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International chess tournamment for kids"Shumen 2025", Chess Autumn U16, under the aegis of BSCF

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16 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Shumen, Chess club Shumen, Bulgaria. Top 10 Elo average was 793, and top seed was Norayr Shahbazyan (🇧🇬 BUL, 1696).

Velin Simeonov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1551) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Nikola Neychev (4.5) and Norayr Shahbazyan (4.0). Simeonov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Velin Simeonov (1551) beat Norayr Shahbazyan (1696), a +145-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Shumen, Chess club Shumen, Bulgaria
Dates
04 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬Norayr Shahbazyan1696
Avg top 10
793
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Velin Simeonov led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Simeonov6Neychev4.5Shahbazyan4Velkov4Kaloyanov4Ruseva4
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Velin Simeonov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Velin Simeonov beat Nikola Neychev (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Velin Simeonov 6 wins (R1–R6)Norayr Shahbazyan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Velin Simeonov*
1
1
—
2Nikola Neychev
0
*
1
½
3Norayr Shahbazyan
0
0
*
1
4Samuil Velkov—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Simeonov, Velin1551BUL+16B+8N+2B+3B+4N+7N6.019.020.520.502466+52.4
2Neychev, Nikola1626BUL+13N+14B−1N=5B+9N+3B4.519.522.014.001586-8.4
3Shahbazyan, Norayr1696BUL+4B+7N+6B−1N+5B−2N4.022.526.015.501561-28.4
4Kaloyanov, Zhivko0BUL−3N+12B+15N+10B−1B+13N4.018.520.010.008220.0
5Velkov, Samuil1515BUL+9B+10N=7B=2N−3N+8B4.018.021.013.001473-3.6
6Ruseva, Spasimira1542BUL+11N+15B−3N=9B=8N+12B4.016.017.510.50894-12.0
7Baynabiev, Eren0BUL+12N−3B=5N+11B+10N−1B3.520.023.011.0013130.0
8Gerchev, Nikolay0BUL+?N−1B=11N+14B=6B−5N3.019.519.56.0012630.0
9Panaiotova, Gabriela0BUL−5N+?B+14N=6N−2B=11B3.018.018.06.0012920.0
10Pisev, Ivan0BUL+?N−5B+13N−4N−7B+15B3.015.515.54.007130.0
11Nedelchev, Nikolay0BUL−6B+?N=8B−7N+?B=9N3.013.513.53.007440.0
12Panayotov, Mario0BUL−7B−4N+16B+?N+?B−6N3.013.013.01.507440.0
13Mehmed, Denis0BUL−2B+?N−10B=?N+15B−4B2.513.013.01.508380.0
14Borisov, Ivajlo0BUL+?B−2N−9B−8N+16B=?N2.512.012.01.508380.0
15Paraskevov, Pavel0BUL+?B−6N−4B=?B−13N−10N1.513.513.50.007440.0
16Naydeva, Maya0BUL−1N−?B−12N+?B−14N=?N1.511.511.50.007500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets