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50-th tournament Morsko konche-B8

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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
Top seed
🇲🇩Egor Turcan1504
Avg top 10
444
Participants
15
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×6
🇲🇩Moldova×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Pavel 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
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
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

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lozanov, Pavel0BUL+2B+?N+3B+12N+4B+7N+6B7.027.027.027.0016010.0
2Trifonov, Martin0GER1N+?B+?N+10B+5N+4B=3N5.526.026.016.5015480.0
3Petkov, Velizar1502BUL+5N+7B1N+11B=6N+9B=2B5.030.033.521.501567+2.0
4Dimitrov, Nikolaj1435BUL+15B+8N+14B+6B1N2N+7B5.027.528.516.002367+22.4
5Sabanov, Roman0BUL3B+?N+?B+14N2B+12N+8B5.020.020.09.507320.0
6Turcan, Egor1504MDA+10B+11N+12B4N=3B+13N1N4.527.530.516.001335-24.4
7Tonchev, Mario0BUL+?B3N+?B+13N+14B1B4N4.022.522.55.507280.0
8Stoyanov, Krum0BUL+?N4B13B+?N+?B+?N5N4.013.013.00.007240.0
9FIDE 2975289014B?N+?B+?N+?B3N+12B4.010.510.53.007320.0
10FIDE 297429006N+?N+?B2N?B+?B+?N4.010.010.00.007670.0
11FIDE 29752620+?B6B+?N3N12B=?N+14B3.515.015.02.507500.0
12FIDE 29694160+?B+?N6N1B+11N5B9N3.024.024.03.507670.0
13FIDE 29752200?N+?B+8N7B+?N6B?N3.012.512.54.007670.0
14FIDE 29752380+9N+?B4N5B7N=?B11N2.521.521.54.007240.0
15FIDE 297519004N?B?N+?B?N?B?B1.05.05.00.007240.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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