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LIVFestival- under the aegis of BSCF

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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.

Location
🇧🇬Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Avg top 10
2,137
Participants
32
Titled players · 3
GM×1
IM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×23
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇦🇲Armenia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
13
6
2
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Daskalov takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE03 Aug

Dimitar Daskalov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Daskalov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (16.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ivan Karadzhov 4 wins (R1–R4)Dimitar Daskalov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ivan Karadzhov*
1
2Dimitar Daskalov*
½
3Viktor Boev
½
*
4Svetoslav Lozanov
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Daskalov, Dimitar2274BUL+5B+16N+24B=?N+8B=3N5.016.016.013.752402+14.0
2Karadzhov, Ivan2066BUL+17B+26N+9B+8N?B+4N5.013.013.013.002755+39.4
3Boev, Viktor2205BUL+10B+14N?B+23N+9B=1B4.515.515.513.002353+18.0
4Lozanov, Svetoslav1907BUL+20B?N+5B+6N+14B2B4.017.017.012.001947+7.4
5Arpacioglu, Yigit1644TUR1N+11B4N+21N+20B+17B4.016.018.09.001777+30.4
6Hovhannisyan, Siranush1607ARM12B+29N+16B4B=15N+11N3.515.016.07.751775+38.4
7Mindilev, Kostadin1738BUL+27B9N=10B14N+18N+15B3.513.014.07.001738-4.4
8Videnova-Kuljasevic, IvaIM2286BULF+22N+12B2B1N+10N3.018.018.08.002115-8.8
9Nikolov, SashoIM2248BUL+19N+7B2N+15B3N?B3.017.517.58.002035-10.6
10Djordjevic, Ognjen1612SRB3N+28B=7N=18B+26N8B3.014.015.04.751688+10.4
11Merdzhanov, Ivaylo1528BUL+30B5N15N+32B+19N6B3.012.512.52.501633+23.2
12Ardenski, Dimitar2105BUL+6N+15B8N+19BFF3.011.011.08.002045-0.4
13Ninov, NikolaiGM2320BULFFF+28B+27N+18B3.04.04.04.002720+0.8
14Taskov, Atanas1712BUL+21N3B=18N+7B4NF2.516.018.06.501731-2.0
15Filipov, Kotse1712BUL+29B12N+11B9N=6B7N2.516.017.05.751669-10.0
16Kozlozhov, Ivan1721BUL+28N1B6N26B=22N+25B2.513.514.54.001433-28.6
17Chalakov, Nikola N.1601BUL2N21B+28NF+23B5N2.014.014.03.001655+5.2
18Kafedzhiyski, Stefan1514BUL24B+31N=14B=10N7B13N2.014.014.02.751538+0.4
19Mavrodiev, Slav1637BUL9B+27N+22B12N11BF2.013.514.53.001650-2.6
20Georgiev, Martin T.1456BUL4N=30N+21B=22B5NF2.013.013.53.251584+18.4
21Stoianov, Naoki0GER14B+17N20N5B25N+27B2.012.513.53.0014070.0
22Bauer, Matthias1768GERF8B19N=20N=16B+29N2.011.512.53.251550-24.0
23Valchev, Martin V1698BUL+31B24N+26B3B17NF2.09.59.51.001597-26.0
24Canli, Ismail Berk1942TUR+18N+23B1NFFF2.09.09.04.001963+6.4
25Shopova, Denica0BULFFF+27N+21B16N2.07.57.53.009210.0
26Vishev, Nikolay1521BULF2B23N+16N10BF1.014.514.52.501545+0.6
27Kasabov, Miroslav0BUL7N19B+29N25B13B21N1.012.513.51.0010990.0
28Todorov, Petar T.0BUL16B10N17B13NF+32B1.010.510.50.0010130.0
29FIDE 2965348015N6B27BF+32N22B1.09.09.00.008950.0
30Atanassov, Radislav2021BUL11N=20BFFFF0.55.05.01.001428-26.8
31FIDE 2974894023N18BFFFF0.06.06.00.008060.0
32FIDE 29681850FFF11N29B28N0.05.05.00.007280.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets