Bulgarian national chess teams have undergone a complete collapse at the European Team Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia.Led by Veselin Topalov and Antoaneta Stefanova the teams were placed respectively in №4 and №8, but stayed back in the standings.Unfortunately, most players were not in their best form.The former world champion Topalov played only 4 games and left the championship because of urgent personal engagements!His handler Ivan Cheparinov did not play sound.Alexander Delchev lost one important game against Italy because of...mobile ringing.Good play showed the youngest grandmaster in the team-Valentin Yotov, but his forces apparently weakened in the last decisive rounds.Dejan Bozhkov started with two losses against lower graded players and was included in the team only after the departure of Topalov.
The situation with our women's team was similar. With the exception of Antoaneta Stefanova, who played as expected, all the others got poor results.It can hardly be an excuse that the team is quite rejuvenated.Adriana Nikolova,Iva Videnova and Elitsa Raeva showed upward development in the recent years.Why right now the three played poorly? The most experienced player in the team Margarita Voiska also was not in shape as well.Incredibly unfortunate coincidence!
We expect the last word of the national coaches for the poor performance of Bulgaria.
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