site.btaAntoaneta Stefanova Wins Silver at European Women's Rapid Chess Championship

Grandmaster Antoaneta Stefanova won the silver medal at the European Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, held in Monte Carlo. The Bulgarian chess player finished the 11-round rapid chess competition with 8.5 points after six wins, five draws, and not a single loss.

Stefanova was only half a point behind Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland), who won the gold in the blitz event as well.

The other Bulgarian chess players ranked as follows: Nurgyul Salimova 7th with 8 points, Beloslava Krasteva 21st with 8 points, and Viktoria Radeva 55th with 5.5 points, out of a total of 116 players in Monte Carlo.