LV Festival- under the aegis of BSCF
20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1895, and top seed was Kiril Georgiev (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2526).
Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic (🇧🇬 BUL, IM, 2277) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Simeon Todev (4.5) and Venko Sharkov (4.5). Videnova-Kuljasevic broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Georgi Nenchev (1423) beat Kostadin Mindilev (1734), a +311-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsIM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.
IM Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMIva Videnova-Kuljasevic | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2CMSimeon Todev | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Venko Sharkov | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Atanas Taskov | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Videnova-Kuljasevic, IvaIM | 2277 | BUL | +6B | +7N | +9B | =5N | =?B | +4N | 5.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 14.75 | 2325 | +3.4 |
| 2 | Todev, SimeonCM | 2141 | BUL | +20N | +11B | =?B | +3N | −5B | +8N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 9.00 | 2109 | +3.2 |
| 3 | Sharkov, Venko | 1819 | BUL | +16N | +18B | =8N | −2B | +15N | +12B | 4.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1839 | +5.2 |
| 4 | Taskov, Atanas | 1736 | BUL | +12N | −5B | +6N | +15B | +11N | −1B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1875 | +37.2 |
| 5 | Daskalov, Dimitar | 2288 | BUL | F | +4N | +10B | =1B | +2N | −?N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 13.50 | 2385 | +8.8 |
| 6 | Vishev, Nikolay | 1513 | BUL | −1N | +12B | −4B | +19N | =14B | +16N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 1661 | +16.4 |
| 7 | Manev, Evgenij | 1674 | BUL | +19N | −1B | +18N | −8B | =10N | =11B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1647 | -5.2 |
| 8 | Merdinyan, Bozhidar | 1758 | BUL | F | −?N | =3B | +7N | +9B | −2B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 7.75 | 1860 | +20.0 |
| 9 | Nenchev, Georgi | 1423 | BUL | +14N | +20B | −1N | =11B | −8N | F | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1691 | +30.8 |
| 10 | Georgieva, Emilia | 1890 | BUL | F | +15B | −5N | −?N | =7B | +14N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1928 | +2.4 |
| 11 | Mavrodiev, Slav | 1634 | BUL | F | −2N | +16B | =9N | −4B | =7N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.75 | 1597 | -7.2 |
| 12 | Vakrilov, Blagovest | 1437 | BUL | −4B | −6N | F | +16B | +17N | −3N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 1443 | -2.2 |
| 13 | Pavlova, Maria | 1416 | BUL | F | F | F | F | +18N | +15B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Mindilev, Kostadin | 1734 | BUL | −9B | −16N | F | +18B | =6N | −10B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.75 | 1253 | -90.0 |
| 15 | Kasabov, Miroslav | 1632 | BUL | F | −10N | +19B | −4N | −3B | −13N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 1015 | -32.0 |
| 16 | Penev, Tzvetomir | 1473 | BUL | −3B | +14B | −11N | −12N | F | −6B | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.50 | 1390 | -22.4 |
| 17 | Kukov, Dimitar | 0 | BUL | F | F | F | F | −12B | +18N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 645 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2975629 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −7B | −14N | −13B | −17B | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 944 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 2974908 | 0 | — | −7B | F | −15N | −6B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 808 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Dimitrov, Dimitar At. | 1505 | BUL | −2B | −9N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 865 | -27.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Taskov, AtanasBUL+37.24.0 pts · #2
- 2Nenchev, GeorgiBUL+30.82.5 pts · #6
- 3Merdinyan, BozhidarBUL+20.02.5 pts · #9
- 1Mindilev, KostadinBUL-90.01.5 pts · #15
- 2Kasabov, MiroslavBUL-32.01.0 pts · #17
- 3Dimitrov, Dimitar At.BUL-27.60.0 pts · #20
- R1+311 Elo gap
- R2+261 Elo gap
- R6+216 Elo gap