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FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" U10- Under the aegis of BSCF

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Kardzali, Bulgaria. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1360, and top seed was Daniel Tokmachov (🇺🇸 USA, 1615).

Daniel Tokmachov (🇺🇸 USA, 1615) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Vladimir Pidakev (5.5) and Valeri P. Petrov (4.5). Tokmachov won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Vladimir Pidakev (1463) beat Daniel Tokmachov (1615), a +152-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
🇺🇸Daniel Tokmachov1615
Avg top 10
1,360
Participants
20
Federations · 5 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×10
🇹🇷Turkiye×3
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Daniel Tokmachov led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
1
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Daniel Tokmachov held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Daniel Tokmachov lost to Vladimir Pidakev (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Daniel Tokmachov 4 wins (R1–R4)Vladimir Pidakev 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Daniel Tokmachov*
0
1
—
2Vladimir Pidakev
1
*
1
½
3Valeri P. Petrov
0
0
*
½
4Georgi Argirov—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tokmachov, Daniel1615USA+15B+5N+3B+7N−2B+11N+8B6.026.028.523.001718+19.6
2Pidakev, Vladimir1463BUL+11B−7N+9B+8B+1N=4B+3N5.527.030.524.251676+45.2
3Petrov, Valeri P.1551BUL+17N+12B−1N+6B=4N+5B−2B4.528.030.516.751557+3.2
4Argirov, Georgi1555BUL=9B+10N=5B+13N=3B=2N=7B4.526.529.518.251578+7.2
5Karadzhov, Georgi1484BUL+18N−1B=4N+16B+7B−3N+11B4.525.026.513.751494+0.4
6Dutcovici, Sabina-Teodora1496ROU+14B+13N=7B−3N−11B+16N+12B4.521.023.513.501592+23.6
7Kichukova, Eva1599BUL+20N+2B=6N−1B−5N+12B=4N4.028.028.013.001500-30.8
8Ozmen, Ata0TUR−12N+18B+10B−2N+13B+9B−1N4.025.527.012.5012860.0
9Dursun, Oguzhan0TUR=4N+20B−2N=12B+10B−8N+15B4.023.523.510.2513480.0
10Bashev, Aleksander0BUL+16N−4B−8N+17B−9N+13N+14B4.021.023.511.0014920.0
11Kouvalakis, Andreas0GRE−2N+17B=12N+15B+6N−1B−5N3.526.028.511.0013410.0
12Dobreva, Dariya1403BUL+8B−3N=11B=9N+14B−7N−6N3.024.527.510.75743-38.0
13Ganev, Teodor1430BUL+19N−6B+15N−4B−8N−10B+16N3.022.023.06.00716-30.4
14Gospodinov, Konstantin0BUL−6N=16B=17N+19B−12N+18B−10N3.018.019.05.006410.0
15FIDE 5250137000—−1N+19B−13B−11N=18N+17B−9N2.520.521.54.257250.0
16Saygi, Ege Batu0TUR−10B=14N+18B−5N+19N−6B−13B2.520.521.54.006650.0
17FIDE 29739520—−3B−11N=14B−10N+?B−15N+19N2.518.518.52.507520.0
18Grancharova, Katerina0BUL−5B−8N−16NF=15B−14N+?B1.516.516.51.256860.0
19FIDE 29690500—−13B−15NF−14N−16B+?N−17B1.013.513.50.006310.0
20FIDE 29764120—−7B−9NFFFFF0.09.09.00.007990.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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