LIVFestival- under the aegis of BSCF
32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2137, and top seed was Boris Chatalbashev (🇩🇰 DEN, GM, 2493).
Dimitar Daskalov (🇧🇬 BUL, 2274) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Ivan Karadzhov (5.0) and Viktor Boev (4.5). Daskalov took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Ivaylo Merdzhanov (1528) beat Radislav Atanassov (2021), a +493-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Dimitar Daskalov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Daskalov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (16.0).
Ivan Karadzhov 4 wins (R1–R4)Dimitar Daskalov 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ivan Karadzhov | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Dimitar Daskalov | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Viktor Boev | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Svetoslav Lozanov | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daskalov, Dimitar | 2274 | BUL | +5B | +16N | +24B | =?N | +8B | =3N | 5.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 13.75 | 2402 | +14.0 |
| 2 | Karadzhov, Ivan | 2066 | BUL | +17B | +26N | +9B | +8N | −?B | +4N | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2755 | +39.4 |
| 3 | Boev, Viktor | 2205 | BUL | +10B | +14N | −?B | +23N | +9B | =1B | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 13.00 | 2353 | +18.0 |
| 4 | Lozanov, Svetoslav | 1907 | BUL | +20B | −?N | +5B | +6N | +14B | −2B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 1947 | +7.4 |
| 5 | Arpacioglu, Yigit | 1644 | TUR | −1N | +11B | −4N | +21N | +20B | +17B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 9.00 | 1777 | +30.4 |
| 6 | Hovhannisyan, Siranush | 1607 | ARM | −12B | +29N | +16B | −4B | =15N | +11N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.75 | 1775 | +38.4 |
| 7 | Mindilev, Kostadin | 1738 | BUL | +27B | −9N | =10B | −14N | +18N | +15B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1738 | -4.4 |
| 8 | Videnova-Kuljasevic, IvaIM | 2286 | BUL | F | +22N | +12B | −2B | −1N | +10N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 2115 | -8.8 |
| 9 | Nikolov, SashoIM | 2248 | BUL | +19N | +7B | −2N | +15B | −3N | −?B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 8.00 | 2035 | -10.6 |
| 10 | Djordjevic, Ognjen | 1612 | SRB | −3N | +28B | =7N | =18B | +26N | −8B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.75 | 1688 | +10.4 |
| 11 | Merdzhanov, Ivaylo | 1528 | BUL | +30B | −5N | −15N | +32B | +19N | −6B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1633 | +23.2 |
| 12 | Ardenski, Dimitar | 2105 | BUL | +6N | +15B | −8N | +19B | F | F | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 2045 | -0.4 |
| 13 | Ninov, NikolaiGM | 2320 | BUL | F | F | F | +28B | +27N | +18B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2720 | +0.8 |
| 14 | Taskov, Atanas | 1712 | BUL | +21N | −3B | =18N | +7B | −4N | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 6.50 | 1731 | -2.0 |
| 15 | Filipov, Kotse | 1712 | BUL | +29B | −12N | +11B | −9N | =6B | −7N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 1669 | -10.0 |
| 16 | Kozlozhov, Ivan | 1721 | BUL | +28N | −1B | −6N | −26B | =22N | +25B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1433 | -28.6 |
| 17 | Chalakov, Nikola N. | 1601 | BUL | −2N | −21B | +28N | F | +23B | −5N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1655 | +5.2 |
| 18 | Kafedzhiyski, Stefan | 1514 | BUL | −24B | +31N | =14B | =10N | −7B | −13N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.75 | 1538 | +0.4 |
| 19 | Mavrodiev, Slav | 1637 | BUL | −9B | +27N | +22B | −12N | −11B | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 1650 | -2.6 |
| 20 | Georgiev, Martin T. | 1456 | BUL | −4N | =30N | +21B | =22B | −5N | F | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 3.25 | 1584 | +18.4 |
| 21 | Stoianov, Naoki | 0 | GER | −14B | +17N | −20N | −5B | −25N | +27B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Bauer, Matthias | 1768 | GER | F | −8B | −19N | =20N | =16B | +29N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.25 | 1550 | -24.0 |
| 23 | Valchev, Martin V | 1698 | BUL | +31B | −24N | +26B | −3B | −17N | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1597 | -26.0 |
| 24 | Canli, Ismail Berk | 1942 | TUR | +18N | +23B | −1N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1963 | +6.4 |
| 25 | Shopova, Denica | 0 | BUL | F | F | F | +27N | +21B | −16N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 921 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Vishev, Nikolay | 1521 | BUL | F | −2B | −23N | +16N | −10B | F | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.50 | 1545 | +0.6 |
| 27 | Kasabov, Miroslav | 0 | BUL | −7N | −19B | +29N | −25B | −13B | −21N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 1099 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Todorov, Petar T. | 0 | BUL | −16B | −10N | −17B | −13N | F | +32B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1013 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2965348 | 0 | — | −15N | −6B | −27B | F | +32N | −22B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 895 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Atanassov, Radislav | 2021 | BUL | −11N | =20B | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1428 | -26.8 |
| 31 | FIDE 2974894 | 0 | — | −23N | −18B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 806 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 2968185 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −11N | −29B | −28N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 728 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Karadzhov, IvanBUL+39.45.0 pts · #1
- 2Hovhannisyan, SiranushARM+38.43.5 pts · #9
- 3Arpacioglu, YigitTUR+30.44.0 pts · #5
- 1Kozlozhov, IvanBUL-28.62.5 pts · #25
- 2Atanassov, RadislavBUL-26.80.5 pts · #26
- 3Valchev, Martin VBUL-26.02.0 pts · #22
- R1+493 Elo gap
- R4+220 Elo gap
- R4+200 Elo gap