First Open Tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF

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71 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Golden Sands, Regina hotel, Bulgaria. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1930, and top seed was Sergey Smolin (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 1984).

Daniel Stoyanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1957) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Krasimir Kirchev (5.0) and Martin Dimitrov (5.0). Stoyanov shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Slavi Radev (1451) beat Radoslav Genov (1912), a +461-point gap.

Location

🇧🇬Golden Sands, Regina hotel, Bulgaria

Dates

20 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦IMSergey Smolin1984

Avg top 10

1,930

Participants

Titled players · 3

IM×1

FM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇧🇬Bulgaria×52

🇷🇴Romania×5

🇺🇦Ukraine×4

🇹🇷Turkiye×4

🇱🇻Latvia×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Daniel Stoyanov
🇧🇬BUL·1957
5.5pts·2121perf+13.8
🥈
Krasimir Kirchev
🇧🇬BUL·1961
5.0pts·2002perf+7.0
🥉
Martin Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·1937
5.0pts·2055perf+37.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Daniel Stoyanov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Stoyanov5.5Kirchev5Dimitrov5Genov5Melderis4.5Smolin4.5— ex-leaders:Stoyanovled R6, #10

R6 · LEADER CHANGE22 Jun

Daniel Stoyanov takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Daniel Stoyanov 5 wins (R2–R6)Krasimir Kirchev 3 wins (R3–R5)Martin Dimitrov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Daniel Stoyanov	*	—	—	—
2Krasimir Kirchev	—	*	½	—
3Martin Dimitrov	—	½	*	—
4Radoslav Genov	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Stoyanov, Daniel	1957	BUL	=24N	+53B	+51N	+31B	+6B	+5N	5.5	17.5	19.5	17.75	2121	+13.8
2	Kirchev, Krasimir	1961	BUL	+34B	=23N	+26B	+29N	+20B	=3N	5.0	18.5	21.5	17.25	2002	+7.0
3	Dimitrov, Martin	1937	BUL	+50N	+63B	+21N	=5B	+19N	=2B	5.0	18.5	19.5	14.75	2055	+37.2
4	Genov, Radoslav	1912	BUL	−22N	+61B	+50N	+33B	+30N	+12B	5.0	15.5	17.0	13.50	1875	-2.8
5	Uzunov, Stefan	1865	BUL	+35N	+25B	+47N	=3N	+7B	−1B	4.5	21.5	24.0	16.00	1918	+16.8
6	Melderis, Uldis	1883	LAT	+45N	+32B	+30N	+12B	−1N	=10N	4.5	20.0	22.5	14.75	1946	+12.4
7	Hristev, Kaloyan	1708	BUL	+28N	=51B	+24N	+13B	−5N	+19B	4.5	19.0	21.0	15.50	1996	+60.0
8	Ochkova, Vasilena	1622	BUL	+69N	−13B	+35N	+16B	=11N	+31B	4.5	18.5	19.0	12.75	1953	+67.2
9	Efendioglu, Ahmet	1788	TUR	+46N	+14B	−19N	+25B	=22N	+27B	4.5	18.0	20.5	15.25	1750	-3.6
10	Smolin, SergeyIM	1984	UKR	+40N	+33B	−12N	+32B	+29N	=6B	4.5	17.5	20.5	14.25	1898	-4.2
11	Apostolov, Teodor	1868	BUL	−17B	+44N	+34B	+63N	=8B	+20N	4.5	17.5	18.5	12.25	1967	+7.2
12	Kamenov, Valentin	1781	BUL	+55B	+41N	+10B	−6N	+14B	−4N	4.0	21.0	23.0	13.50	1838	+8.8
13	Rasheva, NoraWCM	1907	BUL	+42B	+8N	−20B	−7N	+34B	+32N	4.0	18.5	21.5	13.50	1745	-39.2
14	Sobeli, Dora	1534	TUR	+66B	−9N	+55B	+21B	−12N	+30B	4.0	17.0	18.0	9.50	1763	+45.6
15	Michev, Stelian	0	BUL	+36N	−30B	=27N	+48B	=23B	+33N	4.0	16.0	18.5	12.00	1712	0.0
16	Yanev, Bogdan	1821	BUL	+52B	+39N	−29B	−8N	+50B	+22B	4.0	16.0	18.0	10.50	1652	-19.0
17	Bakalski, Martin	0	BUL	+11N	−21B	−32N	+54N	+?B	+36B	4.0	16.0	16.0	9.50	1716	0.0
18	Hachaduryan, Vartan	1535	BUL	=53N	−31B	+60N	+46B	=36N	+29B	4.0	13.5	15.0	9.50	1749	+32.0
19	Belchev, Emil	1936	FRA	+37B	+54N	+9B	=20N	−3B	−7N	3.5	20.5	22.5	11.25	1784	-19.6
20	Tenev, Toncho	1776	BUL	+62N	+27B	+13N	=19B	−2N	−11B	3.5	20.5	22.0	10.75	1836	+17.6
21	Gurnov, Cristian	1768	ROU	+58B	+17N	−3B	−14N	+37B	=25N	3.5	19.5	21.5	10.75	1544	-23.2
22	Radev, Slavi	1451	BUL	+4B	−29N	+54B	+47N	=9B	−16N	3.5	19.0	21.0	11.75	1802	+101.2
23	Milev, Raicho	1690	BUL	+56N	=2B	−31N	+24B	=15N	=28B	3.5	19.0	21.0	11.75	1767	+5.8
24	Neychev, Nikola	1505	BUL	=1B	+48N	−7B	−23N	+35N	+63B	3.5	19.0	20.0	9.25	1738	+56.0
25	Bakardzhiev, Martin M.	1580	BUL	+57B	−5N	+52B	−9N	+38B	=21B	3.5	17.5	19.5	8.75	1534	-5.2
26	Gondrea, Victor	1693	ROU	=44B	+64N	−2N	+28B	−27N	+45B	3.5	17.0	18.0	8.25	1506	-14.8
27	Kabaivanov, Aleks	1514	BUL	+65B	−20N	=15B	+64N	+26B	−9N	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.50	1627	+15.6
28	Karadzhov, Zhivomir	0	BUL	−7B	+?N	+41B	−26N	+63B	=23N	3.5	15.5	15.5	5.75	1644	0.0
29	Petrov, Valeriy	1721	BUL	+61N	+22B	+16N	−2B	−10B	−18N	3.0	21.0	22.5	9.00	1678	-6.2
30	Iliev, Stoyan	1713	BUL	+68B	+15N	−6B	+38N	−4B	−14N	3.0	20.5	21.0	7.50	976	-50.4
31	Furca, Andrei	1836	ROU	F	+18N	+23B	−1N	+39B	−8N	3.0	20.5	20.5	10.50	1753	-9.0
32	Shahbazyan, Norayr	1620	BUL	+38B	−6N	+17B	−10N	+52B	−13B	3.0	20.0	22.0	9.00	1125	-15.6
33	Vatkovski, Mitko	1661	BUL	+71B	−10N	+37B	−4N	+42B	−15B	3.0	19.5	19.5	6.00	1703	+3.2
34	Grigorova, Daria	1507	BUL	−2N	+56B	−11N	+70B	−13N	+58N	3.0	17.5	18.0	4.50	1090	-10.4
35	Bogoev, Mihail	0	BUL	−5B	+57N	−8B	+41N	−24B	+?N	3.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	1532	0.0
36	Tachev, Kamen	1690	BUL	−15B	=58N	+44B	+59N	=18B	−17N	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.50	1720	+1.2
37	Nikolov, Hristo	1482	BUL	−19N	+43B	−33N	+56B	−21N	+53B	3.0	15.0	17.0	7.00	970	-20.0
38	Shavkutina, Tetiana	0	UKR	−32N	+45B	+40N	−30B	−25N	+60B	3.0	15.0	16.5	7.00	1485	0.0
39	Mihajlov, Angel	1601	BUL	+49N	−16B	=46N	+51B	−31N	=48B	3.0	14.5	16.5	7.00	1534	-8.4
40	Danev, Tsvetan	1508	BUL	−10B	+68N	−38B	−52N	+57B	+55N	3.0	13.5	14.0	4.50	1078	-3.2
41	Dimitrov, Miroslav	1517	BUL	+70N	−12B	−28N	−35B	+66N	+52B	3.0	13.5	14.0	3.50	981	-7.2
42	Eren, Ecrin	1438	TUR	−13N	+69B	−63N	+65B	−33N	+51B	3.0	11.0	11.5	3.50	908	-22.4
43	Panaiotova, Gabriela	0	BUL	−54B	−37N	−?B	+71N	+68B	+50N	3.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1335	0.0
44	Keske, Aren	0	TUR	=26N	−11B	−36N	+49B	−48N	+70B	2.5	16.0	16.5	4.75	1432	0.0
45	Nenchev, Georgi	1420	BUL	−6B	−38N	+71B	+57N	=47B	−26N	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.25	1455	+1.2
46	Chornous, Nikita	0	UKR	−9B	+66N	=39B	−18N	+64B	−47N	2.5	15.0	16.0	3.50	1327	0.0
47	Novolotskyi, Oleksandr	1672	UKR	+60N	F	−5B	−22B	=45N	+46B	2.5	14.5	15.5	5.25	1306	-53.6
48	Georgescu, Gabriel-IoanFM	1764	ROU	F	−24B	+65N	−15N	+44B	=39N	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.00	1360	-20.8
49	Spasov, Boris	0	BUL	−39B	−52N	=68B	−44N	+69B	+62N	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.25	801	0.0
50	Nikolov, Lachezar	1504	BUL	−3B	+71N	−4B	+55N	−16N	−43B	2.0	19.0	19.0	2.00	1076	-11.6
51	Vladimirov, Boris	0	BUL	+?B	=7N	−1B	−39N	=59B	−42N	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.25	1497	0.0
52	Boshnakova, Mihaela	0	BUL	−16N	+49B	−25N	+40B	−32N	−41N	2.0	16.5	19.0	5.50	1358	0.0
53	Todorov, Maksim	0	BUL	=18B	−1N	−59B	+68N	=58B	−37N	2.0	16.5	17.0	3.50	1301	0.0
54	Velkov, Samuil	1628	BUL	+43N	−19B	−22N	−17B	F	+64N	2.0	16.0	17.0	4.00	893	-34.4
55	Dimitrov, Nikolaj	0	BUL	−12N	+70B	−14N	−50B	+65N	−40B	2.0	14.0	14.5	1.50	775	0.0
56	Krumov, Hristo	0	BUL	−23B	−34N	+66B	−37N	F	+59N	2.0	13.5	14.5	3.00	1354	0.0
57	Stoyanov, Nikolay P.	0	BUL	−25N	−35B	+61N	−45B	−40N	+65B	2.0	13.5	14.5	2.50	690	0.0
58	Hachaduryan, Karin	0	BUL	−21N	=36B	−64B	+60N	=53N	−34B	2.0	13.0	14.0	4.00	1380	0.0
59	Ratea, Otilia-Elena	1505	ROU	−67N	=60B	+53N	−36B	=51N	−56B	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.75	1005	-14.0
60	Muradov, Erdinch	0	BUL	−47B	=59N	−18B	−58B	+61N	−38N	1.5	13.5	15.0	2.50	1302	0.0
61	FIDE 2961784	0	—	−29B	−4N	−57B	=69N	−60B	+68N	1.5	12.0	12.5	0.75	1015	0.0
62	Grancharova, Katerina	0	BUL	−20B	−65N	+69B	−?N	=70N	−49B	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.75	843	0.0
63	Dimitrova, Valentina	1624	BUL	F	−3N	+42B	−11B	−28N	−24N	1.0	19.5	19.5	3.00	1494	-29.6
64	Tonev, Simeon	0	BUL	F	−26B	+58N	−27B	−46N	−54B	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	808	0.0
65	Velikov, Daniel	0	BUL	−27N	+62B	−48B	−42N	−55B	−57N	1.0	13.0	14.5	1.50	771	0.0
66	Todorov, Petar T.	0	BUL	−14N	−46B	−56N	F	−41B	+71B	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	727	0.0
67	Stanchev, Aleksandar	1952	BUL	+59B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	2.00	2352	+1.6
68	Istikbal, Kenan Ilhan	0	BUL	−30N	−40B	=49N	−53B	−43N	−61B	0.5	13.5	15.0	1.25	796	0.0
69	FIDE 2974053	0	—	−8B	−42N	−62N	=61B	−49N	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	730	0.0
70	FIDE 2969513	0	—	−41B	−55N	F	−34N	=62B	−44N	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	710	0.0
71	FIDE 2974045	0	—	−33N	−50B	−45N	−43B	F	−66N	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	728	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Radev, SlaviBUL
+101.2
3.5 pts · #15
2Ochkova, VasilenaBUL
+67.2
4.5 pts · #22
3Hristev, KaloyanBUL
+60.0
4.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Novolotskyi, OleksandrUKR
-53.6
2.5 pts · #49
2Iliev, StoyanBUL
-50.4
3.0 pts · #58
3Rasheva, NoraWCMBUL
-39.2
4.0 pts · #8

Biggest upsets

R1+461 Elo gap
Radev, Slavi1451 beat Genov, Radoslav1912
R2+259 Elo gap
Neychev, Nikola1505 beat FMGeorgescu, Gabriel-Ioan1764
R4+234 Elo gap
Sobeli, Dora1534 beat Gurnov, Cristian1768