{ "city": "sofia", "country": "BG", "collected": "2026-10-15", "updated": "2026-10-15", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "cards": [ { "slug": "cska-chess-club", "name": "CSKA Chess Club", "name_local": "ШК ЦСКА", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play", "learn" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "ул. „Антон Павлович Чехов“ 16А, 1113 София", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 2 }, "formats": [ "classical", "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists children's tournaments named Cup CSKA, organised by the club in age groups, dated 13 December 2025, 24 and 25 January, 21 and 22 February, 21 and 22 March, 25 and 26 April and 16 and 17 May 2026. It also lists the club as organiser of the children's \"Cup Sofia\" tournament held on 3 and 4 January 2026 and of an open classical tournament, Cup CSKA, dated 3 May 2025. The club's name and the address in the Chekhov street are printed as the venue of the January 2026 tournament.", "evidence_date": "2026-05-16", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ж.к. Изток, ул. „Антон Павлович Чехов“ 16А, 1113 София" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1311819.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Детски шахматен турнир КУПА СОФИЯ със съдействието на БСФШ 03-04.01.2026г." }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Детски шахматен турнир за КУПА ЦСКА 4-8 КЛАС" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ОПЕН по класически шахмат КУПА ЦСКА" } ] }, { "slug": "an-pasan-chess-club", "name": "An Pasan Chess Club", "name_local": "ШК „Ан Пасан“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play", "learn" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "ул. Розова Долина 13, София", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 1 }, "formats": [ "blitz", "rapid", "classical" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists a children's tournament of March 2025, the twelfth for the club's cup, with the club's own premises in Rozova Dolina street printed as the venue. It lists two further tournaments organised by the club in a conference hall at 116 Nikola Mushanov boulevard, a children's \"Young Champions\" cup dated 14 February 2026 and a blitz tournament, the seventh of its kind, dated 19 February 2026. The same server lists the club as co-organiser, with the Bulgarian Chess Federation 2022, of national youth championships in Plovdiv in March 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-02-19", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "София, Шахматен Клуб \"Ан Пасан\", ул.Розова Долина № 13" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Конферентна Зала КООП, бул.Никола Мушанов 116" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "VII-ми Шахматен Турнир по Блиц" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Детски Шахматен Турнир за Купа \"Млади Шампиони\"" } ] }, { "slug": "elit-childrens-educational-centre", "name": "ELIT Children's Educational Centre", "name_local": "Детски образователен център ЕЛИТ", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "ул. „Хисаря“ 3 А, жк Илинден, София", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 1 }, "formats": [ "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists the centre, together with a chess club of the same name, as organiser of a numbered series of children's chess tournaments held at one address in the Ilinden residential complex: the 14th edition is dated 5 October 2025, the 15th 23 November 2025, the 16th 15 March 2026, and the 17th is dated 25 October 2026. A \"Christmas Stars\" children's tournament is dated 21 December 2025 and a family tournament 27 April 2025. The centre and the chess club also appear among the organisers of two international chess festivals held in Sofia schools in 2025 and 2026. No page opened states that the centre teaches chess classes; the chess activity shown is the tournaments it organises.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-25", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "София, жк Илинден, ул. \"Хисаря\" 3 А" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Детски шахматен турнир „ЕЛИТ“ – 17-то издание" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Четиринадесети детски шахматен турнир ЕЛИТ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Детски образователен център ЕЛИТ и ШК ЕЛИТ" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "velikova-chess-club", "name": "Velikova Chess Club", "name_local": "Спортен клуб по шахмат „Великова“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 3 }, "formats": [ "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a Sofia sports chess club called Velikova. The chess-results server lists the club as organiser of two \"Young Champions\" tournaments dated 3 May 2025, played at 116 Nikola Mushanov boulevard, and, together with the Sofia municipal district of Mladost, of the first \"Biz Hub Open\" dated 7 August 2026, played in the Mladost residential complex. Players of the club appear in the lists of the \"Cup Sofia\" children's tournament of January 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-08-07", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "СПОРТЕН КЛУБ ПО ШАХМАТ „ВЕЛИКОВА“ СОФИЯ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Chess club \"Velikova\"" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШК \"Великова\", Столична Община - район Младост" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1311819.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШК \"Великова\"" } ] }, { "slug": "slavia-chess-club", "name": "Slavia Chess Club", "name_local": "Шах-клуб „Славия“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 1 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists a chess club named Slavia, abbreviated Sf., as co-organiser of the event \"Lagera Sports 2025\" dated 27 September 2025 in Sofia. Players registered for a club named Slavia are listed in the \"Cup Sofia\" children's tournament dated 3 and 4 January 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-01-03", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Сдружение \"Лагера\" ; Шах-клуб \"Славия\" Сф." }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/tnr1311819.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШК \"Славия\"" } ] }, { "slug": "levski-chess-club", "name": "Levski Chess Club", "name_local": "Шахматен клуб „Левски“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The federation's news page, posted on 18 January 2025, says the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation and the sports chess club Levski organise a course for chess arbiters on 22 and 23 March 2025, held at the federation's office in the National Stadium in Sofia and online. A search of the chess-results server for tournaments of 2025 to 2027 returned no event that names a club called Levski as organiser. The 2021 list of member clubs names two Sofia entries called Levski, a chess club and a sports club for chess.", "evidence_date": "2025-03-22", "moved_to": null, "src": 2 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШАХМАТЕН КЛУБ „ЛЕВСКИ“ СОФИЯ" }, { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "СПОРТЕН КЛУБ ПО ШАХМАТ „ЛЕВСКИ“ СОФИЯ" }, { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=1713", "kind": "federation", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Българската спортна федерация по шахмат и СКШ Левски организират" } ] }, { "slug": "mladost-chess-club", "name": "Mladost Chess Club", "name_local": "Шахматен клуб „Младост“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "unconfirmed", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a Sofia chess club called Mladost. The chess-results server lists a rapid and a blitz tournament named Cup Mladost, dated 22 and 23 February 2025 in central Sofia, organised by the Kapablanka 97 club with the support of the Mladost sports chess club. No event organised by the Mladost club itself was found for 2025 to 2027.", "evidence_date": null, "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШАХМАТЕН КЛУБ „МЛАДОСТ“ СОФИЯ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШК\"Капабланка 97\"с подкрепа на СШК\"Младост\"" } ] }, { "slug": "ivis-plus-chess-club", "name": "Ivis Plus Chess Club", "name_local": "Шахматен клуб „Ивис Плюс“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "unconfirmed", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a Sofia chess club called Ivis Plus. A search of the chess-results server for tournaments of 2025 to 2027 returned no event organised by an Ivis Plus club.", "evidence_date": null, "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШАХМАТЕН КЛУБ „ИВИС ПЛЮС“ СОФИЯ" } ] }, { "slug": "bobi-fisher-2018-chess-club", "name": "Bobi Fisher 2018 Chess Club", "name_local": "Шахматен клуб „Боби Фишер 2018“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "unconfirmed", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a Sofia chess club called Bobi Fisher 2018. A search of the chess-results server for tournaments of 2025 to 2027 returned no event organised by a club of that name.", "evidence_date": null, "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШАХМАТЕН КЛУБ „БОБИ ФИШЕР 2018“ СОФИЯ" } ] }, { "slug": "mikhail-botvinnik-chess-club", "name": "Mikhail Botvinnik Chess Club", "name_local": "Шахматен клуб „Михаил Ботвиник“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "unconfirmed", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a Sofia chess club called Mikhail Botvinnik. A search of the chess-results server for tournaments of 2025 to 2027 returned no event organised by a Botvinnik club.", "evidence_date": null, "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШАХМАТЕН КЛУБ „МИХАИЛ БОТВИНИК“ СОФИЯ" } ] }, { "slug": "nsa-chess-club", "name": "National Sports Academy Chess Club", "name_local": "Спортен клуб по шахмат „НСА“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a Sofia sports chess club called NSA. The chess-results server lists the \"NSA Classic Open 8th of March Cup\", dated 8 and 9 March 2025 and played in the canteen of the National Sports Academy in Students' Town.", "evidence_date": "2025-03-08", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "СПОРТЕН КЛУБ ПО ШАХМАТ „НСА“ СОФИЯ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "NSA Classic Open 8-th of March Cup 08-09.03.2025" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Sofia, Students Town, NSA - Canteen" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "sofia-university-chess-team", "name": "Sofia University Chess Team", "name_local": null, "kind": "club", "sections": [ "closed_membership" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "unknown", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The university's sports department reported on 14 May 2026 that its chess players became overall champions of the National Student Universiade Sofia 2026. The chess-results server lists the \"Sofia University Rapid Masters Spring 2026\", dated 21 and 22 March 2026 and played in the central hall of the university.", "evidence_date": "2026-05-14", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/the_university/departments/sports_department/news/great_success_for_the_chess_players_from_sofia_university", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "became the overall champions of the National Student Universiade Sofia 2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Sofia University Rapid Masters Spring 2026" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Central Hall of the Sofia University" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "krakra-pernishki-chess-club", "name": "Krakra Pernishki Chess Club", "name_local": "Шахматен клуб „Кракра Пернишки“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Pernik", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 2 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a chess club called Krakra Pernishki in Pernik. The chess-results server lists a \"Chess Spring\" tournament organised by the club in the Palace of Culture in Pernik on 21 March 2026, and national under-20 youth and girls championships organised by the club with the Bulgarian Chess Federation 2022 in the same palace on 25 and 26 October 2025 and from 7 to 12 July 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-07-12", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШАХМАТЕН КЛУБ „КРАКРА ПЕРНИШКИ“ ПЕРНИК" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Шахматен клуб Кракра Пернишки" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Bulgarian chess federation 2022 and Chess club Krakra Pernishki" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Palace of Culture, Pernik" } ] }, { "slug": "minyor-2019-chess-club", "name": "Minyor 2019 Chess Club", "name_local": "Шахматен клуб „Миньор 2019“", "kind": "club", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Pernik", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": true, "body": "Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation", "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The 2021 list of member clubs of the Bulgarian Sports Chess Federation names a chess club called Minyor 2019 in Pernik. The chess-results server lists the club as organiser of the \"Cup Struma\" tournament, its fifth edition dated 16 March 2025 and played in the Struma hotel in Pernik, and its sixth edition dated 5 October 2025.", "evidence_date": "2025-10-05", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=70", "kind": "federation", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШАХМАТЕН КЛУБ „МИНЬОР 2019“ ПЕРНИК" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Купа Струма V - 16.03.2025г. град Перник" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "град Перник, хотел Струма" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Cup Struma VI 2025Pernik, 05.10.2025" } ] }, { "slug": "cup-milenium", "name": "Cup Milenium", "name_local": "Купа „Милениум“", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "бул. „Витоша“ 89Б, София", "district": null, "lat": 42.682339, "lon": 23.314622, "coords_source": "geocoded_address", "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists a numbered series of rapid tournaments named Cup Milenium, run by the Kapablanka 97 club and friends in a restaurant on the lower level of the Millennium centre in Vitosha boulevard. The 42nd edition is dated 23 August 2026, the 43rd 27 September 2026 and the 44th 25 October 2026. Earlier editions are dated 19 January, 9 February, 2 March and 6 April 2025 and monthly after that.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-25", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "КУПА МИЛЕНИУМ\" за 44 път" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "бул. \"Витоша\" 89Б, ниво –2 ресторант \"Sassy\"" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "КУПА МИЛЕНИУМ \"за 42 път" } ], "geocode": { "query": "бул. „Витоша“ 89Б, София, Sofia, Bulgaria", "osm_type": "node", "osm_id": 14203450603, "display_name": "89Б, Vitosha Blvd., Centre, Sofia, Triaditsa, Stolichna, Sofia-City, 1463, Bulgaria", "date": "2026-10-15" }, "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "bulgarian-chess-league", "name": "Bulgarian Chess League", "name_local": "Българска шахматна лига", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid", "blitz", "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The league's site reports a corporate team championship on 12 October 2025, an individual corporate championship on 25 January 2026 with 62 players from 20 companies, the first Chess Battle on 25 April 2026, a second corporate team championship on 17 May 2026, a second Chess Battle on 19 September 2026 and the third corporate team championship on 11 October 2026 with 19 teams. The chess-results server lists a second individual corporate championship dated 29 November 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-11-29", "moved_to": null, "src": 1 }, "contacts": { "website": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/", "email": "bulchessleague@fastcoms.net", "phone": "+359889530851", "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Корпоративно отборно 11 октомври 2026г." }, { "url": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE-11-%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "се проведе третото издание на корпоративното отборно състезание по шахмат" }, { "url": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE-25-%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Турнирът важи за международен ФИДЕ рейтинг" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-nd CORPORATE INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP" } ] }, { "slug": "bulgaria-mall", "name": "Bulgaria Mall", "name_local": "Мол България", "kind": "hotel_mall", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "бул. „България“ 69, София", "district": null, "lat": 42.66403, "lon": 23.289262, "coords_source": "geocoded_address", "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid", "blitz" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The Bulgarian Chess League played the Chess Battle rapid and blitz tournaments in the mall on 25 April 2026, the first edition, and on 19 September 2026, the second edition, with more than 70 players on the second date.", "evidence_date": "2026-09-19", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/chess-battle-19-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "на територията на Мол България, бул. България 69 на 19 септември, събота, 2026 година" }, { "url": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/chess-battle-25-%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "с любезното домакинство на МОЛ България, в София" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "CHESS BATTLE RAPID SOFIA 25.04. BULGARIA MALL" } ], "geocode": { "query": "бул. „България“ 69, София, Sofia, Bulgaria", "osm_type": "node", "osm_id": 13535171123, "display_name": "69, Bulgaria Blvd., Manastriski livadi, Sofia, Triaditsa, Stolichna, Sofia-City, 1404, Bulgaria", "date": "2026-10-15" }, "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "metropolitan-hotel-sofia", "name": "Metropolitan Hotel Sofia", "name_local": "Хотел „Метрополитън“", "kind": "hotel_mall", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid", "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The Bulgarian Chess League held its corporate championships in the \"Sofia\" hall of the hotel on 12 October 2025, 25 January 2026, 17 May 2026 and 11 October 2026. The chess-results server lists a further championship there dated 29 November 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-11", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE-17-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "в зала София на хотел Метрополитън в София" }, { "url": "https://bulchessleague.fastcoms.net/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE-25-%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8/", "kind": "own_site", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "с любезното домакинство на хотел Метрополитън" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Sofia Metropoliten Hotel" } ] }, { "slug": "park-hotel-moskva", "name": "Park Hotel Moskva", "name_local": "Парк хотел „Москва“", "kind": "hotel_mall", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "classical" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists the first international open \"Sofia Spring\" from 23 to 29 May 2025 in the Europa hall of the hotel, with 83 and 105 players in its two sections, and the \"Sofia Chess Summer 2025\" youth tournaments of 19 and 20 July 2025 in the same hotel.", "evidence_date": "2025-07-19", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Sofia, Park hotel \"Moskva\", hall Europa" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Park Hotel Moskva, Sofia" } ] }, { "slug": "koop-conference-hall", "name": "KOOP Conference Hall", "name_local": "Конферентна зала КООП", "kind": "hotel_mall", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "бул. „Никола Мушанов“ 116, София", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists tournaments in this hall organised by the An Pasan club on 14 and 19 February 2026 and by the Velikova club on 3 May 2025. It also lists the national veterans' individual championships dated 20 October 2026 and team championships dated 23 and 26 October 2026, organised by the Bulgarian Chess Federation 2022 in the building of the KOOP shop at the same address.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-26", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Конферентна Зала КООП, бул.Никола Мушанов 116" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Sofia, boulevard Nikola Mushanov 116" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "гр. София , Бул. \"Никола Мушанов\" 116, сградата на магазин КООП" } ] }, { "slug": "pitagor-elit-chess-festival", "name": "Pitagor Elit International Chess Festival", "name_local": "Международен шахматен фестивал „Питагор Елит“", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "ул. „Никола Мушанов“ 147, София", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": true, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists the first edition of the festival dated 18 May 2025 and the second dated 26 April 2026, both at the same Sofia address, organised by a private school, the ELIT centre and chess club and a second club, with the Bulgarian Chess Federation 2022 supporting the second.", "evidence_date": "2026-04-26", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "2-ри МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН ШАХМАТЕН ФЕСТИВАЛ \"ПИТАГОР ЕЛИТ\"" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "София, ул. \"Никола Мушанов\" 147" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "1-ви МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН ШАХМАТЕН ФЕСТИВАЛ \"ПИТАГОР ЕЛИТ\"" } ] }, { "slug": "herea-druzhba-chess-festival", "name": "Herea Druzhba International Chess Festival", "name_local": "Международен шахматен фестивал „Хереа Дружба“", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "жк „Обеля 2“, ул. 106 № 3, София", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists the sixth edition of the festival dated 16 February 2025 and the seventh dated 8 February 2026, both at a private school in the Obelya 2 residential complex, organised by the school with the ELIT, Force 64 and Shah XXI clubs and the Bulgarian Chess Federation 2022.", "evidence_date": "2026-02-08", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "СЕДМИ МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН ШАХМАТЕН ФЕСТИВАЛ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "София, ЧУ „Дружба“, жк „Обеля 2“, ул. 106 №3" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ШЕСТИ МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН ШАХМАТЕН ФЕСТИВАЛ" } ] }, { "slug": "cup-of-sofia-visually-impaired", "name": "Cup of Sofia chess tournament for people with visual impairment", "name_local": "Турнир за хора с увредено зрение „Купата на София“", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "бул. „Европа“ 138, бл. А, София", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists a chess tournament for people with visual impairment, dated 1 March 2025 and called the Cup of Sofia, a spring tournament of the Sofia regional office of the Union of the Blind dated 4 April 2026, both at one address in Europa boulevard, and a national tournament for the Cup of Sofia organised by a sports club for integration, dated 12 October 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-10-12", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Турнир за хора с увредено зрение - \"Купата на Софи" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "гр. София, бул. „Европа” 138, Бл.А" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "РО София към ССБ" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Национален турнир по шахмат за “Купата на София“" } ], "short_name": "Cup of Sofia for the visually impaired", "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "national-university-chess-championships", "name": "National University Chess Championships", "name_local": null, "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": "Students' Town, 1700 Sofia", "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "rapid", "rated_tournaments" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists national university chess championships organised by a university sports association in the canteen of the National Sports Academy in Students' Town: teams on 10 and 11 May 2025, individual on 15 and 16 November 2025 and teams from 9 to 10 May 2026.", "evidence_date": "2026-05-09", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "National University Individual Chess Championship" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Sofia 1700, Students` Town, NSA Canteen" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "National University Chess Teams 3+1 Spring 2025" } ] }, { "slug": "palace-of-culture-pernik", "name": "Palace of Culture Pernik", "name_local": "Дворец на културата", "kind": "hotel_mall", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Pernik", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "classical", "rapid", "blitz" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists the Palace of Culture in Pernik as the venue of the \"Chess Spring\" tournaments of 21 March 2026 and of the national under-20 youth and girls championships, whose classical events start on 21 October 2025 and 7 July 2026 and whose rapid and blitz events are dated 25 and 26 October 2025 and 11 and 12 July 2026. No street address is printed for the palace.", "evidence_date": "2026-07-12", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Palace of Culture, Pernik" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Перник, Дворец на Културата" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Bulgarian chess federation 2022 and Chess club Krakra Pernishki" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "cup-struma", "name": "Cup Struma", "name_local": "Купа „Струма“", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Pernik", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "classical" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "active", "evidence": "The chess-results server lists the fifth Cup Struma, dated 16 March 2025 and played in the Struma hotel in Pernik, and the sixth edition, dated 5 October 2025, both organised by the Minyor 2019 chess club. No edition dated 2026 was found.", "evidence_date": "2025-10-05", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Купа Струма V - 16.03.2025г. град Перник" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "град Перник, хотел Струма" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Cup Struma VI 2025Pernik, 05.10.2025" }, { "url": "https://chess-results.com/TurnierSuche.aspx?lan=1", "kind": "directory", "flag": "secondary", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "Chess club Minyor 2019" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" }, { "slug": "cup-the-mall", "name": "Cup The Mall", "name_local": "Купа „The Mall“", "kind": "tournament", "sections": [ "play" ], "municipality": "Sofia", "address": null, "district": null, "lat": null, "lon": null, "coords_source": null, "indoor_outdoor": "indoor", "access": { "value": "unknown", "src": 0 }, "cost": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "equipment": { "boards": "unknown", "clocks": "unknown", "tables_count": null, "giant_pieces": "n/a", "src": 0 }, "audience": { "beginners_welcome": null, "kids": null, "adults_only": null, "languages": [], "src": 0 }, "formats": [ "blitz" ], "season": { "value": "unknown", "months": null, "src": 0 }, "federation": { "member": null, "body": null, "src": 0 }, "training": { "offers": [], "ages": null, "languages": [], "price": { "value": "unknown", "amount": null, "src": 0 }, "trial_lesson": null, "group_size": null, "coaches": [], "branches": null, "src": 0 }, "sessions": [], "status": { "value": "unconfirmed", "evidence": "The federation's news page, posted on 12 September 2024, gave 29 September 2024 as the date of the third blitz tournament Cup The Mall, held in The Mall shopping centre on Tsarigradsko shose in Sofia: nine Swiss rounds at 5 minutes plus 3 seconds per move, with prizes given by the shops of the centre. No later edition was found for 2025 or 2026.", "evidence_date": "2024-09-29", "moved_to": null, "src": 0 }, "contacts": { "website": null, "email": null, "phone": null, "social": [] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=1686", "kind": "federation", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "ще се проведе третия шахматен блиц турнир КУПА THE MALL" }, { "url": "https://bgchess.info/?p=1686", "kind": "federation", "flag": "official", "opened": true, "seen": "2026-10-15", "quote": "5 минути с добавка от 3 секунди за всеки изигран ход" } ], "edited": "2026-10-15" } ], "chess960": { "searched": [ "шахмат Фишер 960 турнир България фрийстайл шахмат София", "Chess960 Fischer Random tournament Sofia Bulgaria 2026", "chess-results BUL row titles and FIDE list titles scanned for 960, Fischer, Фишер, freestyle, random" ], "found": [], "note": "Nothing over the board in Sofia was found: no tournament title in the rows read or in the FIDE list for Bulgaria (January 2025 to October 2026) mentions Chess960 or Freestyle, and two web searches returned no Bulgarian event." }, "not_included": [ { "name": "Technical University Sofia blitz, December 2025", "reason": "one tournament, no series or standing club found" }, { "name": "105 High School \"Atanas Dalchev\" individual championship, May 2026", "reason": "one tournament at a school" }, { "name": "Grand Hotel Sofia (Sofia Cup 2026 Balkan rapid and blitz, 29 and 30 August 2026)", "reason": "hotel that hosted one tournament weekend" }, { "name": "Stadion \"Vasil Levski\" (national qualification events, 28 February to 3 March 2026)", "reason": "venue of one event day, organised by a group of clubs" }, { "name": "Hotel Marinela (IBSA World Individual Championship, July 2026)", "reason": "hotel that hosted one tournament" }, { "name": "Park Center Sofia mall (children's rapid cup, 19 April 2026)", "reason": "mall that hosted one tournament" }, { "name": "Sofia Ring Mall (children's rapid tournament, 1 June 2025)", "reason": "mall that hosted one tournament" }, { "name": "131st School \"Kliment Arkadievich Timiryazev\" (\"131 moves to success\", 7 February 2026)", "reason": "school that hosted one tournament" }, { "name": "Accedia Masters IT, 12 April 2025", "reason": "one corporate tournament" }, { "name": "Kapablanka 97 chess club", "reason": "club from Dupnitsa; its Sofia activity is the Cup Milenium series, which has its own card" }, { "name": "Bulgarian Chess Federation 2022 (Georg Washington street 29)", "reason": "federation, not a place or club; its site bulchess.com was read for the register link only" }, { "name": "chessbg.net \"Шах академия\"", "reason": "page offers consultations by e-mail and skype without any Sofia address and carries unrelated gambling text" }, { "name": "Central Military Club, Sofia", "reason": "search result about a 2010 match; no current chess source opened" }, { "name": "Chess clubs of Kostinbrod, Bozhurishte, Elin Pelin and Bankya", "reason": "no club, tournament row or page was found for these places" }, { "name": "M.U.S. Chess Club (Medical University of Sofia)", "reason": "a chess.com online club created in November 2025 with 20 members; no meeting place or over-the-board activity is stated" }, { "name": "Cup Mladost blitz and rapid, 22 and 23 February 2025", "reason": "two tournaments of one weekend in central Sofia, organised by the Kapablanka 97 club with the Mladost club; recorded in the Mladost Chess Club card" }, { "name": "Maritza-Iztok chess club (Radnevo)", "reason": "club from Radnevo; the Sofia Cup 2026 and the 131st school tournament it organised in Sofia are single events" } ] }