47th Chess Memorial "Georgi Tringov" - B

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87 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 1 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1814, and top seed was Svetoslav Stanchev (🇧🇬 BUL, 1930).

Kemal Bulut (🇹🇷 TUR, 1766) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Valentin Kamenov (7.0) and Matvii Kivel (6.5). Bulut won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ismail Goris (1518) beat Nikola Malchev (1787), a +269-point gap.

Location

🇧🇬Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Dates

03 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇬Svetoslav Stanchev1930

Avg top 10

1,814

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇧🇬Bulgaria×70

🇹🇷Turkiye×5

🇲🇰North Macedonia×3

🇮🇹Italy×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Kemal Bulut
🇹🇷TUR·1766
8.5pts·2190perf+152.4
🥈
Valentin Kamenov
🇧🇬BUL·1754
7.0pts·1873perf+27.2
🥉
Matvii Kivel
🇺🇦UKR·1723
6.5pts·1866perf+70.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Kemal Bulut led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Bulut8.5Kamenov7Stanchev6.5Kivel6.5Malchev6.5Kalinichenko6.5

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Kemal Bulut never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kemal Bulut beat Valentin Kamenov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Kemal Bulut 8 wins (R1–R8)Valentin Kamenov 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Kemal Bulut	*	1	½	—
2Valentin Kamenov	0	*	—	1
3Svetoslav Stanchev	½	—	*	—
4Matvii Kivel	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bulut, Kemal	1766	TUR	+78N	+51B	+10N	+8B	+16N	+23B	+9N	+2B	=4N	8.5	46.0	48.5	45.25	2190	+152.4
2	Kamenov, Valentin	1754	BUL	+61N	−7B	+31N	+21B	+5N	+6B	+3B	−1N	+18B	7.0	50.0	53.5	39.00	1873	+27.2
3	Kivel, Matvii	1723	UKR	+47N	+21B	+7N	=16N	=24B	+19B	−2N	+8B	=6N	6.5	47.0	51.5	36.00	1866	+70.4
4	Stanchev, Svetoslav	1930	BUL	+60N	=26B	=27N	+51B	+10N	=7B	+16N	=12B	=1B	6.5	46.0	49.5	34.25	1872	-9.4
5	Kalinichenko, German Yu	1681	FID	+62B	=11N	+14B	=23N	−2B	+35B	+30N	=24N	+7B	6.5	45.0	48.5	33.50	1845	+70.8
6	Malchev, Nikola	1787	BUL	−25B	+69N	+43B	+32N	+49B	−2N	+26B	+20N	=3B	6.5	42.5	45.5	30.25	1805	+14.0
7	Georgiev, Radmil	1635	BUL	+45B	+2N	−3B	+11N	+18B	=4N	=8N	+9B	−5N	6.0	50.0	54.5	35.25	1867	+96.8
8	Simonovski, Dimitar	1818	MKD	+55B	+32N	+49B	−1N	=17B	+29N	=7B	−3N	+27B	6.0	45.5	49.5	28.75	1799	-7.2
9	Shalamanov, Vladimir	1765	BUL	+35B	+42N	=17B	=39N	+48B	+24N	−1B	−7N	+26B	6.0	44.0	48.0	28.50	1758	-0.8
10	Emanouilov, Radoslav	1695	BUL	+76B	+25N	−1B	+64N	−4B	+44N	=11B	+37N	=23N	6.0	43.5	46.0	25.50	1800	+52.0
11	Pantev, Kaloyan	1790	BUL	+58N	=5B	=50N	−7B	+33N	+53B	=10N	+16B	=12N	6.0	43.0	47.0	29.75	1789	+1.2
12	Petrov, Plamen	1867	BUL	=28B	+80N	+26B	=24N	=29B	=36N	+27B	=4N	=11B	6.0	42.5	44.5	28.25	1822	-8.2
13	Merdzhanov, Vladko	1691	BUL	+83N	−23N	=25B	+40B	=28N	+31B	−19N	+76B	+30N	6.0	37.5	38.5	23.00	1692	+1.2
14	Petrov, Valeriy	1715	BUL	+40N	=53B	−5N	−78B	+81N	+52B	+28N	=23B	+34N	6.0	36.5	38.0	24.50	1700	-1.4
15	Koev, Georgi	1728	BUL	+79B	−17N	+55B	−50N	=43B	+41N	=63B	+48N	+24B	6.0	35.0	37.5	24.00	1699	-12.4
16	Iliev, Stoyan	1786	BUL	+31N	+34B	+20N	=3B	−1B	+17N	−4B	−11N	+50B	5.5	48.5	52.5	28.25	1782	+3.6
17	Enev, Aleks	1621	BUL	+66N	+15B	=9N	=30B	=8N	−16B	=22N	+49B	=19N	5.5	43.5	46.5	27.00	1793	+74.8
18	Taskov, Atanas	1712	BUL	F	+28N	=48B	+44B	−7N	+25B	+21N	+19B	−2N	5.5	42.5	42.5	27.50	1774	+26.0
19	Merdinyan, Bozhidar	1780	BUL	+64B	+36N	−24B	+42N	+50B	−3N	+13B	−18N	=17B	5.5	42.0	45.0	25.25	1729	-21.2
20	Ivanov, Stefan V	1722	BUL	+41B	+38N	−16B	−48N	+55B	+39N	+36B	−6B	=22N	5.5	40.5	44.5	25.75	1711	-2.4
21	Vasileva, Cveta	1610	BUL	+86B	−3N	+41B	−2N	+70B	+76N	−18B	=29N	+45B	5.5	38.5	39.0	17.50	1596	-1.8
22	Zlatkov, Nikolay	1711	BUL	=81B	+72N	−39B	=25N	+64B	=50N	=17B	+46N	=20B	5.5	35.0	36.5	21.25	1613	-37.6
23	Enev, Enio	1851	BUL	+43N	+13B	F	=5B	+27N	−1N	=24B	=14N	=10B	5.0	47.5	47.5	27.25	1784	-13.6
24	Petrovski, Ivan	1695	MKD	+69N	+33B	+19N	=12B	=3N	−9B	=23N	=5B	−15N	5.0	46.5	49.5	25.50	1752	+29.2
25	Goris, Ismail	1518	TUR	+6N	−10B	=13N	=22B	+32B	−18N	+42B	=51N	=36B	5.0	44.0	48.0	26.25	1734	+100.8
26	Ciraulo, Basilio Vladimir	1691	ITA	+70B	=4N	−12N	+52B	+53N	=30B	−6N	+40B	−9N	5.0	42.5	45.5	21.25	1708	+9.6
27	Hatuk, Neris	1708	TUR	+71B	=39N	=4B	+38N	−23B	+48N	−12N	+44B	−8N	5.0	41.5	44.5	22.00	1736	+14.0
28	Yordanov, Mario	1564	BUL	=12N	−18B	+66N	+56B	=13B	+49N	−14B	=36N	=29B	5.0	41.5	44.5	22.00	1671	+37.2
29	Ciraulo, Silvia	1710	ITA	=65N	+56B	=53N	+33B	=12N	−8B	=40N	=21B	=28N	5.0	40.0	43.0	23.00	1613	-38.0
30	Malcheva, NiyaWCM	1724	BUL	+73B	=48N	+46B	=17N	=39B	=26N	−5B	+63N	−13B	5.0	39.5	42.5	20.50	1652	-33.2
31	Kabasanov, Dimitar	1493	BUL	−16B	+84N	−2B	+71N	+34B	−13N	−48B	+54N	+51B	5.0	38.5	39.5	17.00	1603	+36.8
32	Stolinov, Ivan	1678	BUL	+68N	−8B	+47N	−6B	−25N	−40B	+77N	+59B	+39N	5.0	38.0	40.5	18.50	1551	-50.0
33	Kaparashev, Ivaylo	1577	BUL	+74B	−24N	+54B	−29N	−11B	+68N	=45B	+41N	=37B	5.0	37.0	40.0	19.25	1576	-3.2
34	Tonev, Slavcho	1668	BUL	+54B	−16N	F	+77B	−31N	+71N	+43B	+38N	−14B	5.0	36.0	38.5	19.00	1617	-7.6
35	Aleksandrov, Kristiyan	1470	BUL	−9N	+87B	−51N	+66B	+42B	−5N	−46B	+68N	+48B	5.0	35.5	35.5	14.50	1572	+34.4
36	Krasteva, Yoana	1658	BUL	+87N	−19B	=40N	+81B	+78N	=12B	−20N	=28B	=25N	5.0	35.5	35.5	14.25	1600	-24.4
37	Avuski, Paun	1724	BUL	=52N	=65B	+61N	−53B	=60N	+57B	+39N	−10B	=33N	5.0	34.5	37.5	19.75	1547	-71.6
38	Stoychev, Erik	1582	BUL	+75N	−20B	+77N	−27B	−76N	+66B	+57N	−34B	+49N	5.0	32.0	34.5	16.50	1478	-32.0
39	Yordanov, Kristiyan	1572	BUL	+67N	=27B	+22N	=9B	=30N	−20B	−37B	+81N	−32B	4.5	40.0	41.5	18.00	1639	+26.4
40	Aynaoglu, Mete	1437	TUR	−14B	+85N	=36B	−13N	+67B	+32N	=29B	−26N	=46B	4.5	39.5	40.5	16.25	1576	+42.8
41	Pidakev, Vladimir	1440	BUL	−20N	+57B	−21N	=67B	+56N	−15B	+58N	−33B	+65N	4.5	37.0	40.0	16.50	1473	+2.0
42	Velichkov, Nikolay	1637	BUL	+59N	−9B	+65N	−19B	−35N	+77B	−25N	=47B	+52N	4.5	37.0	39.5	15.75	1492	-62.0
43	Panov, Stanislav T.	1563	BUL	−23B	+62N	−6N	+83B	=15N	=60B	−34N	+74B	=44N	4.5	37.0	38.0	14.50	1505	-19.2
44	Nikolov, Zdravko	1593	BUL	+85B	−49N	+71B	−18N	+54B	−10B	+59N	−27N	=43B	4.5	36.0	37.0	14.25	1440	-23.6
45	Kotsev, Momchil	0	BUL	−7N	=78B	−52N	=58B	+47N	+65B	=33N	+60B	−21N	4.5	35.5	38.0	16.75	1524	0.0
46	Ivanov, Georgi	1599	BUL	=56N	+52B	−30N	=76B	−57N	+70B	+35N	−22B	=40N	4.5	35.0	37.5	17.50	1567	-4.8
47	Ispirski, Maxim	1441	BUL	−3B	+82N	−32B	−54N	−45B	+83N	+66B	=42N	+72B	4.5	32.0	33.0	10.75	1406	-4.4
48	Kaloyanov, Kaloyan	1603	BUL	+57N	=30B	=18N	+20B	−9N	−27B	+31N	−15B	−35N	4.0	43.0	47.0	19.75	1578	-15.2
49	Milev, Raicho	1696	BUL	+77N	+44B	−8N	+60B	−6N	−28B	+50B	−17N	−38B	4.0	40.0	42.5	14.50	1574	-28.8
50	Ivanov, Denislav	1609	BUL	F	+81N	=11B	+15B	−19N	=22B	−49N	+55B	−16N	4.0	38.0	38.0	17.25	1680	+30.4
51	Yurukova, Ginka	1647	BUL	+84B	−1N	+35B	−4N	+73B	F	=55N	=25B	−31N	4.0	38.0	38.0	13.50	1538	-21.4
52	Muserov, Maksim	1465	BUL	=37B	−46N	+45B	−26N	+72B	−14N	=56B	+67N	−42B	4.0	36.5	39.5	15.00	1308	-26.8
53	Vladimirov, Nikola	1603	BUL	+82B	=14N	=29B	+37N	−26B	−11N	F	+57B	F	4.0	36.0	37.5	16.00	1654	+12.8
54	Argirov, Georgi	0	BUL	−34N	+58B	−33N	+47B	−44N	+64B	=60N	−31B	=55N	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.25	1499	0.0
55	Serafimov, Borislav	1529	BUL	−8N	+83B	−15N	+68B	−20N	+74B	=51B	−50N	=54B	4.0	35.5	36.5	11.00	1464	-21.2
56	Stefanov, Stefan K.	0	BUL	=46B	−29N	+80B	−28N	−41B	+62N	=52N	−58B	+69N	4.0	33.5	35.5	12.75	1445	0.0
57	Peev, Ivan	0	BUL	−48B	−41N	+69B	+79N	+46B	−37N	−38B	−53N	+71B	4.0	33.0	35.5	13.00	1499	0.0
58	Vishev, Nikolay	1521	BUL	−11B	−54N	F	=45N	=62B	+72N	−41B	+56N	+81B	4.0	31.0	31.0	12.50	1435	-7.8
59	Di Ferdinando, Massimo	0	BUL	−42B	+79N	−60N	+65B	−63N	+73B	−44B	−32N	+67B	4.0	30.0	32.5	11.50	1461	0.0
60	Lukov, Bozhidar	1565	BUL	−4B	+70N	+59B	−49N	=37B	=43N	=54B	−45N	F	3.5	35.5	35.5	13.75	1591	+3.2
61	Ganev, Teodor	1469	BUL	−2B	+86N	−37B	−70N	−68B	=67N	+62B	−72N	+79B	3.5	30.0	30.5	8.00	1315	-40.4
62	Andonyan, Mikaela	0	BUL	−5N	−43B	−67N	+86B	=58N	−56B	−61N	+82B	+77N	3.5	29.5	30.0	6.50	1382	0.0
63	Kocaoglu, Idil	1606	TUR	F	F	F	+80N	+59B	F	=15N	−30B	+64N	3.5	24.0	24.0	12.00	1711	+22.4
64	Ivanov, Vasil A	1491	MKD	−19N	+68B	F	−10B	−22N	−54N	+69B	+70N	−63B	3.0	35.5	38.5	9.00	1524	+8.4
65	Nenchev, Georgi	1423	BUL	=29B	=37N	−42B	−59N	+82B	−45N	−67B	+66N	−41B	3.0	33.5	35.0	9.50	1440	+0.2
66	Mechkarski, Yoan	0	BUL	−17B	+73N	−28B	−35N	+79B	−38N	−47N	−65B	+84N	3.0	33.5	34.5	6.50	1305	0.0
67	Zhivkov, Ventsislav	0	BUL	−39B	−76N	+62B	=41N	−40N	=61B	+65N	−52B	−59N	3.0	31.5	34.0	10.50	1305	0.0
68	Angelov, Boris	0	BUL	−32B	−64N	+85B	−55N	+61N	−33B	+73N	−35B	−75B	3.0	31.5	32.5	7.50	1360	-23.6
69	Dobreva, Dariya	1409	BUL	−24B	−6B	−57N	−72N	+86B	+75N	−64N	+73B	−56B	3.0	31.5	32.0	6.50	1402	-5.6
70	Uzunova, Nansi	1403	BUL	−26N	−60B	+75N	+61B	−21N	−46N	+79B	−64B	−74N	3.0	31.0	33.5	9.00	1399	-5.2
71	Karadzhov, Daniel	1418	BUL	−27N	+75B	−44N	−31B	+85N	−34B	−74N	+84B	−57N	3.0	30.5	31.5	5.00	816	-40.8
72	Rusev, Radoslav	0	BUL	F	−22B	−78N	+69B	−52N	−58B	+83N	+61B	−47N	3.0	28.0	28.0	7.50	1342	0.0
73	Pavlova, Maria	1455	BUL	−30N	−66B	+86N	+74B	−51N	−59N	−68B	−69N	+85B	3.0	26.0	26.5	4.50	750	-53.2
74	Todorov, Valentin S.	0	BUL	−33N	−77B	F	−73N	+83B	−55N	+71B	−43N	+70B	3.0	26.0	26.0	7.00	1316	0.0
75	Stoyanov, Samuil	0	BUL	−38B	−71N	−70B	F	−77N	−69B	+86N	+83B	+68N	3.0	21.0	21.0	4.50	1169	0.0
76	Georgieva, Yoana	1410	BUL	−10N	+67B	F	=46N	+38B	−21B	F	−13N	F	2.5	38.0	38.0	10.25	1486	+16.4
77	Kotsev, Kalin	1412	BUL	−49B	+74N	−38B	−34N	+75B	−42N	−32B	=79N	−62B	2.5	33.0	35.5	7.25	1221	-38.0
78	Stoyanov, Gabriel	1479	BUL	−1B	=45N	+72B	+14N	−36B	F	F	F	F	2.5	32.0	32.0	11.25	1588	+15.2
79	Georgiev, Stefan K.	1467	BUL	−15N	−59B	+84N	−57B	−66N	+85B	−70N	=77B	−61N	2.5	27.0	28.0	3.25	1183	-54.8
80	Karadzhov, Georgi	1520	BUL	F	−12B	−56N	−63B	+84N	−81B	+82N	F	F	2.0	17.5	17.5	2.50	834	-45.6
81	Uruchev, Valentin	1429	BUL	=22N	−50B	F	−36N	−14B	+80N	F	−39B	−58N	1.5	35.0	37.0	4.75	1386	-13.6
82	FIDE 2975033	0	—	−53N	−47B	−83N	+84B	−65N	=86N	−80B	−62N	F	1.5	19.5	19.5	1.25	698	0.0
83	Alexandrova, Simona	0	BUL	−13B	−55N	+82B	−43N	−74N	−47B	−72B	−75N	F	1.0	29.5	30.0	1.50	756	0.0
84	FIDE 2973618	0	—	−51N	−31B	−79B	−82N	−80B	F	+85N	−71N	−66B	1.0	22.0	22.0	1.00	712	0.0
85	FIDE 2964104	0	—	−44N	−40B	−68N	F	−71B	−79N	−84B	+86B	−73N	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.50	659	0.0
86	FIDE 2975017	0	—	−21N	−61B	−73B	−62N	−69N	=82B	−75B	−85N	F	0.5	24.0	25.0	0.75	675	0.0
87	FIDE 2962128	0	—	−36B	−35N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	764	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bulut, KemalTUR
+152.4
8.5 pts · #1
2Goris, IsmailTUR
+100.8
5.0 pts · #18
3Georgiev, RadmilBUL
+96.8
6.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Avuski, PaunBUL
-71.6
5.0 pts · #37
2Velichkov, NikolayBUL
-62.0
4.5 pts · #40
3Georgiev, Stefan K.BUL
-54.8
2.5 pts · #77

Biggest upsets

R1+269 Elo gap
Goris, Ismail1518 beat Malchev, Nikola1787
R6+241 Elo gap
Aynaoglu, Mete1437 beat Stolinov, Ivan1678
R4+236 Elo gap
Stoyanov, Gabriel1479 beat Petrov, Valeriy1715