[Event "Bulgarian Championship"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "1952.10.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Stefan Mechkarov"] [Black "Emil Stefanov Karastoichev"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 d6 5.O-O e5 6.c3 Bd7 7.Rd1 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.d4 Qc7 10.d5 Bd7 11.a4 g6 12.a5 Bg7 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Nc4 Bb5 15.Bg5 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Rac8 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.Qe2 f6 19.Be3 f5 20.f3 Nf6 21.Bg5 fxe4 22.fxe4 Rf7 23.Nc4 Rcf8 24.Rf1 h6 25.Bd2 Kh7 26.Rf3 Ne8 27.Rxf7 Rxf7 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nf6 30.Be1 Bf8 31.Bh4 g5 32.Qf3 Qf7 33.Bf2 Qg6 34.Nd2 h5 35.Qd3 Bh6 36.Be3 Ng4 37.Bg1 Nf6 38.Be3 g4 39.Ke2 h4 40.Bxh6 Kxh6 41.Qe3+ 1/2-1/2