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Qualifications for representatives of Bulgaria to the World and European championships-B8

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7 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Golden Sands, Bulgaria. Top 10 Elo average was 211, and top seed was Yan Katsarski (🇧🇬 BUL, 1476).

Pavel Lozanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Yan Katsarski (5.5) and Nikolaj Dimitrov (4.5). Lozanov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

Location
🇧🇬Golden Sands, Bulgaria
Dates
11 Jun 2025 → 15 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬Yan Katsarski1476
Avg top 10
211
Participants
7
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Pavel Lozanov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Lozanov takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jun

Pavel Lozanov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Pavel Lozanov drew with Yan Katsarski (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Pavel Lozanov 4 wins (R3–R6)Nikolaj Dimitrov 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Pavel Lozanov*
½
½
2Yan Katsarski
½
*
1
3Nikolaj Dimitrov
½
0
*
1
4Valentin S. Todorov
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lozanov, Pavel0BUL+7B=2N+?B+5N+?B+6N=3B6.016.016.011.0014810.0
2Katsarski, Yan1476BUL+?N=1B+3N+?B6N+5B+?N5.516.016.010.5014810.0
3Dimitrov, Nikolaj0BUL5N+?B2B+?N+4B+?N=1N4.518.518.57.0014810.0
4Todorov, Valentin S.0BUL+?N?B6N+?B3N+7B+?B4.07.57.50.506610.0
5Todorov, Petar T.0BUL+3B+?N?N1B+?B2NF3.016.016.04.506610.0
6Stoyanov, Samuil0BUL?NF+4B=?N+2B1B?N2.515.515.59.506610.0
7FIDE 297370701N=?B?NF?B4N?B0.510.010.00.006610.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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