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50-th tournament Morsko konche-G12-16

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2025 in Varna, Sportpalace, Bulgaria. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1517, and top seed was Mihaela Marinova (🇧🇬 BUL, 1576).

Mihaela Marinova (🇧🇬 BUL, 1576) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Katerina Boyadzhieva (6.0) and Spasimira Ruseva (4.5). Marinova won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Daria Palukova (1414) beat Kalina Tsvetkova (1564), a +150-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Varna, Sportpalace, Bulgaria
Dates
20 Aug 2025 → 26 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬Mihaela Marinova1576
Avg top 10
1,517
Participants
17
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×14
🇺🇦Ukraine×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
7
4
1
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Marinova6Boyadzhieva6Ruseva4.5Daneva4.5Shavkutina4Kirilova4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Marinova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mihaela Marinova drew with Katerina Boyadzhieva (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mihaela Marinova 3 wins (R5–R7)Katerina Boyadzhieva 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mihaela Marinova*
½
1
½
2Katerina Boyadzhieva
½
*
½
—
3Spasimira Ruseva
0
½
*—
4Kristiana Daneva
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Marinova, Mihaela1576BUL+13B+7N=4B=2B+3N+5N+6B6.026.529.023.751877+60.4
2Boyadzhieva, Katerina1533BUL+8B+15N+6B=1N+5B+9N=3B6.025.027.021.751847+55.6
3Ruseva, Spasimira0BUL=5B+13N=7B+6N−1B+10B=2N4.526.529.016.2515590.0
4Daneva, Kristiana0BUL+12B+11B=1N−5N−6B+8N+14N4.523.525.514.5015600.0
5Kirilova, Hristiyana1472BUL=3N+12B+11N+4B−2N−1B=7N4.027.530.514.501562+24.8
6Shavkutina, Tetiana1576UKR+9N+10B−2N−3B+4N+7B−1N4.027.530.514.001582+2.4
7Todorova, Miroslava1525BUL+16N−1B=3N+15B=10N−6N=5B3.523.525.09.251339-38.8
8Gaydarzhieva, Raya0BUL−2N+9B+17N−10B=12N−4B+16B3.521.021.06.0014150.0
9Palukova, Daria1414BUL−6B−8N+14B+16N+11N−2B−12N3.021.523.06.501377-7.2
10Ekimova, Diana1501BUL+17B−6N=15B+8N=7B−3N−11B3.020.520.56.251296-28.0
11Tsvetkova, Kalina1564BUL+14B−4N−5B+13N−9BF+10N3.019.019.07.501458-31.6
12Penkova, Anna Maria1564BUL−4N−5NF+17B=8B=14N+9B3.017.017.05.751443-13.2
13Panaiotova, Gabriela1447BUL−1N−3B+16N−11B+17N=15BF2.517.017.02.50794-24.4
14Belishka, Luiza0BUL−11N=16B−9NF+15N=12B−4B2.017.017.04.2512550.0
15Vangelova, Siana0BULF−2B=10N−7N−14B=13N+17B2.017.017.02.7513080.0
16FIDE 29473820—−7B=14N−13B−9BF+17N−8N1.514.514.51.006620.0
17FIDE 29677070—−10NF−8B−12N−13B−16B−15N0.015.515.50.007030.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets