50-th tournament Morsko konche-B8
Open SwissStandard
15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2025 in Varna, Sportpalace, Bulgaria. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 444, and top seed was Egor Turcan (🇲🇩 MDA, 1504).
Pavel Lozanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 0) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Martin Trifonov (5.5) and Velizar Petkov (5.0). Lozanov won solo starting round 5.
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
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×6
🇲🇩Moldova×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsPavel Lozanov led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
12
6
3
2
1
1
1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Pavel Lozanov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Pavel Lozanov beat Martin Trifonov (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Pavel Lozanov 7 wins (R1–R7)Martin Trifonov 5 wins (R2–R6)Nikolaj Dimitrov 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pavel Lozanov | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Martin Trifonov | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Nikolaj Dimitrov | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Velizar Petkov | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lozanov, Pavel | 0 | BUL | +2B | +?N | +3B | +12N | +4B | +7N | +6B | 7.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27.00 | 1601 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Trifonov, Martin | 0 | GER | −1N | +?B | +?N | +10B | +5N | +4B | =3N | 5.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 16.50 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Petkov, Velizar | 1502 | BUL | +5N | +7B | −1N | +11B | =6N | +9B | =2B | 5.0 | 30.0 | 33.5 | 21.50 | 1567 | +2.0 |
| 4 | Dimitrov, Nikolaj | 1435 | BUL | +15B | +8N | +14B | +6B | −1N | −2N | +7B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 16.00 | 2367 | +22.4 |
| 5 | Sabanov, Roman | 0 | BUL | −3B | +?N | +?B | +14N | −2B | +12N | +8B | 5.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 9.50 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Turcan, Egor | 1504 | MDA | +10B | +11N | +12B | −4N | =3B | +13N | −1N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 16.00 | 1335 | -24.4 |
| 7 | Tonchev, Mario | 0 | BUL | +?B | −3N | +?B | +13N | +14B | −1B | −4N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 728 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Stoyanov, Krum | 0 | BUL | +?N | −4B | −13B | +?N | +?B | +?N | −5N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 2975289 | 0 | — | −14B | −?N | +?B | +?N | +?B | −3N | +12B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 2974290 | 0 | — | −6N | +?N | +?B | −2N | −?B | +?B | +?N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 2975262 | 0 | — | +?B | −6B | +?N | −3N | −12B | =?N | +14B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.50 | 750 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 2969416 | 0 | — | +?B | +?N | −6N | −1B | +11N | −5B | −9N | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.50 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 2975220 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | +8N | −7B | +?N | −6B | −?N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 2975238 | 0 | — | +9N | +?B | −4N | −5B | −7N | =?B | −11N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 2975190 | 0 | — | −4N | −?B | −?N | +?B | −?N | −?B | −?B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dimitrov, NikolajBUL+22.45.0 pts · #3
- 2Petkov, VelizarBUL+2.05.0 pts · #5
- 3Sabanov, RomanBUL0.05.0 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Turcan, EgorMDA-24.44.5 pts · #4
- 2Sabanov, RomanBUL0.05.0 pts · #15
- 3Lozanov, PavelBUL0.07.0 pts · #1