50-th tournament Morsko konche-B10
19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2025 in Varna, Sportpalace, Bulgaria. Top 10 Elo average was 1084, and top seed was Lyubomir Koralov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1688).
Lyubomir Koralov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1688) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Ivan Ekimov (5.5) and Dobromir Totev (5.0). Koralov won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Daniel Karadzhov (1424) beat Yavor Zlatev (1581), a +157-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsLyubomir Koralov led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Lyubomir Koralov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Lyubomir Koralov beat Ivan Ekimov (White).
Lyubomir Koralov 7 wins (R1–R7)Ivan Ekimov 3 wins (R4–R6)Dobromir Totev 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyubomir Koralov | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Ivan Ekimov | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Dobromir Totev | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Petar Simeonov | 0 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koralov, Lyubomir | 1688 | BUL | +10B | +14N | +2B | +3N | +4B | +8N | +11B | 7.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 28.50 | 2345 | +44.0 |
| 2 | Ekimov, Ivan | 1546 | BUL | +17N | +6B | −1N | +13B | +3B | +9N | =4B | 5.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 18.75 | 1666 | +26.8 |
| 3 | Totev, Dobromir | 0 | BUL | +16B | +11N | +4B | −1B | −2N | +7N | +12B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 18.00 | 1494 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Simeonov, Petar | 1600 | BUL | +19N | +9B | −3N | +8B | −1N | +6B | =2N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 13.75 | 1709 | +28.8 |
| 5 | Hadzhiev, Daniel V. | 0 | BUL | −8N | +18B | −13N | +14N | =7B | +16N | +9B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 11.00 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Karadzhov, Daniel | 1424 | BUL | +12B | −2N | −10B | +16N | +15B | −4N | +8B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 12.50 | 1448 | +4.4 |
| 7 | Todorov, Momchil Kaloyan | 0 | BUL | +13N | =8B | −9N | +?B | =5N | −3B | +14B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 10.00 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Zlatev, Yavor | 1581 | BUL | +5B | =7N | +14B | −4N | +10B | −1B | −6N | 3.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 13.00 | 1357 | -46.0 |
| 9 | Nenov, Boris | 1542 | BUL | +15B | −4N | +7B | =10N | +11B | −2B | −5N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 12.25 | 770 | -37.2 |
| 10 | Garkov, Velizar | 0 | BUL | −1N | +17B | +6N | =9B | −8N | −11N | +16B | 3.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 9.25 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 2975157 | 0 | — | =?N | −3B | +19N | +12B | −9N | +10B | −1N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 7.00 | 831 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sabanov, Aleksei | 0 | BUL | −6N | +19B | =16B | −11N | +?N | +13B | −3N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.25 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 13917560 | 0 | — | −7B | +15N | +5B | −2N | −16B | −12N | +18B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 7.50 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Peev, Bogdan | 1458 | BUL | +18N | −1B | −8N | −5B | +17N | +15B | −7N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 4.00 | 849 | -20.8 |
| 15 | FIDE 2974975 | 0 | — | −9N | −13B | +18N | +19B | −6N | −14N | +17B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 675 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 2975360 | 0 | — | −3N | +?B | =12N | −6B | +13N | −5B | −10N | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.75 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ivanov, Vladin | 0 | BUL | −2B | −10N | −?N | +18B | −14B | F | −15N | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2975378 | 0 | — | −14B | −5N | −15B | −17N | F | −?B | −13N | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 661 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 2975149 | 0 | — | −4B | −12N | −11B | −15N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 801 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Koralov, LyubomirBUL+44.07.0 pts · #1
- 2Simeonov, PetarBUL+28.84.5 pts · #2
- 3Ekimov, IvanBUL+26.85.5 pts · #3
- 1Zlatev, YavorBUL-46.03.5 pts · #9
- 2Nenov, BorisBUL-37.23.5 pts · #15
- 3Peev, BogdanBUL-20.83.0 pts · #12
- R7+157 Elo gap