LX festival"FIRST WEEKEND"- under the aegis of BSCF
10 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Top 10 Elo average was 1451, and top seed was Svetoslav Lozanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1831).
Svetoslav Lozanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1831) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Cveta Vasileva (4.5) and Stanislav T. Panov (4.0). Lozanov won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Georgi Nenchev (1425) beat Petar Kisyov (1573), a +148-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsSvetoslav Lozanov led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Svetoslav Lozanov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Svetoslav Lozanov beat Cveta Vasileva (White).
Svetoslav Lozanov 3 wins (R4–R6)Cveta Vasileva 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Svetoslav Lozanov | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Cveta Vasileva | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Stanislav T. Panov | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Vladko Merdzhanov | ½ | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lozanov, Svetoslav | 1831 | BUL | +2B | +8N | =4B | +3N | +5B | +6N | 5.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 16.75 | 2015 | +17.6 |
| 2 | Vasileva, Cveta | 1585 | BUL | −1N | +9B | +8B | +4N | =6N | +7B | 4.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 7.75 | 1797 | +32.6 |
| 3 | Panov, Stanislav T. | 1585 | BUL | F | +5N | +10B | −1B | +9N | +4N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.00 | 1893 | +63.2 |
| 4 | Merdzhanov, Vladko | 1673 | BUL | +6B | +10N | =1N | −2B | +8N | −3B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.25 | 1625 | -6.6 |
| 5 | Filipov, Kotse | 1720 | BUL | =9N | −3B | +7N | =6B | −1N | +8B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1590 | -19.8 |
| 6 | Vishev, Nikolay | 1505 | BUL | −4N | =7B | +9N | =5N | =2B | −1B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 1578 | +9.0 |
| 7 | Nenchev, Georgi | 1425 | BUL | −8B | =6N | −5B | +9B | F | −2N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.75 | 1451 | +2.2 |
| 8 | Tenev, Ivan | 1614 | BUL | +7N | −1B | −2N | F | −4B | −5N | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.50 | 1407 | -51.2 |
| 9 | Kisyov, Petar | 1573 | BUL | =5B | −2N | −6B | −7N | −3B | F | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.50 | 1199 | -41.0 |
| 10 | Pacheliev, Vasil | 0 | BUL | F | −4B | −3N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 830 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Panov, Stanislav T.BUL+63.24.0 pts · #4
- 2Vasileva, CvetaBUL+32.64.5 pts · #2
- 3Lozanov, SvetoslavBUL+17.65.5 pts · #1
- 1Tenev, IvanBUL-51.21.0 pts · #8
- 2Kisyov, PetarBUL-41.00.5 pts · #9
- 3Filipov, KotseBUL-19.83.0 pts · #3
- R4+148 Elo gap
- R2+135 Elo gap