g4 Qf4+ 29. Kg2 Bg6 30. Ng3 Nxc5 31. Rd4 Qf7 32. h4 h5 33. Ba3 b6 34. gxh5 Nxh5 35. Qg4 Nxg3 36. Qxg3 Rf8 37. Rd1 Ne4 38. Qe3 Qf2+ 39. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Ne5 c6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. f4 Ne4 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Nc3 Ndf6 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Bf3 0-0 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Be1 Rc8 14. Rc1 b5 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. c5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 g5 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. fxg5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qg8 22. Kg1 Rf8 23. Bg3 Be8 24. h4 Rf5 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kg7 29. Be1 Bh5 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Bc3 Kf5 32. Kg3 b4 33. Bxb4 Kxe5 34. Bc3+ Kf5 35. Kf2 Bd1 36. Kg3 Bh5 37. b3 Bd1 38. Bb2 Bc2 39. Kh3 Bd1 40. Kg3 Bc2 41. Bc3 e5 42. Kh3 Bd1 43. Bb2 a6 44. Kg3 Bc2 45. Bc3 Bd3 46. Kh3 Be2 47. Kg3 Bd3 48. b4 Bc2 49. a3 Bd1 50. Bb2 Be2 51. a4 Bc4 52. Bc3 Be2 53. Kf2 Bc4 54. Kg3 Be2 55. Ba1 Bc4 56. Kh3 Be2 57. b5 axb5 58. axb5 Bxb5 59. g4+ Ke6 60. h5 d4 61. exd4 exd4 62. Bxd4 Kf7 63. Be3 Bc4 64. Kg3 Bb3 65. Kf4 Bd1 66. Kf5 Bb3 67. Ke5 Bd1 68. Kd6 Ba4 69. Kd7 Bb5 70. Kd6 Ba4 71. Ke5 Bd1 72. Kf4 Bc2 73. Kf5 Bb3 74. Ke5 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bb2 c5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rad1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. c5 Ng6 14. g3 Bd7 15. b4 Bc6 16. a4 Rf8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bd7 19. Ra1 Qc7 20. b6 Qc8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra1 Qc8 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Nb5 Ne4 26. Na7 Qd8 27. Qc2 f6 28. c6 Qxb6 29. c7 Nd6 30. c8Q Nxc8 31. Nxc8 Qd8 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 33. Ba3 Qd8 34. Bxf8 fxe5 35. Bc5 b6 36. Bb4 exd4 37. Qd3 e5 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Qh4 40. Qf3 Kh8 41. Rd1 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Mandrov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c6 7. c4 Qc7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rc1 e5 11. e3 a5 12. d5 Nc5 13. Ba3 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ne1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nd3 Qd6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nb2 Qc7 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Qe2 e4 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Rd2 Be6 24. Rcd1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd2 Qb8 27. Qd1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qb4 29. Qxb4 cxb4 30. f3 exf3 31. Bxf3 Bd7 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Nb2 Be8 35. Nd3 Bd6 36. Ne1 h5 37. Nc2 c5 38. a4 h4 39. Kf2 hxg3+ 40. hxg3 g5 41. Ne1 Bg6 42. Bd1 f4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. exf4 Bxf4 45. Nf3 Bb1 46. Ke2 Kf5 47. Nd2 Bxd2 48. Kxd2 Ke4 49. Kc1 Bd3 50. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. h3 a6 10. 0-0-0 Be7 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Be2 Ne7 15. c4 b6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Rxd6 Rc8 18. Rxb6 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 20. Kb1 0-0 21. f3 Rd8 22. Rc1 Rcd4 23. Rxa6 f5 24. Ra7 Ng6 25. Nxf5 Rd2 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Nxf7 Rb8 28. Nxe5+ Kg8 29. Nc4 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch07"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1952.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Valchanov, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1952.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. Rb1 0-0 12. h4 Qd8 13. Bd3 f6 14. g4 fxe5 15. gxf5 e4 16. f6 Rxf6 17. Ng5 exd3 18. Qxd3 Rh6 19. Nf7 Kxf7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh7+ Ke8 22. Qxh6 Kd7 23. h5 b6 24. b4 Bg5 25. Qg7+ Qe7 26. h6 Bf6 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. b5 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rb4 Bf6 31. h7 Bd7 32. a4 e5 33. Rb3 d4 34. Rg3 Kf7 35. Rh6 Bh8 36. Rhg6 Re8 37. Rg8 Be6 38. R3g6 Bc4+ 39. Ke1 e4 40. Rxe8 Kxg6 41. Rxh8 Bb3 42. Rd8 Kxh7 43. Rxd4 Bc2 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ciejka, Tadeusz"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. c4 c6 5. Nbd2 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. 0-0 Qf6 10. Qe2 0-0 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. dxc5 exf3 14. gxf3 Qxf3 15. Qc2 e5 16. Be2 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. b4 Nf6 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Ne4 21. Bd3 Rf7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rae1 Bf5 24. Bc3 Rd7 25. Re3 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rad8 27. Rfe1 g6 28. R1e2 Rd1 29. Re1 R8d3 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Ke6 33. Ke3 Kd5 34. a4 a5 35. bxa5 Kxc5 36. a6 bxa6 37. a5 Kc4 38. Bh4 Kb4 39. Bd8 c5 40. Be7 Kb5 41. Kd2 c4 42. Bd8 Kb4 43. Bb6 c3+ 44. Kc1 Kc4 45. Bf2 Kd3 46. Be1 e3 0-1

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. b3 Qc7 6. Bb2 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. e4 0-0 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sebestyen, Bela"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Be6 6. f5 Bxc4 7. dxc4 c6 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Nge2 0-0-0 11. b3 h6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Na4 d5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. cxd5 Ncxe4 16. 0-0-0 cxd5 17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. Bc1 Kb8 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. c3 Qc5 21. Rhf1 a5 22. a4 Rc6 23. Ka2 b5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Kc7 27. Ng3 Nc5 28. Re3 Rb6 29. c4 d4 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bxd4 Nfd7 32. Bxe5+ Nxe5 33. Re1 f6 34. Re3 Rd6 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Rb2 Na6 37. Re2 Nb4+ 38. Ka3 Nxc4+ 39. Ka4 Nb6+ 40. Kxa5 Nc6+ 41. Ka6 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Plater, Kazimierz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 a4 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. bxa4 h6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Re1 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Be4 Be6 18. Rc1 Bxc4 19. Bxd4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qxd4 21. Qc4 Rb2 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rc2 Rfb8 24. Ree2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rb4 26. Bc6 Bb6 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Ke2 e5 29. f3 f5 30. Kd3 Rd4+ 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. Bb5 c5 33. Bc4 Ke7 34. Bb3 Kd6 35. Rc4 g5 36. Rxd4+ cxd4 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Be6 f4 39. g4 Kb4 40. Bb3 Bc7 41. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Herrmann, Ludwig"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Bc6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qg4 Qf8 19. a3 Nc5 20. Bf1 Qg7 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bf6 Qf8 23. Re3 Nd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bd3 Kh7 26. Rg3 Qg8 27. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Qb3 Qd5 14. c4 Qd7 15. d5 Nd8 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 c6 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Rad1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nd6 23. Bb4 Bf8 24. Nf2 e4 25. Nh3 Qb5 26. Nf4 Kf7 27. Ne6 a5 28. Ba3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Rxe6 30. dxe6+ Kxe6 31. Rc1 Ra6 32. Bc5 Bg7 33. Rf2 Be5 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Bd4 Nf7 36. Rfd2 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Rb6 38. b4 axb4 39. Ra1 Ne5 40. h3 b3 41. Ra3 h5 42. h4 Nd3 43. Rc4 Nxb2 44. Rc3 Nc4 45. Raxb3 Rxb3 46. Rxb3 b6 47. Kf2 Kd5 48. Kg3 Kc5 49. Kf4 b5 50. Kg5 b4 51. Kxg6 f4 52. exf4 e3 53. Rb1 Nd2 54. Re1 Kd4 55. f5 b3 56. f6 Nc4 57. Kxh5 Ne5 58. g4 b2 59. g5 e2 60. g6 Nf3 61. Rh1 e1Q 62. Rxe1 Nxe1 63. f7 b1Q 64. f8Q Nd3 65. Kh6 Ne5 66. h5 Qc1+ 67. Kh7 Qc7+ 68. Qg7 Qb6 69. Qe7 Qb8 70. g7 Qb1+ 71. Kh8 Ng6+ 72. hxg6 Qh1+ 73. Kg8 Qd5+ 74. Kf8 Qf5+ 75. Ke8 Qxg6+ 76. Kf8 Qf5+ 77. Kg8 Qd5+ 78. Qf7 Qa8+ 79. Kh7 Qh1+ 80. Kg6 Qg2+ 81. Kf6 Qf3+ 82. Kg6 Qg2+ 83. Kf6 Qf3+ 84. Ke7 Qa3+ 85. Ke8 Qa8+ 86. Ke7 Qa3+ 87. Kf6 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Ne4 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 0-0 10. f4 Nd7 11. Bd2 Ndf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Be1 Be6 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Qe8 16. Rb1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rc1 g6 23. a5 Rfd8 24. Qc3 Rc7 25. Qd4 Rdc8 26. Rc5 Rf8 27. Qd1 h5 28. h3 Qd8 29. Bf2 Rh7 30. Qe1 g5 31. Bg3 h4 32. Bh2 g4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Qd2 Qd7 35. Rcc1 Rff7 36. Rf2 h3 37. g3 Bf3+ 38. Rxf3 exf3 39. Rf1 Qf5 40. Qf2 Qe4 41. Qxf3 Rhg7 42. Qxe4 dxe4 43. f5 Rg4 44. f6 Rc7 45. e6 c5 46. bxc5 Rc8 47. Rf5 Kf8 48. Rh5 Kg8 49. Rh4 Rg6 50. Rf4 Kf8 51. Rh4 Kg8 52. f7+ Kg7 53. Rxe4 Rg5 54. g4 Rgxc5 55. Be5+ Kg6 56. Bd6 Rc1+ 57. Kh2 Rh8 58. f8N+ Kg5 59. Be7+ Kh6 60. g5+ Kh5 61. g6 Kh6 62. Rh4+ Kg7 63. Rxh8 Kxh8 64. Bf6+ Kg8 65. e7 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Makarczyk, Kazimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 Nc5 11. Ba3 Bf5 12. Qc1 Rad8 13. Nc3 Rxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Re8 15. Ne3 Bc8 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Ng5 b6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qe3 Bf8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd2 Qd4 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Bd5 Bd6 28. Ne8 Kg8 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. b4 Kf8 31. b5 Ke7 32. a4 f6 33. a5 Kd8 34. Kf1 Kc7 35. Ke1 g5 36. Kd2 Bf5 37. Kc1 Bg4 38. Kd2 Bf5 39. e3 dxe3+ 40. Kxe3 h6 41. Kd2 Bb1 42. Kc3 f5 43. Kb4 f4 44. c5 dxc5+ 45. Kxc5 Bd3 46. b6+ axb6+ 47. axb6+ Kb8 48. Bc6 Bc2 49. Kd5 e4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Kd4 e3 52. fxe3 fxe3 53. Kxe3 Kc8 54. Kd4 Kd8 55. Ke5 Bd1 56. h4 Be2 57. Kf6 Kc8 58. Kg6 h5 59. Kg5 Kb8 60. Be8 Kb7 61. Bxh5 Bd3 62. Bg4 Kxb6 63. h5 Kc7 64. Bf5 Bc4 65. h6 Bg8 66. Kg6 Kd6 67. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne5 Bg7 7. f4 0-0 8. Qf3 Nfd7 9. Ng4 f5 10. Ne5 c5 11. c3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ba6 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Qf4 Qd7 15. h4 h5 16. Qg3 Qe8 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. a3 e6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bd1 f4 21. exf4 cxd4 22. Bc2 Ne7 23. Nxd4 Nf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Bd3 Kh7 26. Be3 Rc7 27. Qf2 Rff7 28. Be2 Kh6 29. Qg3 Rfe7 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qxh5+ Qxh5 32. Bxh5 Bc8 33. Kd2 Bh6 34. g3 Bd7 35. Be2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Rg7 37. Rag1 Kh8 38. Bd4 Bc5 39. Ke3 a5 40. Kf2 a4 41. h5 Be8 42. h6 Rg4 43. Rh4 Bxd4+ 44. cxd4 Rxh4 45. gxh4 Kh7 46. Rg7+ Rxg7 47. hxg7 Kxg7 48. Ke3 Kh6 49. Be2 Bh5 50. Bxb5 Bd1 51. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gereben, Erno"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. b3 Ne4 8. Nfd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Nf6 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. e4 Ba3 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. f4 g6 16. Rf2 Ng7 17. c5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 19. Nf3 b5 20. a4 Rfb8 21. a5 a6 22. Ne1 Kf8 23. Nd3 Ke8 24. Nb4 Kd8 25. g4 Kc7 26. Qg3 Kb7 27. Nc2 h5 28. h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rh8 30. Bf3 Rag8 31. Ne3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Koch, Berthold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nbd2 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. f4 d6 12. Ng4 Nb8 13. f5 e5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ne4 Nd7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bg5 Qe7 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. Bc2 h6 20. Bh4 Bc6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qxe5 Rd2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qg5 26. Qg3 Qd2+ 27. Re2 Qc1 28. f6 g6 29. Bxg6 Kh8 30. Bh7 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Be4 Bb5 33. Re3 Rd8 34. Rh3+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gadalinski, Jan"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 f5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. f3 Nd6 19. cxd5 0-0 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. 0-0 a4 22. Rfc1 a3 23. Be5 Na6 24. Qc6 Nb7 25. Nd4 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Nac5 27. Nxb4 Nb3 28. Rcb1 Nxa1 29. Bxa1 Nc5 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. Nc6 a2 32. Ra1 Nf6 33. d6 Rb7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Nd8+ Kxd6 38. Nxb7+ Kd5 39. Nc5 f4+ 40. Kh3 Ra3 41. Bb2 Rxe3 42. Bxf6 gxf6 43. Ne4 Ke5 44. Kh4 Re2 45. Kh3 Rc2 46. g3 f5 47. Ng5 h6 48. Nf7+ Kf6 49. Nd6 Rf2 50. Ne8+ Ke5 51. Ng7 Rxf3 52. Kg2 Ra3 53. Nh5 f3+ 54. Kf2 Rb3 55. h4 Ra3 56. Nf4 Ke4 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Kf1 Rh2 59. h5 Ra2 60. Kg1 f2+ 61. Kg2 f1Q+ 62. Kxf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Balcarek, Wiktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. c4 Qc7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Bb1 Rfe8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 e5 15. d5 Bc8 16. f4 exf4 17. exf4 Nf8 18. Nf2 Bd7 19. Qf3 N8h7 20. g4 Qc8 21. f5 b5 22. h4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Ba4 24. Rde1 Nd7 25. Qg3 f6 26. Nd3 Bf8 27. Nf4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Ne6 Be7 30. Ne4 Qb8 31. Bc3 Ndf8 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Nxe6 34. gxf6 Bxf6 35. Nxf6+ Nxf6 36. Bxf6 Rf8 37. Be7 Nd4 38. f6 Rf7 39. Bg6 Rxf6 40. Bxf6 gxf6 41. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c4 d4 8. Ng5 0-0 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. e3 e5 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Rfe1 b6 17. a3 Bf5 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Nh4 Bg6 20. b4 Nd7 21. b5 f6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. a4 Ne5 24. a5 Re7 25. axb6 axb6 26. h3 Rbe8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Qf4 g5 29. Qd2 Nf7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Bc6 g6 32. Ra6 Qc7 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Bd5 Qe5 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Qa2 Rxa8 37. Qxa8 Qc7 38. Qc6 Qa7 39. Qc8 f5 40. Qe8 Qc7 41. Qe6 Nh6 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 Nf7 44. Qc6 Qf4 45. Qd7 Qf6 46. Qb7 Qf4 47. Be6 Kf8 48. Qxb6 Ne5 49. Qxc5+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qd8 Kg7 52. b6 Qf3+ 53. Kg1 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qf3 55. Qxd4 Qf6 56. Kg2 Qxe6 57. b7 Qc6+ 58. Kf1 Qc7 59. Qb2 Qb8 60. c5 Kh6 61. d4 Nc4 62. Qb4 Nd6 63. cxd6 Qxb7 64. Qc5 Qf3 65. Ke1 Qe4+ 66. Kd2 Qf4+ 67. Kd3 Qf3+ 68. Kc4 Qxf2 69. Qe5 Qa2+ 70. Kc5 Qa7+ 71. Kc6 Qa8+ 72. Kd7 Qb8 73. Ke7 Qg8 74. Qh2+ Kg7 75. Qf2 Kh7 76. Qf7+ Kh6 77. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Sopot"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1951.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Arlamowski, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1951.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nbd2 Bb7 4. e3 d6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. h4 Re8 10. 0-0-0 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 h6 13. Nf1 Qe7 14. Ng3 e4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. h5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. c4 Bb7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rd2 c5 22. Nb5 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qc2 a6 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Nce2 Ng4 27. Nf4 Kh7 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Kb1 Qe5 30. Rh4 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Rd1+ 32. Kc2 Ra1 33. Rxh6+ Kxh6 34. Nf5+ gxf5 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kf6 38. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Naidenov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A99"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. b3 a5 8. Bb2 Qe8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qd3 d5 11. Ne5 g5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. e4 Qh5 15. Rae1 Bb4 16. a3 fxe4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Qe3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Kg2 Qg6 24. Qf3+ Qf5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. c5 g4 27. Qf4 Be8 28. Bc3 Bg6 29. Nf2 h5 30. Nd3 Bg5 31. Qb8+ Be8 32. Qd6+ Kg8 33. Nf4 Qc2+ 34. Kf1 Qxc3 35. Qb8 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Qc7+ Be7 39. Nxh5 Qxd4 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 e5 42. Qb8 Bg5 43. Qxb7+ Bd7 44. Qa6 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Qh1+ 47. Ke2 Qxh2+ 48. Ke1 Qxh5 49. Qa2+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Be5 16. Nb4 Rab8 17. Rd2 a5 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. a4 c6 20. Rc1 Kf8 21. Nf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Rd7 23. Rcd1 Rbd8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[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. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Rf3 Nc5 16. Bb1 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Qd1 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxa2+ 16. Kc1 Rfc8 17. Bxe7 Qa1+ 18. Kc2 Nb4+ 19. Kb3 Qa2+ 20. Kxb4 Rc4+ 21. Bxc4 Ra4+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. Qb1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Be4 14. Qa1 Rc7 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qa8 17. Ncd2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bb7 19. Nc4 Rc8 20. Nce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 b6 4. e4 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Nf8 8. Nc4 N6d7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bb7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Ncd2 Nh5 15. Bb1 Ngf4 16. Qe3 g5 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. g3 Ng6 19. h3 Kg7 20. Nf1 h5 21. d5 e5 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. Ng1 Rh8 25. Ne3 Qe8 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. exf5 Nf8 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bh4 30. Kh1 Nd7 31. Rf1 Bf6 32. Rde1 Qg8 33. Nf3 Kf8 34. Rg1 Qh7 35. Qb5 Ke7 36. fxe5 Nxe5 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Rxe5+ Kd8 39. Ree1 Qh6 40. Qc6 Rc8 41. Rg6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrov, Peter"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qa5 8. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. Bxc4 Qd6 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. Ng5 Nbc6 14. c3 Bf5 15. Qe2 h6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ng6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Re4 a6 20. Rae1 b5 21. Bf1 b4 22. Bxa6 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nb4 24. Bc4 Nxa2 25. Qf3 Nb4 26. h4 Nc6 27. h5 Nh8 28. Qd3 Nxd4 29. Rg4 Ne6 30. Qf5 Ng5 31. f4 Nh7 32. Rg6 Nxg6 33. hxg6 Nf6 34. gxf7+ Kh8 35. g4 Qb6+ 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Rh2 Qf3+ 41. Kh4 Rg1 0-1

[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 "Piskov, Kamen Penev"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 0-0 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bh4 Qd5 13. c4 Qh5 14. d5 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. Bxf6 Bxe1 17. Be5 Bb4 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qd4 Qg4 20. Bxc7 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 exd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 Bc5 24. Nxf5 Bb3 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Bf4 Rcd8 27. Bf1 Rf8 28. g4 g6 29. Rc3 gxf5 30. Rxb3 fxg4 31. Bg3 Rf3 32. Bc4+ Kf8 33. Rxf3+ gxf3 34. b4 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Be7 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05+"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1950.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[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. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qe2 d6 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 0-0 11. a3 Qc7 12. b4 Rac8 13. Bb2 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qe3 g6 16. g4 Ng7 17. g5 Nf5 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. Rfc1 Qb8 20. Nf1 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. Ne3 h5 23. Nxf5+ exf5 24. Nh4 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bc8 26. Ng2 Be6 27. h4 Rc8 28. a4 Bb4 29. Kf1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qc8 31. Qxc8 Nxc8 32. Ke2 Ne7 33. Nf4 Kf8 34. Bb1 Ke8 35. Ba2 Kd7 36. Nd3 f4 37. Nxf4 Ke8 38. Bb1 Kd7 39. Bd3 Bg4+ 40. f3 Be6 41. Bc2 Ke8 42. Bb3 Kd7 43. Bc1 Ke8 44. Be3 Kd7 45. Bf2 Bc3 46. Kd1 Bb4 47. Be1 Ba3 48. Bc3 Ke8 49. Bc2 Kf8 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Kc2 Nc8 52. Bxg6 fxg6 53. Nxe6+ Kf7 54. Nf4 Ne7 55. Be1 Ke8 56. Bf2 Kd7 57. Kb3 Bc1 58. Nd3 Bd2 59. Kc2 Bb4 60. Nxb4 axb4 61. Kb3 Nf5 62. Kxb4 Ng7 63. a5 Kc7 64. a6 Kb8 65. Kc3 Ne6 66. Be3 Ka7 67. f4 Ng7 68. Kd3 Ka8 69. Ke2 Ka7 70. Kf3 Nf5 71. Bf2 Ng7 72. f5 Nxf5 73. Kf4 Ng7 74. e6 Nxe6+ 75. Ke5 Nc7 76. Kf6 Nxb5 77. Kxg6 Nd6 78. Kxh5 b5 79. Be1 Nf5 80. Bc3 Kxa6 81. g6 Kb6 82. Kg5 Ng7 83. h5 Kc6 84. h6 Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bc1 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne5 N7f6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qe3 bxa4 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qh4 Ng8 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Rdc1 Bd6 24. Rc3 Rc8 25. Rac1 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qd7 27. Bf1 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rc8 29. Rd3 Qe7 30. Rd4 Rc2 31. h4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Rb1 33. Rd4 Bd5 34. Qe2 Qb7 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Rd2 Qb1 37. Kg1 Bc6 38. Rb2 Qd1 39. Qc4 Bb5 40. Rxb5 axb5 41. Qxb5 Rb1 42. Qc4 Ne7 43. g4 Nd5 44. g5 Qxf1+ 45. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 47. fxe3 hxg5 48. hxg5 Kh7 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kg3 Kxg5 51. e4 Kh5 52. Kh3 g6 53. Kg3 g5 54. Kf3 Kh4 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Bobekov, Radko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. h4 c5 10. c3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Rag1 Bf6 13. Bg5 Qe7 14. Kc1 e5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. d5 Na5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 e4 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nd2 Qf7 23. Nxe4 Bxd5 24. Qd3 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxa2 27. Re1 Qf7 28. Qf5 Kg7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rd6 Qe7 31. Qf4 Qe5 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. h5 Kg8 34. h6 Qe5 35. Rd5 Qe6 36. Rd6 Qe5 37. f4 Qe7 38. g4 Qf8 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. g5 Qe7 41. Rxf6 Qe1+ 42. Kc2 Qe2+ 43. Qd2 Qe7 44. c4 b5 45. cxb5 d5 46. b3 Qe4+ 47. Qd3 Qg2+ 48. Qd2 Qe4+ 49. Kb2 Kg8 50. Qc2 Qe3 51. Qc3 Qe2+ 52. Ka3 d4 53. Qxc5 Qd1 54. Qc4+ Kh8 55. Kb2 Qd2+ 56. Qc2 Qb4 57. Qc7 Qc3+ 58. Qxc3 dxc3+ 59. Kxc3 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filipov, Filip"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Ng3 Qh6 12. Ne5 Ndf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. h3 Qh4 15. Kh2 Bd7 16. f4 exf3 17. Rxf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qe2 c5 20. Raf1 Bxe5+ 21. dxe5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qf5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Qg2 Be6 25. Rg1 g6 26. h4 Rf8 27. f4 Rc8 28. Qf3 c4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd4 b6 31. Rg2 Qf7 32. Qg3 Bf5 33. Qg5 Rc8 34. h5 Be4 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rg4 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rg2+ 38. Kh3 Qh7+ 39. Qh4 Qxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Rxa2 41. Rg1 Rc2 42. Ra1 Rc7 43. Kg5 Kf7 44. Ra2 Bc2 45. Ra3 Ke6 46. Rc3 Rc4 47. Ra3 Rc7 48. Rc3 Rxc3 49. Bxc3 Be4 50. Bd4 Bf5 51. Kh6 Kf7 52. Kg5 Bd7 53. Kh6 Be8 54. Kh7 Bd7 55. Kh6 Bf5 56. Kg5 Ke6 57. Kh6 Bb1 58. Kg7 Bd3 59. Kf8 Ba6 60. Ke8 Bb5+ 61. Kd8 Bd3 62. Kc7 b5 63. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch05"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qc1 Nh5 11. g4 f5 12. gxh5 f4 13. Bd2 Bxh3 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Kh2 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 Qg4 17. Qg2 Qxh5+ 18. Nh3 Rad8 19. f3 e5 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. fxg4 e4 22. Bb5 e3 23. Be1 f3 24. Bh4 Rde8 25. Na3 Re4 26. Kg3 h6 27. Bd3 g5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 e2 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Bc4+ Kh7 32. Kf2 Bh6 33. Rh1 Kg6 34. Be6 Bd2 35. Bf5+ Kg5 36. Nc2 Kf4 37. Bxe4 Kxe4 38. Ne1 Be3+ 39. Kg3 f2 40. Ng2 f1Q 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Ganchev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[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. d4 e6 3. Nbd2 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nh4 fxe5 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Nf3 Nxd4 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. 0-0 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 a6 18. Qe2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Re1 Rf8 21. g3 Nf6 22. Nc3 Bf3 23. Qf1 Bb7 24. Na4 Bd8 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bxh7 b5 27. Nc3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Bb6 29. Re2 d5 30. Qh3 Rf6 31. Qg4 Qf8 32. Nd1 e4 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Bg6 Qh8 35. Qg5 Qh6 36. Qxh6 gxh6 37. Bh5 Rf8 38. Rc2 d4 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Rxc8 Bxc8 41. a3 Kd6 42. Kf1 Kd5 43. Ke2 Kc4 44. Bf7 Kb3 45. Kd2 Bd7 46. h4 a5 47. Bg8 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Bf7 Kc4 50. Bg8 b3 51. Ke2 Kd5 52. Bf7 Ba5 53. f4 Bb5+ 54. Kf2 Bb6 55. f5 e3+ 56. Kf3 e2 57. fxe6 exd1Q+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.23"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Hinkov, Stefan"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. c4 Qc8 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Rad1 d6 14. e4 Qb7 15. f3 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 f6 19. b4 Na6 20. f4 Rf7 21. Rf3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nc7 23. Rfc3 e6 24. Nxc7 Qxe4+ 25. Rf3 Rfxc7 26. Qxf6 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28. Re3 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Qh5+ 30. Qh4 Qxh4+ 31. Kxh4 Kf7 32. a3 d5 33. Kg4 Kf6 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. h3 Ke7 36. Rd3 Kd6 37. Kg4 Rc7 38. Kg5 e5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5 40. Kg4 Ke4 41. Rd1 d4 42. Re1+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. 0-0 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 0-0 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qg4 e5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Rd5 Rad8 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Nh4 Bf8 20. Nf5 Ne6 21. c4 g6 22. Nh4 Kf7 23. Nf3 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bd6 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. g3 Qc6 27. Nd2 Bc5 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Qxc6 Nxc6 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Kf1 Nb4 33. Ba3 Kf7 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Kd3 h6 37. f3 f5 38. Nf2 Bc5 39. Nd1 Bd4 40. h3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. Bd2 d4 7. Ne2 e5 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. 0-0 Qd7 11. Nh4 0-0-0 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bc7 15. Nxg7 Rhg8 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. gxf4 Nd5 21. Qh5 Ne3 22. Rf2 Rg3 23. Kh2 Rdg8 24. Bf3 Qf8 25. c3 Qg7 26. Qxc5+ Kb8 27. Qe5+ Qxe5 28. fxe5 a6 29. Re1 Nc2 30. Rc1 Ne3 31. cxd4 h5 32. d5 h4 33. d6 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Bg4+ Nxg4+ 36. hxg4 Rxd3 37. Rxf7 Re3 38. e6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Zvetkov, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 c6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bh3 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Be5 Rac8 19. Qd3 a6 20. Qf3 c5 21. Qg4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. e3 e5 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Qf5 b4 26. Na4 cxd4 27. exd4 exd4 28. Nb6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Na4 Bc6 32. Nc5 Re2 33. Nd3 Bb5 34. Nxb4 d3 35. Rd1 Rxb2 36. Nxd3 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 Rb5 38. a4 Ra5 39. Rd4 Kf7 40. Kg2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bobekov, Radko"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bd4 Bb6 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 Qe8 16. e3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Qg6 18. g4 Qh6 19. g5 Qg6 20. h4 Qf7 21. Bh3 h5 22. b4 g6 23. a4 a6 24. Rfb1 Rfb8 25. Rb2 b6 26. cxb6 Bxb6 27. Qd2 Qf8 28. Rab1 Qd8 29. Qc3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qb6 31. Qc5 Kf7 32. Qc3 Rb7 33. f5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Ke7 35. Bh3 Rf8 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rb8 38. a5 Qa7 39. Rf2 Rf8 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Qc5+ Qxc5 42. bxc5 Ke7 43. Bxa6 Kd8 44. g6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Stanchev, Zachari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Qc2 h6 10. e4 g5 11. Nf3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. d5 c5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bd2 0-0-0 18. Qa3 Kb8 19. Ba5 Nb6 20. Nd2 f5 21. Rfe1 Rhe8 22. b4 Bd7 23. Bxb6 axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Bxd2 Nge7 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. a3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Nce7 14. a4 0-0-0 15. h4 h5 16. Qd2 Rdf8 17. Rac1 Kb8 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Ng5 Rhf8 20. f4 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Bf2 Rc4 23. Nf3 Rxa4 24. Nxd4 Qc7 25. g3 Be6 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 b6 28. Ra3 Ne7 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. Nc6+ Ka8 31. Nxe7 Qxe7 32. Bxb6 Qb4 33. Bxa5 Qxb5 34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Ra3+ Kb7 36. Rb3 Qxb3 37. cxb3 Rxc7 38. Qb4+ Ka7 39. Kf2 g6 40. Ke3 Ka6 41. Kd4 Rc6 42. Qb8 Rc8 43. Qd6+ Kb7 44. Qb4+ Ka6 45. Qa4+ Kb6 46. b4 Kb7 47. Qb5+ Ka7 48. Qa5+ Kb7 49. b5 Ra8 50. Qb4 Rd8 51. Qa3 Rd7 52. Qa6+ Kb8 53. b6 Re7 54. Qa4 Rd7 55. Qc6 Rb7 56. Qd6+ Ka8 57. Qf8+ Rb8 58. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Piskov, Kamen Penev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. Bd3 c6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Ne5 Ba3 9. Bxa3 Qxa3 10. f4 h5 11. 0-0 Qe7 12. Qf3 Nf8 13. c4 Bd7 14. c5 0-0-0 15. b4 Be8 16. a4 N6d7 17. b5 Nb8 18. Qe2 f6 19. Nef3 Nfd7 20. Rfb1 Nf8 21. Nb3 Bg6 22. Na5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qd7 24. bxc6 Nxc6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Kxb7 27. Rb1+ Kc7 28. Qa6 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiprov, Alexander Alexandro"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 e6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nf3 a6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 0-0 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nf3 b5 17. c5 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Kf1 Bd7 20. Ng5 Bc8 21. Rd2 Ra7 22. Red1 Rad7 23. Nf3 a5 24. a4 b4 25. Ne5 Ba6+ 26. Ke1 Rc7 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Nd5 29. g3 Ne7 30. Nc4 Ra7 31. Nd6 Rad7 32. Nc4 Ra7 33. Nd6 Rad7 34. Nc4 Ra7 35. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nf5 0-0 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3 Bxf5 11. Bxf8 Bg4 12. f3 dxe4 13. fxg4 exd3 14. Ba3 d2 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. g5 Nd5 17. Qxd2 Qb6+ 18. Qf2 Nxc3 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Qe1 Qa5 21. Qf2 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qa5 23. Rf3 Ne2+ 24. Qxe2 Qxc5+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kf8 27. Rb1 b6 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rb4 Ke7 30. Rh4 Kd6 31. Rxh7 Rg8 32. g4 Nb4 33. Kf3 Nxa2 34. Ra3 Nb4 35. Rxa7 Nxc2 36. Rxf7 Nd4+ 37. Ke4 Ne6 38. Kf5 e4 39. Rh3 g6+ 40. Kf6 Nf4 41. Rb7 Nxh3 42. Rxb6+ Kd5 43. Rb5+ Kc4 44. Ra5 e3 45. Kf7 Rd8 46. Kxg6 Rg8+ 47. Kf6 Rxg5 48. Rxg5 Nxg5 49. Kxg5 e2 50. h4 e1Q 51. h5 Kd5 52. h6 Ke6 53. h7 Qe5+ 54. Kg6 Qf6+ 55. Kh5 Qg7 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Be3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. 0-0-0 exd4 9. Bxd4 Qe7 10. f3 Ne5 11. h4 Be6 12. b3 c6 13. g4 Ne8 14. h5 g5 15. h6 Bf6 16. Rh5 Kh8 17. Nh3 Rg8 18. Be3 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. c5 Rd8 21. Bxg5 Rxg5 22. Nxg5 Qxc5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Kb1 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Qd3 Nd6 28. Be2 Ne4 29. Re5 Nd2+ 30. Qxd2 Bxd2 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxe6 Rc8 33. Bd3 Bb4 34. Kb2 Kg8 35. a3 Bc5 36. Ka2 Rd8 37. Re5 Bf8 38. g5 Rd6 39. Re8 Rd7 40. Bf5 Re7 41. Be6+ Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Kf7 43. Rf6+ Ke8 44. Rf5 d4 45. a4 d3 46. Kb2 Bb4 47. Rb5 Bd2 48. Rxb7 Bxg5 49. Rxa7 Bxh6 50. Rxh7 Bg5 51. Rh3 Bf6+ 52. Kc1 Bg5+ 53. Kd1 d2 54. Rd3 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Ne5 0-0 16. 0-0 Qc7 17. c5 Nc6 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Qc2 f5 20. f3 Nf6 21. Rfd1 Ra7 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qf4 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. exd5 Nd4 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rf7+ 29. Kg1 Rxd5 30. Nxa5 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Rxc5 32. Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nb3 Rc4 35. g3 Nc3 36. Kg2 Nd5 37. Ra2 Ke7 38. Nd2 Rc7 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. Ra6+ Ke5 41. Ke2 Rd7 42. Nb3 Kf5 43. Kf3 Nc7 44. Ra5+ Rd5 45. Ra7 Ne6 46. Nc1 Rd1 47. Ra5+ Kf6 48. Ne2 b3 49. Rb5 Rd3+ 50. Ke4 Rd2 51. Nc1 b2 52. Nd3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[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 e6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qe2 c5 8. c3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bc7 12. h3 b6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. Ba6 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bb7 18. Ba6 Bc6 19. Bb5 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch04"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1949.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[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 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. e3 d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Na3 a6 12. d3 Bc6 13. Ng5 Qb7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. e4 e6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. e5 Qb6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Kh1 h6 21. Nf3 Qc6 22. Kg1 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5+ Kg8 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. dxe4 Rfd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd1 Ra2 31. Rd2 b4 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. Kc4+ Kc6 36. e5 h5 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38. Rd2 Ra5 39. h3 Kc8 40. Rd6 Kc7 41. Rd2 Kc8 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kc7 44. Rf2 Kc6 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Ra8 47. Rd2 Ra2 48. fxe6 fxe6 49. Rd6+ Kc7 50. Kxc5 Rxc2+ 51. Kxb4 Re2 52. Rxe6 Kd7 53. Rd6+ Kc7 54. Rd5 Kc6 55. Rb5 Re1 56. Rc5+ Kb6 57. Rd5 Kc6 58. Rb5 Re4+ 59. Ka5 Re1 60. Rb6+ Kc7 61. e6 Ra1+ 62. Kb5 Re1 63. b4 Re2 64. Ra6 Kb7 65. Rd6 Kc7 66. Rd7+ Kc8 67. Re7 Kd8 68. Ra7 Re5+ 69. Kc6 Rxe6+ 70. Kb7 Re4 71. Ra8+ Kd7 72. b5 Kd6 73. Rc8 Ra4 74. b6 Kd7 75. Rc1 Ra2 76. Rd1+ Ke7 77. Kc7 Rc2+ 78. Kb8 Rb2 79. b7 Ra2 80. Rd4 Ke6 81. Kc7 Rc2+ 82. Kb6 Rb2+ 83. Kc6 Ke7 84. Rd5 1-0

[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 "Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Na2 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. 0-0 Qh5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nc1 Nb6 14. Bd3 a5 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 0-0 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Rc5 Qg4 20. Be2 Qg7 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Rh5 Nf8 23. Qc5 Nd7 24. Qc2 Nf8 25. Qc5 Nd7 26. Qc1 Nf8 27. Qe3 Ng6 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Rcc5 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Bc4 Re7 32. Qg5 Kf8 33. Qd2 f6 34. Qd6 Ke8 35. Rf5 Rd8 36. Qxf6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf6 38. Rxf6 Rc1 39. b3 Kd8 40. Rxa5 Kc7 41. Rxg6 hxg6 42. Bg8 c5 43. Ng5 Re8 44. Bh7 Rh8 45. g4 Kb6 46. Rb5+ Ka6 47. Kg3 Bc6 48. Bxg6 Bxb5 49. axb5+ Kxb5 50. Bf7 c4 51. bxc4+ Kc5 52. Bd5 b3 53. Ne6+ Kb4 54. c5 b2 55. Ba2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Filchev, Rusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[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. e3 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 g6 6. Qa4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Rxe7 Nf4 12. Bb5 a6 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karastoichev, Emil Stefanov"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nf5 Qf6 7. Bxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10. Bc4 0-0 11. 0-0 c6 12. a4 Qe5 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne5 17. Bb3 Ng4 18. f4 Nf6 19. e5 Ne8 20. Rd2 g6 21. f5 d5 22. exd6 Bxf5 23. d7 Nf6 24. Rd6 Kg7 25. Rxf6 Kxf6 26. g4 Rfd8 27. gxf5 Ke7 28. f6+ Kxd7 29. Ne4 h6 30. Rd1+ Kc7 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Nd6 Kc7 33. Nxf7 b5 34. axb5 Kb6 35. Ne5 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Piskov, Kamen Penev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. 0-0 d6 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 f5 10. d5 Nd7 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxa7 Bxg2 19. Qxb8+ Kf7 20. Qxh8 Bxh8 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Qxc4 23. Rb2 Bf6 24. Be3 Qxc3 25. Rb3 Qa5 26. Rc1 Bd8 27. Rc2 Ke6 28. h4 Kd7 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 d5 31. Rd3 Kd6 32. Rcd2 c6 33. f3 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Qc4 35. Rd4 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Kc5 37. R4d3 Qh1 38. f4 Kd6 39. Rd1 Qe4 40. Rd4 Qe6 41. Rb1 Kc5 42. e3 Qe7 43. Rdb4 Qa7 44. Rxb6 Qxa2+ 45. R6b2 Qc4 46. Rd2 Qc3 47. Rbb2 Kd6 48. Rdc2 Qd3 49. Rd2 Qc3 50. Rdc2 Qd3 51. Rd2 Qe4 52. Rd4 Qh1 53. Rdb4 h6 54. gxh6 Qxh6 55. Rb6 Qh2+ 56. Kf3 Qh1+ 57. Kf2 Qh2+ 58. Kf3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Ne7 8. Bg3 0-0 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. 0-0 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Kostakiev, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. a3 0-0 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Re1 Rfc8 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f4 g6 14. Ndf3 Bf8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Ng5 Nd8 18. Qf2 Qd6 19. Qh4 Qf8 20. Re3 h6 21. Nh3 Nc6 22. Nf2 Rc7 23. g4 Nh7 24. Qg3 Rac8 25. f5 exf5 26. gxf5 g5 27. h4 Qd6 28. Qg2 gxh4 29. Rce1 Re7 30. Nh3 Bd7 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. c4 Nxd4 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Bxd4 Kh7 35. Be5 Qb6 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. cxd5 Rg8 38. Kh1 Bf8 39. Qb2 Ng4 40. f6+ Kh8 41. Bd4 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Filipov, Filip"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Kg1 Bg4 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Qf1 Kh8 18. a4 b4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Bd1 c5 21. h3 Bf5 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Kh1 Be4 24. Nbd2 Nd3 25. Bc2 c4 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Qf2 Rce8 28. Qd4 Re1+ 29. Nxe1 Qxd4 30. Ndf3 Qf2 31. Bd2 Be4 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Ivanov, Pavlin Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[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. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Qb2 Qb6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dimitrov Krastev, Krastjo"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. 0-0 Qh5 11. c4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 f5 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Rfe1 c6 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. c5 Re8 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. Rd3 g5 19. h3 f4 20. Qc2 Re7 21. Qb3 Qe8 22. Ne5 Rb8 23. Rd2 b5 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Qc2 Kg8 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Bc2 a5 28. Qg4 Kh8 29. Qf3 a4 30. Qe4 Rd5 31. Ng4 Qf8 32. b3 h5 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Bxa4 Kg7 36. Bb3 Rd8 37. Bc4 Ra8 38. Qf3 Rd8 39. Qxh5 Rh8 40. Qe2 Rh4 41. f3 Rh8 42. Qd3 Rd8 43. Qc3 Ra8 44. Rde2 Bc8 45. Re5 Kf7 46. d5 cxd5 47. Bxd5 Raa7 48. Bb3 Rec7 49. Qd3 Re7 50. Rf5 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Malchev, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 Bd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 0-0-0 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxe6+ Kb8 17. Qc4 Rhe8 18. Rfe1 Re4 19. Rxe4 fxe4 20. Nd4 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 e3 22. Qe2 exf2 23. Nxc6+ Qxc6 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. g3 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qg1+ 28. Kh3 Bxg3 29. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Re1 31. Rd8+ Kc7 32. Kxf2 Rb1 33. Rd2 Kc6 34. c4 b5 35. c5 a5 36. a3 g5 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38. Be5 Kc8 39. Rb6 axb4 40. c6 Kd8 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markov, Bozidar"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nf5 0-0 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3 dxe4 11. Ne7+ Kh8 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc1 Be6 15. Qg5 Nc6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. c4 h6 19. Qg3 Rd2 20. Bc1 Rd4 21. Bb2 Rxc4 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. c3 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Rd5 25. Rab1 Kh7 26. h4 Nh5 27. Qh2 e3 28. Rd4 exf2+ 29. Kf1 Rdxd4 30. cxd4 Qa3 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Rc2 33. a4 Ra2 34. Rc1 Nf6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rxc6 Kg6 37. Rxe6 Rxa4 38. Kxf2 Rxd4 39. Ra6 Rd7 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Ra5+ Ke6 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Ra6+ Ke5 45. Ra5+ Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kd5 47. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stanchev, Zachari"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qf3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qe5 8. Nde2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. g4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. h4 Rd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Qg4 Qa5 16. a3 Bf8 17. f4 b5 18. Nd4 b4 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Rh3 a5 22. Na2 a4 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Nc4 Qb8 25. e5 Ba6 26. g6 fxg6 27. h5 Ra7 28. Bd3 Rc8 29. hxg6 h6 30. Qe2 Rac7 31. Ne3 a3 32. Kd2 Qxb2 33. Ke1 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxa2 35. Rh2 Qb2 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Neikirkh, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Bd7 8. 0-0 Qc8 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 Bh3 11. Bh1 Nh5 12. Nc3 h6 13. Nd5 Kh7 14. b4 Bg4 15. b5 Nd8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. d4 f6 18. Nh4 Bh8 19. Bf3 Ng7 20. Qd2 Nf7 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bg2 Bd7 23. Rad1 Ne6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Rf1 a6 26. a4 axb5 27. axb5 Nc5 28. Qc2 c6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Ne3 Bf6 31. f4 Bxh4 32. gxh4 Qxh4 33. f5 g5 34. Bc3 g4 35. Bb4 Nb7 36. c5 Qg5 37. Qe2 Ra4 38. Bd2 Nxc5 39. Nxg4 Qe7 40. Qe3 Qh4 41. h3 Rfa8 42. Be1 Qe7 43. Qxc5 dxc5 44. Rxd7 Qf8 45. Nxe5 R4a7 46. Bc3 h5 47. Rfd1 Qg7 48. R1d6 Nxd6 49. Rxg7+ Rxg7 50. Ng6 Rf7 51. Nf4 Ra3 52. Be1 Ra1 53. Kf2 Nc4 54. Ne6 Rb7 55. Bc3 Ra2+ 56. Kg1 Rb3 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Toshev, Yury"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc8 14. b4 0-0 15. c3 c5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc4 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Rd4 Qc7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd2 a5 23. h3 Rc4 24. Rd3 a4 25. Nd4 b4 26. Rg3 Kh7 27. Qd3+ Kh8 28. f4 Bc8 29. Re1 a3 30. f5 axb2 31. f6 gxf6 32. Qd2 Kh7 33. Qc2+ f5 34. Nxf5 Bxf5 35. Qxf5+ Kh8 36. e6 Re4 37. Qh5 Rxe1+ 38. Kh2 Rh1+ 39. Kxh1 b1Q+ 40. Kh2 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Mechkarov, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. 0-0-0 c6 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Rhe1 Bc7 15. c5 Kg7 16. Nd6 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Nc5 19. Bc4 b5 20. b4 Ne6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Re3 a5 23. Ra3 a4 24. Rf3 Bd7 25. Kb2 e5 26. Bf6+ Kf7 27. Bxe5+ Ke6 28. Bg3 Re8 29. Kc3 c5 30. bxc5 Kd5 31. Rf7 Kc6 32. Bf4 Re2 33. Bd2 b4+ 34. Kd3 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rf4 b2 37. Rb4 Rxf2 38. Rxb2 Rxg2 39. Kd4 Bxh3 40. Rb6+ Kd7 41. Rb7+ Kc6 42. Rc7+ Kb5 43. Be3 Rc2 44. Ke5 Re2 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Kf3 Re1 47. Bxg5 Rd1 48. Be7 Be6 49. Ke2 Rd5 50. Ke3 h5 51. c6 Kb6 52. Bf8 h4 53. Rh7 Kxc6 54. Rxh4 Kd7 55. Rh7+ Kc6 56. Rc7+ Kb6 57. Ke4 Kb5 58. Be7 Kb6 59. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khadshipetrov, Alexander Mateev"]
[Black "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[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 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Nc3 0-0 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qd4 Bf5 17. Rf2 c6 18. Rd2 Qb7 19. Ne2 g6 20. c3 Qc7 21. Qc5 Bd7 22. Ra5 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Rd1 h6 27. Rda1 Rea8 28. g4 Kf8 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. f5 h5 31. h3 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 gxf5 33. gxf5 Kd8 34. Kf4 Kc7 35. Rh1 Kb6 36. Rh6 Rg8 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Be8 39. Ke5 c5 40. e7+ Rg6 41. Rxg6+ Bxg6 42. bxc5+ Kxc5 43. Kf6 Bh5 44. Ne6+ Kb6 45. b4 Be8 46. Ng7 Bc6 47. e8Q Bxe8 48. Nxe8 Rh7 49. Ke6 Rh3 50. Nf6 Re3+ 51. Kd6 Kb7 52. Nxd5 Rh3 53. Ra1 Rh6+ 54. Kc5 Re6 55. Kd4 Rd6 56. Rf1 Rd7 57. Kc5 Rh7 58. Rf6 Rg7 59. Re6 Rg5 60. Re7+ Kb8 61. Kb6 Rg6+ 62. Ka5 Rc6 63. Nb6 Rxc3 64. Kxa6 Ra3+ 65. Kxb5 Ra5+ 66. Kc6 Rc5+ 67. Kd7 Rb5 68. Kc6 Rc5+ 69. Kd7 Rh5 70. Kd6 Rh6+ 71. Re6 Rh7 72. Nd5 Rh8 73. b5 Kb7 74. Re7+ Kb8 75. Rd7 Rh6+ 76. Kc5 Kc8 77. Rd6 Rh8 78. Kc6 Kb8 79. b6 Rc8+ 80. Nc7 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch03"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1948.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Vesselin"]
[Black "Petrov, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qd3 Qe8 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be5 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Kh8 14. e3 Be6 15. f4 Rd8 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qe2 Qf7 18. Rfd1 a6 19. b3 b5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Qe8 22. Kf2 Kg8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd1 Qxd1 25. Nxd1 Kf8 26. g4 g6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Nc3 c5 29. Bf1 Bh4+ 30. Ke2 b4 31. Na4 c4 32. Nc5 Bd5 33. Bh3 Be7 34. Nxa6 cxb3 35. axb3 Bxb3 36. Nxb4 Bc4+ 37. Kf2 Bxb4 38. Bxf5 Bd3 39. Bxh7 Kg7 40. Bf5 Be7 41. Kg3 Bb4 42. Bd7 Be1+ 43. Kg4 Bf2 44. Kf5 Bxe3 45. Bc6 Bxf4 46. Kxf4 Kf7 47. Bd5+ Ke7 48. Bxe4 Bc4 49. h4 Kf7 50. Kg5 Kg7 51. Bg6 Bb3 52. h5 Bc4 53. h6+ Kh8 54. Kf6 Bb3 55. Ke7 Bc4 56. Kf6 Bb3 57. Bf7 Ba4 58. e6 Bb5 59. e7 Kh7 60. Kg5 Bd7 61. Bg6+ Kg8 62. Kf6 Ba4 63. h7+ Kh8 64. Kf7 Bd7 65. Kf8 Bb5 66. Be8 Be2 67. Bd7 Bh5 68. Be6 Kxh7 69. Bf7 1-0

