Chess Utd vs. Levski Sofia

Chess and football exhibition at the Levski Stadium

According to our reporter, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu had the best display among the chess players. GM Ivan Cheparinov, who entered later from the bench, scored a fantastic goal the same second the referee marked the game end. Bellow is the video of Veselin Topalov playing chess with H. Iovov, the Levski striker and a member of the Bulgarian national team. The game ended with a draw, clearly breaking the Sofia rule :)

H.Iovov - V.Topalov

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3. ed5 Qd5 4.Nd5 Qd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nh2 Be2 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Qd3 c5 12.Re1 0-0-0 13.c3 Nc6 14.Qd5 Rd5 15.Nf3 Be7 16.a3 c4 17.Rb1 Bf6 draw