50-th tournament Morsko konche-B12
29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2025 in Varna, Sportpalace, Bulgaria. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1611, and top seed was Stoyan Iliev (🇧🇬 BUL, 1786).
German Yu Kalinichenko ( FID, 1681) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Borislav Zhelyazkov (6.0) and Martin Kyosev (5.5). Kalinichenko won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Kristian Dimitrov (1404) beat Viktor Stoyadinov (1584), a +180-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsGerman Yu Kalinichenko led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
German Yu Kalinichenko held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.
German Yu Kalinichenko drew with Borislav Zhelyazkov (Black).
German Yu Kalinichenko 4 wins (R1–R4)Borislav Zhelyazkov 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1German Yu Kalinichenko | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Borislav Zhelyazkov | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Martin Kyosev | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Alp Dere | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalinichenko, German Yu | 1681 | FID | +8N | +6B | +3N | +14B | =2N | +4B | +9N | 6.5 | 28.5 | 32.0 | 29.00 | 2013 | +88.0 |
| 2 | Zhelyazkov, Borislav | 1630 | BUL | +22N | +7B | +17N | =4B | =1B | +6N | +8B | 6.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 22.75 | 1800 | +47.2 |
| 3 | Kyosev, Martin | 1584 | BUL | +24B | +19N | −1B | +13N | =14N | +15B | +7N | 5.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 17.75 | 1693 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Dere, Alp | 1637 | TUR | +10B | =13N | +5B | =2N | +18B | −1N | +6B | 5.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 20.75 | 1695 | +17.6 |
| 5 | Kaparashev, Ivaylo | 1591 | BUL | +26B | −17N | −4N | +29B | +23N | +18B | +20N | 5.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1422 | -25.6 |
| 6 | Iliev, Pavel Il. | 1515 | BUL | +23B | −1N | +19B | +10N | +21B | −2B | −4N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 11.50 | 1425 | -17.6 |
| 7 | Dimitrov, Miroslav | 1462 | BUL | +29B | −2N | +12B | −9N | +10B | +13N | −3B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 11.50 | 1374 | -17.2 |
| 8 | Dimitrov, Kristian | 1404 | BUL | −1B | +24N | +28B | +11N | +9B | F | −2N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 11.00 | 1612 | +42.4 |
| 9 | Stoyadinov, Viktor | 1584 | BUL | +15N | +20B | −14N | +7B | −8N | +17B | −1B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 13.00 | 1485 | -28.0 |
| 10 | Aleksandrov, Atanas | 0 | BUL | −4N | +25B | +20N | −6B | −7N | +23B | +15N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 10.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Nagornii, Daniil | 1555 | MDA | =16N | −18B | +26N | −8B | =20N | +24B | +19N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 9.50 | 673 | -48.4 |
| 12 | Stoyanov, Georgi2 | 0 | BUL | −13B | +26N | −7N | +25B | −17N | +27B | +18N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 8.00 | 1402 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Manev, Miroslav | 1468 | BUL | +12N | =4B | +16N | −3B | −15N | −7B | +21B | 3.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 12.50 | 1465 | -1.6 |
| 14 | Iliev, Stoyan | 1786 | BUL | +27B | +21N | +9B | −1N | =3B | F | F | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 10.75 | 1711 | -13.6 |
| 15 | Kharlambov, Pavlo | 0 | UKR | −9B | +29N | =21B | +22N | +13B | −3N | −10B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 6.75 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Koshelets, Vyacheslav | 0 | BUL | =11B | +27N | −13B | −21N | −19B | +26N | +17B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Turcan, Daniil | 1445 | MDA | +28N | +5B | −2B | −18N | +12B | −9N | −16N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 10.00 | 1391 | -12.4 |
| 18 | Stoychev, Georgi | 1540 | BUL | −19B | +11N | +22B | +17B | −4N | −5N | −12B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 9.00 | 1557 | +2.8 |
| 19 | Sheytanov, Plamen | 0 | BUL | +18N | −3B | −6N | −20B | +16N | +22N | −11B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 8.50 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Yazanov, Ivan | 0 | BUL | F | −9N | −10B | +19N | =11B | +21N | −5B | 2.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 7.50 | 1472 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Petrov, Yulian | 1520 | BUL | +25N | −14B | =15N | +16B | −6N | −20B | −13N | 2.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 7.25 | 788 | -50.8 |
| 22 | FIDE 2966565 | 0 | — | −2B | +23N | −18N | −15B | +29N | −19B | −24N | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 2.00 | 787 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Simmons, Nikolai | 0 | ENG | −6N | −22B | +24B | +28N | −5B | −10N | −25B | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 3.00 | 748 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2971470 | 0 | — | −3N | −8B | −23N | F | +28B | −11N | +22B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.00 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Shishkov, Plamen | 0 | BUL | −21B | −10N | +27B | −12N | −26B | F | +23N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 1480 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 2965909 | 0 | — | −5N | −12B | −11B | =27N | +25N | −16B | F | 1.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.75 | 1250 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Kashov, Filip Pavel | 1437 | BUL | −14N | −16B | −25N | =26B | F | −12N | +28B | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.75 | 981 | -4.8 |
| 28 | FIDE 2974649 | 0 | — | −17B | F | −8N | −23B | −24N | +29B | −27N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2969491 | 0 | — | −7N | −15B | F | −5N | −22B | −28N | F | 0.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kalinichenko, German YuFID+88.06.5 pts · #1
- 2Zhelyazkov, BorislavBUL+47.26.0 pts · #2
- 3Dimitrov, KristianBUL+42.44.0 pts · #10
- 1Petrov, YulianBUL-50.82.5 pts · #27
- 2Nagornii, DaniilMDA-48.44.0 pts · #21
- 3Stoyadinov, ViktorBUL-28.04.0 pts · #8
- R5+180 Elo gap
- R4+151 Elo gap
- R2+146 Elo gap