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LIII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF

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20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2043, and top seed was Nikolai Ninov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2320).

Nikolai Ninov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2320) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic (4.5) and Adriana Nikolova (4.5). Ninov shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kotse Filipov (1689) beat Svetoslav Lozanov (1919), a +230-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria
Dates
05 Jul 2025 → 06 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬GMNikolai Ninov2320
Avg top 10
2,043
Participants
20
Titled players · 4
GM×1
IM×2
WGM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Nikolai Ninov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Ninov takes lead
Ninov5Videnova-Kuljasevic4.5Nikolova4.5Daskalov4Marholev4Shalamanov3.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jul

GM Nikolai Ninov takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Nikolai Ninov drew with IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMNikolai Ninov*
½
——
2IMIva Videnova-Kuljasevic
½
*
1
½
3WGMAdriana Nikolova—
0
*
½
4Dimitar Daskalov—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ninov, NikolaiGM2320BUL+8B=6N+11B=2B+5N+7N5.019.022.018.002297+0.4
2Videnova-Kuljasevic, IvaIM2283BUL+7B+11N+3B=1N=6B=4N4.520.523.517.252287+2.5
3Nikolova, AdrianaWGM2179BUL+12N+20B−2N+15B=4B+6N4.517.017.511.002177+4.6
4Daskalov, Dimitar2298BUL+16N=10B=5N+8B=3N=2B4.019.521.013.002172-13.6
5Marholev, DimitarIM2102BUL+14B+9N=4B=6N−1B+11N4.019.021.012.252108+2.4
6Atanassov, Radislav2000BUL+13N=1B+10N=5B=2N−3B3.521.023.512.252124+21.0
7Filipov, Kotse1689BUL−2N+19B=13N+12B+10N−1B3.518.018.57.751846+21.2
8Shalamanov, Vladimir1751BUL−1N+13B+20N−4N+14B=10B3.516.517.06.501857+14.8
9Taskov, Atanas1766BUL+15N−5B=12N−10B+13N+17B3.514.515.57.001732-9.2
10Lozanov, Svetoslav1919BUL+17B=4N−6B+9N−7B=8N3.018.019.08.251837-12.2
11Toshkov, Angel1808BUL+19N−2B−1N+16B+15N−5B3.017.017.54.001866+3.4
12Gramatikov, Kostadin1663BUL−3B+17N=9B−7N=19B+14N3.014.515.05.001675+0.4
13Vishev, Nikolay1519BUL−6B−8N=7B+20N−9B+18N2.515.015.53.251564+2.8
14Vasileva, Cveta1622BUL−5N−16B+19N+17B−8N−12B2.013.013.51.501552-13.4
15Mindilev, Kostadin0BUL−9BF+16N−3N−11B+19N2.013.013.02.0017130.0
16Kostadinov, Kostadin1720BUL−4B+14N−15B−11N−18B=20N1.512.012.52.251661-17.2
17Georgiev, Martin T.1458BUL−10N−12BF−14N+20B−9N1.012.012.00.501430-10.8
18Kasabov, Miroslav0BULFFFF+16N−13B1.04.04.01.5016200.0
19Vakrilov, Blagovest1452BUL−11B−7N−14BF=12N−15B0.513.513.51.501374-6.0
20Nenchev, Georgi1438BULF−3N−8B−13B−17N=16B0.513.013.00.751291-14.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets