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LVIII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF

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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1831, and top seed was Ismail Berk Canli (🇹🇷 TUR, 1948).

Anil Fangarliev (🇧🇬 BUL, 1771) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Berkay Daloglu (4.5) and Simeon Mikov (4.5). Fangarliev won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ahmet Esref Calis (1664) beat Svetoslav Lozanov (1900), a +236-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria
Dates
06 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Ismail Berk Canli1948
Avg top 10
1,831
Participants
23
Federations · 4 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×11
🇹🇷Turkiye×9
🇫🇷France×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Anil Fangarliev
    🇧🇬BUL·1771
    5.5pts·2184perf+106.0
  • 🥈
    Berkay Daloglu
    🇹🇷TUR·1825
    4.5pts·1941perf+16.6
  • 🥉
    Simeon Mikov
    🇧🇬BUL·1875
    4.5pts·1907perf+13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Anil Fangarliev led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
6
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Fangarliev5.5Mikov4.5Sirin4.5Daloglu4.5Taskov4Tomislavov4
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Anil Fangarliev never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Anil Fangarliev beat Simeon Mikov (Black).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Anil Fangarliev won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Anil Fangarliev*
1
—
½
2Simeon Mikov
0
*——
3Ahmet Sirin——*
½
4Berkay Daloglu
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fangarliev, Anil1771BUL+15B+11B+3N+7B+10N=2B5.519.021.018.752184+106.0
2Daloglu, Berkay1825TUR+16B+23N=4B+12B=7N=1N4.518.518.511.751941+16.6
3Mikov, Simeon1875BUL+20B+18N−1B+9N=8B+7B4.517.519.011.751907+13.2
4Sirin, Ahmet1874TUR+17N+5B=2N−11B+18N+8B4.517.018.513.251926+9.6
5Tomislavov, Stefan1700BUL+19B−4N+15B−8N+21B+13N4.014.515.57.501738+7.6
6Taskov, Atanas1708BULF+20N−9B+16N+14B+15N4.011.511.58.001833+29.6
7Sacharewicz, Krzysztof1896POL+13B+14N+8B−1N=2B−3N3.521.023.511.251826-9.8
8Merdinyan, Bozhidar1798BUL+22N+10B−7N+5B=3N−4N3.520.021.010.751807+6.0
9Filipov, Kotse1688BUL−11N+22B+6N−3B+12N=10B3.518.019.09.751821+21.4
10Calis, Ahmet Esref1664TUR+12B−8N+23B+14N−1B=9N3.518.018.07.251774+28.4
11Canli, Ismail Berk1948TUR+9B−1N+13B+4NFF3.016.516.511.001935-0.8
12Lozanov, Svetoslav1900BUL−10N+16B+18B−2N−9B+21N3.015.016.04.501630-37.2
13Akkaynak, Teoman1631TUR−7N+21B−11N+19B+17N−5B3.014.015.04.501662+6.4
14Merdzhanov, Vladko1714BUL+21N−7B+19N−10B−6N=18B2.514.015.03.251565-23.8
15Alkan, Yigit Ali1484TUR−1N+17B−5N−18B+22N−6B2.017.018.03.001508+3.2
16Yildiz, Kerem1518TUR−2N−12N+20B−6B+23N−19B2.014.514.51.501443-22.4
17Krastev, Valentin1547FRA−4B−15N+22B−21N−13B+23N2.011.511.51.001347-26.2
18Altun, Kadir Ata1581TURF−3B−12N+15N−4B=14N1.516.516.53.251622+5.2
19Nenchev, Georgi1432BUL−5NF−14B−13N=20B+16N1.513.013.02.751474+4.0
20Vishev, Nikolay1549BUL−3N−6B−16N+23B=19N−22B1.513.013.00.751239-34.0
21Vakrilov, Blagovest1446BUL−14B−13NF+17B−5N−12B1.014.514.52.001448-1.2
22Altun, Oktay1490TUR−8B−9N−17NF−15B+20N1.012.512.51.501375-28.8
23FIDE 5250211920—F−2B−10N−20N−16B−17B0.013.513.50.008210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
LVIII Festival- under the aegis of BSCF (2025) — Plovdiv, GPS(42.1476, 247319), Bulgaria | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats