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LVII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2052, and top seed was Stoyan Or Stoyanov (🇧🇬 BUL, FM, 2335).

Dimitar Daskalov (🇧🇬 BUL, 2290) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Stoyan Or Stoyanov (5.0) and Ivan Kochiev (5.0). Daskalov shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Stefan Stanev (1530) beat Svetoslav Lozanov (1922), a +392-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria
Dates
01 Nov 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬FMStoyan Or Stoyanov2335
Avg top 10
2,052
Participants
31
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×27
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Dimitar Daskalov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
15
6
3
1
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Daskalov takes lead
Daskalov5.5Stoyanov5Kochiev5Boev4.5Sirin4Mikov4
R6 · LEADER CHANGE02 Nov

Dimitar Daskalov takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dimitar Daskalov drew with FM Stoyan Or Stoyanov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Dimitar Daskalov 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Stoyan Or Stoyanov 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Ivan Kochiev 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Dimitar Daskalov*
½
—
1
2FMStoyan Or Stoyanov
½
*
1
½
3CMIvan Kochiev—
0
*—
4Viktor Boev
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Daskalov, Dimitar2290BUL+19N+5B+9N=2B+6N+4B5.521.024.021.502425+16.2
2Stoyanov, Stoyan OrFM2335BUL+15B+7N+3B=1N=4B+10N5.022.525.520.502356+6.4
3Kochiev, IvanCM2171BUL+16N+17B−2N+13B+5N+9B5.018.521.516.502181+5.8
4Boev, Viktor2233BUL+18B+10N+6B+20B=2N−1N4.521.023.515.502207+2.4
5Mikov, Simeon1851BUL+29B−1N+18B+11N−3B+15N4.020.021.010.501956+23.2
6Sirin, Ahmet1871TUR+24N+14B−4N+17B−1B+13N4.019.021.011.002004+19.6
7Sharkov, Venko1849BUL+26N−2B−13N+27B+16N+14B4.015.016.08.001819-4.8
8Ardenski, Dimitar2095BUL+12BF−20N+26B+19N+17B4.013.013.010.501976-8.0
9Nasar, Lazar1903BUL+28B+11N−1B+15N=10B−3N3.520.521.59.251918+3.0
10Merdinyan, Bozhidar1764BUL+21N−4B+19N+14B=9N−2B3.519.021.510.251925+33.6
11Abdula, Adrian1745BUL+31N−9B+16N−5B=13N+21B3.516.016.07.001675-15.6
12Stanev, Stefan1530BUL−8N=21B−22N+31B+26N+20N3.512.012.04.751641+8.4
13Zlatkov, Nikolay1750BUL+23B=20N+7B−3N=11B−6B3.019.021.09.001835+17.6
14Merdzhanov, Vladko1731BUL+27B−6N+23B−10N+18B−7N3.016.517.56.001569-16.6
15Filipov, Kotse1693BUL−2N+24B+27N−9B+22N−5B3.016.517.55.001674-4.6
16Vishev, Nikolay1544BUL−3B+30N−11B+23N−7B+25N3.016.516.54.001613+4.6
17Ribarov, Valerij1818BUL+30B−3N+28B−6N+20B−8N3.016.516.53.501828+0.4
18Vasileva, Cveta1560BUL−4N+26B−5N+21B−14N+22B3.016.017.05.501554-3.2
19Stanev, Simeon1662BUL−1B+29N−10B+28N−8B+23N3.016.017.04.001640-12.0
20Lozanov, Svetoslav1922BUL+22N=13B+8B−4N−17N−12B2.518.020.07.501768-22.2
21Nedelchev, Andrian0BUL−10B=12N+24B−18N+28B−11N2.515.516.54.7515230.0
22Vakrilov, Blagovest1444BUL−20B−23N+12B+29N−15B−18N2.014.015.04.501465+0.2
23Yildiz, Kerem0TUR−13N+22B−14N−16B+30N−19B2.014.014.02.0013870.0
24Penev, Tzvetomir1436BUL−6B−15N−21N−25B+27N+30B2.012.512.51.00938-18.0
25Manev, Evgenij1682BULFFF+24N+29B−16B2.06.06.03.001491-10.0
26Todorov, Petar T.0BUL−7B−18N+30B−8N−12BF1.014.514.50.009590.0
27Kisyov, Georgi0BUL−14NF−15B−7N−24B+29N1.013.013.01.008780.0
28Nenchev, Georgi1440BUL−9N+31B−17N−19B−21NF1.012.012.00.00974-7.8
29Istikbal, Kenan Ilhan0BUL−5N−19B+31N−22B−25N−27B1.012.012.00.008610.0
30FIDE 29617840—−17N−16B−26NF−23B−24N0.011.011.00.008000.0
31FIDE 29767220—−11B−28N−29B−12NFF0.010.010.00.007720.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets