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LII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF

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21 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2068, and top seed was Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic (🇧🇬 BUL, IM, 2276).

Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic (🇧🇬 BUL, IM, 2276) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Ivan Karadzhov (5.0) and Viktor Boev (4.0). Videnova-Kuljasevic took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Valentin Kamenov (1781) beat Dimitar Ardenski (2122), a +341-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria
Dates
07 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬IMIva Videnova-Kuljasevic2276
Avg top 10
2,068
Participants
21
Titled players · 4
IM×2
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×18
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
6
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Videnova-Kuljasevic takes lead
Videnova-Kuljasevic5.5Karadzhov5Boev4Kamenov4Nikolov4Todev3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Jun

IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic beat Ivan Karadzhov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic 3 wins (R4–R6)Ivan Karadzhov 4 wins (R3–R6)Viktor Boev 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMIva Videnova-Kuljasevic*
1
1
1
2Ivan Karadzhov
0
*
1
—
3Viktor Boev
0
0
*
1
4Valentin Kamenov
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Videnova-Kuljasevic, IvaIM2276BUL+8B+2N=6B+10N+3N+4B5.520.023.521.752418+7.4
2Karadzhov, Ivan2036BUL+18N−1B+13N+15B+6B+3N5.017.518.513.002209+29.6
3Boev, Viktor2210BUL+14B+10N+4B+5N−1B−2B4.022.024.514.002147-4.8
4Kamenov, Valentin1781BUL+17N+19B−3N+12B+7N−1N4.017.518.59.001972+26.4
5Nikolov, SashoIM2254BUL+19N+11B=7N−3B=9N+17B4.016.517.510.002115-8.0
6Todev, SimeonCM2163BUL+13N+9B=1N=7B−2N=11B3.521.023.512.252073-22.0
7Ardenski, Dimitar2122BUL+12B+15N=5B=6N−4B=9N3.517.519.510.001987-14.4
8Valchev, Martin V1656BUL−1N+18B=9N−11B+16N+12B3.517.018.07.251807+42.0
9Tsolov, Aleksandar1937BUL+20B−6N=8B+14N=5B=7B3.517.017.58.501949+10.8
10Ouzounis, Konstantinos Kyr1943GRE+16N−3B+20N−1B=12N+14B3.516.517.06.251846-17.2
11Mihaylov, BozhidarCM1962BUL+21B−5N−15B+8N+13B=6N3.515.516.08.251881-15.6
12Panov, Stanislav T.1541BUL−7N+17B+16N−4N=10B−8N2.516.518.55.751645+21.2
13Akkaynak, Teoman1614TUR−6B+21N−2B+19N−11N=16B2.515.015.52.501711+17.2
14Vasileva, Cveta1620BUL−3N=16B+18N−9B+20N−10N2.514.014.52.501671+2.8
15Merdzhanov, Vladko1693BULF−7B+11N−2N−17B+18N2.015.015.04.501737+1.6
16Muserov, Maksim1471BUL−10B=14N−12B+21N−8B=13N2.014.515.03.001511+8.0
17Nenchev, Georgi1420BUL−4B−12NF+20B+15N−5N2.013.013.02.501589+17.8
18Vishev, Nikolay1530BUL−2B−8N−14BF+21N−15B1.013.513.50.501442-12.0
19Stoyanova, Stela1620CAN−5B−4N=21B−13BF=20N1.011.511.50.501441-52.0
20Vakrilov, Blagovest1459BUL−9NF−10B−17N−14B=19B0.512.512.50.501315-16.2
21Georgiev, Martin T.1524BUL−11N−13B=19N−16B−18BF0.510.010.00.501267-51.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets