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

Titled players · 2

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇧🇬Bulgaria×27

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

Top 3

🥇
Dimitar Daskalov
🇧🇬BUL·2290
5.5pts·2425perf+16.2
🥈
FMStoyan Or Stoyanov
🇧🇬BUL·2335
5.0pts·2356perf+6.4
🥉
CMIvan Kochiev
🇧🇬BUL·2171
5.0pts·2181perf+5.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

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

Co-leaders

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

Player	1	2	3	4
1Dimitar Daskalov	*	½	—	1
2FMStoyan Or Stoyanov	½	*	1	½
3CMIvan Kochiev	—	0	*	—
4Viktor Boev	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Daskalov, Dimitar	2290	BUL	+19N	+5B	+9N	=2B	+6N	+4B	5.5	21.0	24.0	21.50	2425	+16.2
2	Stoyanov, Stoyan OrFM	2335	BUL	+15B	+7N	+3B	=1N	=4B	+10N	5.0	22.5	25.5	20.50	2356	+6.4
3	Kochiev, IvanCM	2171	BUL	+16N	+17B	−2N	+13B	+5N	+9B	5.0	18.5	21.5	16.50	2181	+5.8
4	Boev, Viktor	2233	BUL	+18B	+10N	+6B	+20B	=2N	−1N	4.5	21.0	23.5	15.50	2207	+2.4
5	Mikov, Simeon	1851	BUL	+29B	−1N	+18B	+11N	−3B	+15N	4.0	20.0	21.0	10.50	1956	+23.2
6	Sirin, Ahmet	1871	TUR	+24N	+14B	−4N	+17B	−1B	+13N	4.0	19.0	21.0	11.00	2004	+19.6
7	Sharkov, Venko	1849	BUL	+26N	−2B	−13N	+27B	+16N	+14B	4.0	15.0	16.0	8.00	1819	-4.8
8	Ardenski, Dimitar	2095	BUL	+12B	F	−20N	+26B	+19N	+17B	4.0	13.0	13.0	10.50	1976	-8.0
9	Nasar, Lazar	1903	BUL	+28B	+11N	−1B	+15N	=10B	−3N	3.5	20.5	21.5	9.25	1918	+3.0
10	Merdinyan, Bozhidar	1764	BUL	+21N	−4B	+19N	+14B	=9N	−2B	3.5	19.0	21.5	10.25	1925	+33.6
11	Abdula, Adrian	1745	BUL	+31N	−9B	+16N	−5B	=13N	+21B	3.5	16.0	16.0	7.00	1675	-15.6
12	Stanev, Stefan	1530	BUL	−8N	=21B	−22N	+31B	+26N	+20N	3.5	12.0	12.0	4.75	1641	+8.4
13	Zlatkov, Nikolay	1750	BUL	+23B	=20N	+7B	−3N	=11B	−6B	3.0	19.0	21.0	9.00	1835	+17.6
14	Merdzhanov, Vladko	1731	BUL	+27B	−6N	+23B	−10N	+18B	−7N	3.0	16.5	17.5	6.00	1569	-16.6
15	Filipov, Kotse	1693	BUL	−2N	+24B	+27N	−9B	+22N	−5B	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.00	1674	-4.6
16	Vishev, Nikolay	1544	BUL	−3B	+30N	−11B	+23N	−7B	+25N	3.0	16.5	16.5	4.00	1613	+4.6
17	Ribarov, Valerij	1818	BUL	+30B	−3N	+28B	−6N	+20B	−8N	3.0	16.5	16.5	3.50	1828	+0.4
18	Vasileva, Cveta	1560	BUL	−4N	+26B	−5N	+21B	−14N	+22B	3.0	16.0	17.0	5.50	1554	-3.2
19	Stanev, Simeon	1662	BUL	−1B	+29N	−10B	+28N	−8B	+23N	3.0	16.0	17.0	4.00	1640	-12.0
20	Lozanov, Svetoslav	1922	BUL	+22N	=13B	+8B	−4N	−17N	−12B	2.5	18.0	20.0	7.50	1768	-22.2
21	Nedelchev, Andrian	0	BUL	−10B	=12N	+24B	−18N	+28B	−11N	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.75	1523	0.0
22	Vakrilov, Blagovest	1444	BUL	−20B	−23N	+12B	+29N	−15B	−18N	2.0	14.0	15.0	4.50	1465	+0.2
23	Yildiz, Kerem	0	TUR	−13N	+22B	−14N	−16B	+30N	−19B	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1387	0.0
24	Penev, Tzvetomir	1436	BUL	−6B	−15N	−21N	−25B	+27N	+30B	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	938	-18.0
25	Manev, Evgenij	1682	BUL	F	F	F	+24N	+29B	−16B	2.0	6.0	6.0	3.00	1491	-10.0
26	Todorov, Petar T.	0	BUL	−7B	−18N	+30B	−8N	−12B	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	959	0.0
27	Kisyov, Georgi	0	BUL	−14N	F	−15B	−7N	−24B	+29N	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	878	0.0
28	Nenchev, Georgi	1440	BUL	−9N	+31B	−17N	−19B	−21N	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	974	-7.8
29	Istikbal, Kenan Ilhan	0	BUL	−5N	−19B	+31N	−22B	−25N	−27B	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	861	0.0
30	FIDE 2961784	0	—	−17N	−16B	−26N	F	−23B	−24N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	800	0.0
31	FIDE 2976722	0	—	−11B	−28N	−29B	−12N	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	772	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Merdinyan, BozhidarBUL
+33.6
3.5 pts · #10
2Mikov, SimeonBUL
+23.2
4.0 pts · #7
3Sirin, AhmetTUR
+19.6
4.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Lozanov, SvetoslavBUL
-22.2
2.5 pts · #9
2Penev, TzvetomirBUL
-18.0
2.0 pts · #26
3Merdzhanov, VladkoBUL
-16.6
3.0 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R6+392 Elo gap
Stanev, Stefan1530 beat Lozanov, Svetoslav1922
R3+173 Elo gap
Lozanov, Svetoslav1922 beat Ardenski, Dimitar2095
R6+138 Elo gap
Vishev, Nikolay1544 beat Manev, Evgenij1682