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First International Chess Festival "Kardzali" U16 - Under the aegis of BSCF

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19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Kardzali, Bulgaria. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1529, and top seed was Vlad Petroff (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2041).

Vlad Petroff (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2041) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Aleksandar Atanasov (6.0) and Demir Hadzhaismail (5.0). Petroff won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kayra Yuksel (1510) beat Atanas Taskov (1774), a +264-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Kardzali, Bulgaria
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴FMVlad Petroff2041
Avg top 10
1,529
Participants
19
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×8
🇹🇷Turkiye×6
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Vlad Petroff led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Vlad Petroff never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vlad Petroff beat Aleksandar Atanasov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Vlad Petroff 7 wins (R1–R7)Aleksandar Atanasov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Petroff, VladFM2041ROU+12B+5N+4B+2N+3B+13N+11B7.026.530.030.002589+32.8
2Atanasov, Aleksandar1940BUL+8N+14B+3N1B+9N+10B+5N6.027.030.023.001967+16.0
3Hadzhaismail, Demir1803BUL+11B+10N2B+12N1N+14B+9N5.027.030.017.001816+6.4
4Taskov, Atanas1774BUL+17N+7B1N=9B14N+15B+13N4.524.026.014.251596-38.0
5Ochkova, Maria1533BUL+19N1B=9N=14B+15N+7B2B4.026.526.510.251640+18.4
6Duru, Ahmet Omer0TUR9N+16B+7N10B8N+18B+14N4.020.022.011.0015560.0
7Saygi, Mehmet Tuna1482TUR+18B4N6B+11N+16B5N+17B4.020.022.09.50854-23.2
8Aleksandrov, Atanas0BUL2B+?N10B+19N+6B11N+16B4.019.019.06.009350.0
9Ochkova, Vasilena1701BUL+6B+13N=5B=4N2B=12N3B3.527.030.513.501570-27.2
10Petrov, Ognyan1508BULF3B+8N+6N=13B2N+12B3.526.026.013.251067-10.0
11Atilgan, Demir0TUR3N+?B=14N7B+17N+8B1N3.525.025.07.5013870.0
12Acar, Tuna0TUR1N+19B+15N3B+18N=9B10N3.524.024.06.7514460.0
13Acar, Arda0TUR+16N9B+17N+18B=10N1B4B3.522.524.57.7514390.0
14Yuksel, Kayra1510TUR+15B2N=11B=5N+4B3N6B3.027.030.011.251668+24.8
15FIDE 2969041014N+?B12B+?N5B4N+19B3.015.015.00.008060.0
16Todorova, Aleksandra T.0BUL13B6NF+17B7N+?B8N2.017.517.52.006830.0
17FIDE 297642004B+?N13B16N11B+19N7N2.017.517.50.008290.0
18FIDE 297643907N+?BF13N12B6N+?B2.015.015.00.006830.0
19FIDE 297331605B12NF8B?N17B15N0.016.516.50.007340.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets