International tournament, Burgas
15-09-1968 > 27-09-1968
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Tot | |||
| 1 | Bokhosian, Sarkis Stepan | BUL | – | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Marszałek, Rafał | POL | ½ | – | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7 |
| 3 | Piskov, Kamen Penev | BUL | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Atanasov, Ilia | BUL | 1 | ½ | 0 | – | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| 5 | Khadzhipetrov, Alexander Mateev | BUL | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | – | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| 6 | Angelov, Angel | BUL | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | – | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| 7 | Mertens, Paul | BEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | – | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5½ |
| 8 | Giudzhenov, D. | BUL | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | – | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
| 9 | Stanev, Vasil | BUL | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | – | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Yankov, Todor | BUL | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | – | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
| 11 | Dobrev, Dimitar | BUL | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ½ | 3 |
| 12 | Apostolov, Alexander | BUL | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | – | 1 |
According to [1], Mertens played some small international tournaments in Bulgaria at the end of 1968. I have no games, though, and I don’t know how he ended up there.
Wanted
- All the games.
- Giudzhenov’s first name.
Sources
- G. Di Felice, Chess results 1968-1970, McFarland 2013