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Khan Krum Prize Chess Tournament

Khan Krum Prize Chess Tournament

11/20/2010 10:39:55 AM
The chess tournament for the Khan Krum Prize this year includes 9 gross masters and participants from eight cities around the country. That turns this tournament in the largest chess event in Bulgaria.

It opens on Sunday, at the Paris Hall in the Novotel Plovdiv Hotel, at 10 AM. Prize ceremony is scheduled for 4 PM.
Gotse Delchev (1872-1903) was born on that date
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