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Marina Cup B tournament

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29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1573, and top seed was Pavel Lozanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1697).

Pavel Lozanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1697) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ivan Ekimov (6.0) and Velizar Petkov (5.5). Lozanov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Georgi Hristov (1466) beat Mehmet Ayaz Gokpinar (1680), a +214-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬Pavel Lozanov1697
Avg top 10
1,573
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×13
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
16
7
4
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Lozanov6Ekimov6Petkov5.5Danev5.5Statkov5Genov4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Lozanov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Pavel Lozanov lost to Ivan Ekimov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Pavel Lozanov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Ivan Ekimov 5 wins (R1–R5)Velizar Petkov 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Pavel Lozanov*
0
1
1
2Ivan Ekimov
1
*
½
—
3Velizar Petkov
0
½
*—
4Tsvetan Danev
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lozanov, Pavel1697BUL+?B+7N+4B−2N+3B+8N+10B6.030.530.524.5015820.0
2Ekimov, Ivan1546BUL+21B+13N+5B+1B+6N=10N=3B6.029.532.527.501777+50.0
3Petkov, Velizar1502BUL+28B+12N+17B+6B−1N+7N=2N5.528.530.021.001920+71.2
4Danev, Tsvetan1535BUL+23N+27B−1N=8B+9N+16B+12N5.525.527.018.751822+48.0
5Statkov, Kaloyan1604BUL+20N+18B−2N+11N−7B+19B+13N5.025.028.017.501394-42.0
6Genov, Krum1627BUL+29B+8N+10B−3N−2B+14N=7B4.529.030.016.251503-32.8
7Drenchev, Mihail1493BUL+14N−1B+23N+20B+5N−3B=6N4.528.031.017.251604+18.4
8Ruseva, Ivona1437BUL+26N−6B+24N=4N+11B−1B+16N4.526.028.014.751369-6.4
9Iliev, Iliya Iliev1523BUL+15B=11N−12B+14N−4B+17N+18B4.525.528.516.751445-14.4
10Karadzhov, Georgi1520BUL+24N+22B−6N+19B+18N=2B−1N4.525.527.514.001565+6.8
11Zlatev, Zlatko0BUL+16N=9B+?N−5B−8N+20B+19N4.523.523.511.7512670.0
12Gokpinar, Mehmet Ayaz1680TUR+19N−3B+9N−18B+15N+21B−4B4.025.528.514.501331-73.6
13Stoyadinov, Bogdan0BUL+?N−2B−19N+23B+27N+18B−5B4.021.521.57.5014490.0
14FIDE 29643680—−7B+29N+27N−9B+20N−6B+21N4.021.022.08.507490.0
15FIDE 29745250—−9N=16B+29N=?B−12B+?N+22B4.016.016.05.758090.0
16FIDE 29745680—−11B=15N+?B+17N+?B−4N−8B3.522.022.05.506650.0
17FIDE 29574340—=?N+?B−3N−16B+28N−9B+24N3.517.017.03.507330.0
18Hristov, Georgi1466BUL+25B−5N+21B+12N−10B−13N−9N3.025.027.09.001406-25.2
19FIDE 29748860—−12B+28N+13B−10N+22B−5N−11B3.025.026.58.508210.0
20FIDE 5250352070—−5B+25N+22B−7N−14B−11N+?B3.023.023.05.007720.0
21FIDE 29629500—−2N+26B−18N+25B+?N−12N−14B3.021.021.04.007840.0
22FIDE 29745840—+?B−10N−20N+26B−19N+24B−15N3.018.518.54.007250.0
23FIDE 29746220—−4B+?N−7B−13N+?B−25N+27B3.017.517.51.506940.0
24FIDE 29747700—−10B+?N−8B−?N+?B−22N−17B2.015.515.50.006780.0
25FIDE 29745760—−18N−20B+?N−21NF+23B−?B2.012.012.03.007300.0
26FIDE 29748600—−8B−21N−?B−22N+29B+?N−?B2.011.511.51.006310.0
27FIDE 29677400—+?B−4N−14B=28N−13B−?N−23N1.518.018.00.756980.0
28FIDE 29746060—−3N−19B+?N=27B−17B−?N−29N1.514.514.50.757320.0
29FIDE 29746300—−6N−14B−15B−?N−26NF+28B1.016.016.01.508250.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets