[Event "Bulgarian Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1952.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vesselin Popov"]
[Black "Emil Stefanov Karastoichev"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.e3 f5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Ne5 c6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.f4 Ne4 8.O-O Nd7 9.Nc3 Ndf6 10.Bh5+ g6 11.Bf3 O-O 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Be1 Rc8 14.Rc1 b5 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.c5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 g5 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.fxg5 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Qg8 22.Kg1 Rf8 23.Bg3 Be8 24.h4 Rf5 25.Qe2 Qf7 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Kg7 29.Be1 Bh5 30.Kf2 Kg6 31.Bc3 Kf5 32.Kg3 b4 33.Bxb4 Kxe5 34.Bc3+ Kf5 35.Kf2 Bd1 36.Kg3 Bh5 37.b3 Bd1 38.Bb2 Bc2 39.Kh3 Bd1 40.Kg3 Bc2 41.Bc3 e5 42.Kh3 Bd1 43.Bb2 a6 44.Kg3 Bc2 45.Bc3 Bd3 46.Kh3 Be2 47.Kg3 Bd3 48.b4 Bc2 49.a3 Bd1 50.Bb2 Be2 51.a4 Bc4 52.Bc3 Be2 53.Kf2 Bc4 54.Kg3 Be2 55.Ba1 Bc4 56.Kh3 Be2 57.b5 axb5 58.axb5 Bxb5 59.g4+ Ke6 60.h5 d4 61.exd4 exd4 62.Bxd4 Kf7 63.Be3 Bc4 64.Kg3 Bb3 65.Kf4 Bd1 66.Kf5 Bb3 67.Ke5 Bd1 68.Kd6 Ba4 69.Kd7 Bb5 70.Kd6 Ba4 71.Ke5 Bd1 72.Kf4 Bc2 73.Kf5 Bb3 74.Ke5 Bd1 1/2-1/2