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International chess tournament"ALBENA CUP 2025", Under the aegis of BSCF

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 05 Jun 2025 in Albena resort, Hotel Dobrudja, Atlantic Hall and Red Hall, Bulgaria. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2077, and top seed was Momchil Nikolov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2436).

Momchil Nikolov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2436) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Oleksandr Kuzhylnyi (5.5) and Nikoloz Chkhaidze (5.5). Nikolov took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Plamen Petrov (1855) beat Dian Dikov (2057), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Albena resort, Hotel Dobrudja, Atlantic Hall and Red Hall, Bulgaria
Dates
30 May 2025 → 05 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬GMMomchil Nikolov2436
Avg top 10
2,077
Participants
20
Titled players · 3
GM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×7
🇺🇦Ukraine×6
🇦🇲Armenia×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
🇦🇷Argentina×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Momchil Nikolov led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Nikolov takes lead
Nikolov6.5Kuzhylnyi5.5Chkhaidze5.5Soghomonyan4Petrov4Sirin4
R4 · LEADER CHANGE02 Jun

GM Momchil Nikolov takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Momchil Nikolov drew with CM Oleksandr Kuzhylnyi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Momchil Nikolov 4 wins (R4–R7)FM Nikoloz Chkhaidze 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMMomchil Nikolov*
½
1
1
2CMOleksandr Kuzhylnyi
½
*
½
½
3FMNikoloz Chkhaidze
0
½
*
1
4Tigran Soghomonyan
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nikolov, MomchilGM2436BUL+12N+7B=2N+3B+9N+5B+4B6.526.529.526.752526+4.4
2Kuzhylnyi, OleksandrCM2286UKR+8B+9N=1B=4N+6B=3N+10B5.527.531.023.002270+3.2
3Chkhaidze, NikolozFM2173GEO+17B+13N+18B−1N+4B=2B+9N5.524.025.516.252307+26.4
4Soghomonyan, Tigran1748ARM=18B+15N+5B=2B−3N+7B−1N4.028.029.514.002048+94.4
5Petrov, Plamen1855BUL=6N+11B−4N+12B+10N−1N=8B4.025.528.514.001926+11.8
6Stoica, Melina-Theodora1582ROU=5B=8N=10N+15B−2N=11B+14B4.023.526.013.001874+98.0
7Ivanov, Vladimir A.1857UKR+14B−1N+17B−9N+13B−4N+12B4.023.024.510.501943+14.2
8Sirin, Ahmet1815TUR−2N=6B=11N+16B+17N=9B=5N4.022.524.011.001940+20.6
9Delchev, Petar2127BUL+16N−2B+12N+7B−1B=8N−3B3.528.530.511.002019-16.6
10Kellner, Nikolaus1836AUT+20B−18N=6B+13N−5B+15N−2N3.520.521.08.001855+1.4
11Dikov, Dian2057BUL=15B−5N=8B=17N=14B=6N+19B3.519.020.08.501721-104.0
12Shevaga, Igor1836UKR−1B+14N−9B−5N+16B+13N−7N3.024.026.08.001847-2.0
13Popov, Sergey A.1923UKR+19N−3B+16N−10B−7N−12B+20N3.019.019.53.501740-31.8
14Stoev, Krasimir1623BUL−7N−12B=20N+19B=11N+17B−6N3.017.017.54.501690+17.2
15Novolotskyi, Oleksandr1672UKR=11N−4B+19N−6N+20B−10B−16N2.518.018.53.251617-26.4
16Russieva, Svitlana1659UKR−9B+20N−13B−8N−12NF+15B2.016.516.53.001676-0.4
17Hellmann, Thomas1736GER−3N+19B−7N=11B−8B−14NF1.521.021.02.751663-14.2
18Georgiev, Biser2218BUL=4N+10B−3NFFFF1.513.013.05.501942-17.8
19Ivanov, Ivan Peychev1645BUL−13B−17N−15B−14NF+20B−11N1.014.014.00.501477-52.4
20Roces, Cesar1501ARG−10N−16B=14BF−15N−19N−13B0.515.015.01.501322-18.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets