Second open chess tournament "Regina", Under the aegis of BSCF

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59 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Golden Sands, Regina hotel, Bulgaria. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1899, and top seed was Daniel Stoyanov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1982).

Dejan Dimitrov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1969) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Radoslav Genov (5.0) and Aleksandar Stanchev (4.5). Dimitrov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Norayr Shahbazyan (1593) beat Emil Belchev (1916), a +323-point gap.

Location

🇧🇬Golden Sands, Regina hotel, Bulgaria

Dates

05 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇬Daniel Stoyanov1982

Avg top 10

1,899

Participants

Federations · 6 represented

🇧🇬Bulgaria×48

🇷🇴Romania×4

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Dejan Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·1969
5.0pts·2005perf+7.4
🥈
Radoslav Genov
🇧🇬BUL·1909
5.0pts·2566perf+65.6
🥉
Aleksandar Stanchev
🇧🇬BUL·1955
4.5pts·2021perf+11.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Dimitrov5Genov5Ivanov4.5Gurnov4.5Lukov4.5Stoyanov4.5— ex-leaders:Stanchevled R4–R5, #7

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Dimitrov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Dejan Dimitrov 3 wins (R1–R3)Radoslav Genov 5 wins (R2–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Dejan Dimitrov	*	—	—	—
2Radoslav Genov	—	*	—	1
3Ivan Petkov Ivanov	—	—	*	—
4Cristian Gurnov	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dimitrov, Dejan	1969	BUL	+32B	+14N	+13B	=16N	=3B	+11N	5.0	20.0	22.5	18.50	2005	+7.4
2	Genov, Radoslav	1909	BUL	F	+19B	+42N	+8B	+16N	+3N	5.0	18.5	18.5	18.50	2566	+65.6
3	Stanchev, Aleksandar	1955	BUL	+36N	+20B	+12N	+4B	=1N	−2B	4.5	22.0	24.5	17.00	2021	+11.8
4	Stoyanov, Daniel	1982	BUL	+24B	+45N	+7B	−3N	+13B	=5N	4.5	20.5	22.5	15.75	1956	-1.8
5	Iliev, Stoyan	1772	BUL	+38B	+26N	=9B	=11N	+33N	=4B	4.5	18.5	21.0	14.50	1894	+38.4
6	Lukov, Bozhidar	1568	BUL	−16B	+55N	+14B	+21N	=7B	+30N	4.5	18.5	19.0	13.25	1902	+102.8
7	Michev, Stelian	1799	BUL	+43N	+37B	−4N	+28B	=6N	+18B	4.5	18.0	20.0	13.25	1840	+15.6
8	Gurnov, Cristian	1745	ROU	+49B	=11N	+50B	−2N	+23N	+17B	4.5	17.5	19.0	12.00	1899	+24.4
9	Ivanov, Ivan Petkov	1977	BUL	=19N	+52B	=5N	+22B	=18N	+25B	4.5	17.5	18.5	12.75	1865	-23.6
10	Hristev, Kaloyan	1644	BUL	+57N	−12B	+43N	+34B	=17N	+16B	4.5	15.5	15.5	9.75	1933	+75.6
11	Shahbazyan, Norayr	1593	BUL	+34N	=8B	+23N	=5B	+12N	−1B	4.0	21.0	23.5	14.00	1960	+112.8
12	Demir, Mustafa Erkan	1824	TUR	+39B	+10N	−3B	+15N	−11B	+33N	4.0	19.5	22.0	13.50	1778	-10.4
13	Nonchev, Yavor	1749	BUL	+29N	+22B	−1N	+26B	−4N	+24B	4.0	18.5	21.5	12.00	1835	+21.4
14	Zhelyazkov, Preslav	1660	BUL	+35N	−1B	−6N	+29B	+43N	+44B	4.0	17.0	19.0	9.50	1697	+11.2
15	Neychev, Nikola	1631	BUL	+31N	−17B	+29N	−12B	+48N	+22B	4.0	16.5	18.5	11.00	1679	+10.4
16	Sirin, Ahmet	1857	TUR	+6N	+18B	+17N	=1B	−2B	−10N	3.5	22.5	26.0	14.00	1814	-4.8
17	Tenev, Toncho	1794	BUL	+44B	+15N	−16B	+27N	=10B	−8N	3.5	19.5	21.5	11.25	1693	-25.6
18	Milev, Raicho	1667	BUL	+55B	−16N	+39B	+44N	=9B	−7N	3.5	17.0	17.5	7.25	1741	+12.2
19	Dimitrova, Boryana	1594	GRE	=9B	−2N	+46B	−25N	+51B	+45N	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.25	1748	+12.6
20	Tachev, Kamen	1691	BUL	+27B	−3N	=32B	+42N	−25B	+36N	3.5	15.5	18.0	9.25	1726	+6.4
21	Stefanov, Krasen	1714	BUL	F	+53B	=33N	−6B	+41N	+26B	3.5	13.5	13.5	7.75	1650	-6.8
22	Vatkovski, Mitko	1635	BUL	+46B	−13N	+38B	−9N	+39B	−15N	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.00	1607	-5.8
23	Kamenov, Valentin	1784	BUL	+41N	F	−11B	+32N	−8B	+40B	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.50	1674	-12.8
24	Todorov, Nikolay T.	1602	BUL	−4N	+54B	−34N	+35B	+45B	−13N	3.0	15.5	16.5	5.50	1717	+31.2
25	Kazakov, Danail	1753	BUL	F	+56B	−28N	+19B	+20N	−9N	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.50	1741	-0.4
26	Vladimirov, Boris	1603	BUL	+58N	−5B	+59B	−13N	+27B	−21N	3.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1477	-26.0
27	Dimitrov, Miroslav	1443	BUL	−20N	+36B	+52N	−17B	−26N	+43B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.50	1638	+58.0
28	Russieva, Svitlana	1657	UKR	F	+51N	+25B	−7N	−30B	+32N	3.0	14.0	14.0	6.50	1737	+16.8
29	Grigorova, Daria	1463	BUL	−13B	+47N	−15B	−14N	+57B	+59N	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	879	-27.2
30	Aleksandrov, Georgi Valentinov	1801	BUL	F	−33B	+53N	+40B	+28N	−6B	3.0	13.5	13.5	6.50	1599	-41.2
31	Todorov, Petar T.	0	BUL	−15B	−44N	=55B	=46N	+47B	+50N	3.0	11.5	12.0	4.75	1478	0.0
32	Dimitrova, Valentina	1594	BUL	−1N	+35B	=20N	−23B	+37N	−28B	2.5	17.0	19.5	6.75	1607	-0.8
33	Hristov, Angel	1565	BUL	F	+30N	=21B	+45N	−5B	−12B	2.5	17.0	17.0	6.75	1762	+50.4
34	Belchev, Emil	1916	FRA	−11B	+49N	+24B	−10N	=36B	F	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.25	1587	-37.2
35	Muradov, Erdinch	1407	BUL	−14B	−32N	+47B	−24N	+46B	=39N	2.5	14.0	16.0	5.25	1279	-20.4
36	Mihajlov, Angel	1593	BUL	−3B	−27N	+56N	+58B	=34N	−20B	2.5	14.0	14.0	1.75	1537	-20.8
37	Omer, Sofia	1652	ROU	+48B	−7N	−44B	=38N	−32B	+51N	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.25	1274	-36.4
38	Nikolov, Lachezar	1492	BUL	−5N	+58B	−22N	=37B	−40N	+52B	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.25	1471	-7.2
39	Bakardzhiev, Martin M.	1554	BUL	−12N	+57B	−18N	+59B	−22N	=35B	2.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	1312	-43.2
40	Velkov, Rosen	1616	BUL	+47B	=50N	−45B	−30N	+38B	−23N	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.25	1549	-16.4
41	Gencheva, Alexandra	1501	BUL	−23B	=46N	+51B	+50N	−21B	−42N	2.5	12.5	13.5	3.50	1529	+7.2
42	Gondrea, Victor	1677	ROU	=56N	F	−2B	−20B	+53N	+41B	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.75	1540	-15.0
43	Zlatev, Yavor	1533	BUL	−7B	+48N	−10B	+49N	−14B	−27N	2.0	18.0	20.0	4.00	1361	-43.2
44	Boshnakova, Mihaela	1503	BUL	−17N	+31B	+37N	−18B	F	−14N	2.0	16.5	18.0	5.50	1455	-10.0
45	Petrov, Nikolay	1702	BUL	+54N	−4B	+40N	−33B	−24N	−19B	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.50	1525	-58.8
46	Todorov, Maksim	0	BUL	−22N	=41B	−19N	=31B	−35N	+58B	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.75	1208	0.0
47	Velikov, Daniel	0	BUL	−40N	−29B	−35N	+54B	−31N	+57B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	1312	0.0
48	Ghenea, Ionel	0	ROU	−37N	−43B	+54N	F	−15B	+49N	2.0	11.5	12.0	3.00	1456	0.0
49	Nikolov, Hristo	1462	BUL	−8N	−34B	+57N	−43B	+58N	−48B	2.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	913	-25.6
50	Karadzhov, Zhivomir	1710	BUL	+59N	=40B	−8N	−41B	F	−31B	1.5	14.5	14.5	1.25	1339	-55.2
51	Tonev, Simeon	0	BUL	F	−28B	−41N	+52B	−19N	−37B	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	1323	0.0
52	Bogoev, Mihail	1610	BUL	F	−9N	−27B	−51N	+55B	−38N	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.50	1391	-48.8
53	Garkov, Velizar	0	BUL	F	−21N	−30B	+55N	−42B	−54N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.50	1392	0.0
54	Dimitrov, Nikolaj	1453	BUL	−45B	−24N	−48B	−47N	F	+53B	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	853	-28.4
55	Panaiotova, Gabriela	1421	BUL	−18N	−6B	=31N	−53B	−52N	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.50	814	-30.8
56	Hyusein, Alper	1427	BUL	=42B	−25N	−36B	F	F	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.25	1401	-4.0
57	FIDE 2974045	0	—	−10B	−39N	−49B	F	−29N	−47N	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	728	0.0
58	Velikov, Martin	0	BUL	−26B	−38N	F	−36N	−49B	−46N	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	738	0.0
59	FIDE 2975599	0	—	−50B	F	−26N	−39N	F	−29B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	782	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Shahbazyan, NorayrBUL
+112.8
4.0 pts · #13
2Lukov, BozhidarBUL
+102.8
4.5 pts · #5
3Hristev, KaloyanBUL
+75.6
4.5 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Petrov, NikolayBUL
-58.8
2.0 pts · #28
2Karadzhov, ZhivomirBUL
-55.2
1.5 pts · #49
3Bogoev, MihailBUL
-48.8
1.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R1+323 Elo gap
Shahbazyan, Norayr1593 beat Belchev, Emil1916
R4+272 Elo gap
Hristev, Kaloyan1644 beat Belchev, Emil1916
R2+236 Elo gap
Hristov, Angel1565 beat Aleksandrov, Georgi Valentinov1801