DOP Men Open Classic 2025

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67 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Sept 2025 to 11 Sept 2025 in Primorsko, Bulgaria. 10 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2362, and top seed was Martin Petrov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2533).

Radoslav Dimitrov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2494) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Martin Petrov (5.5) and Boris Chatalbashev (5.5). Dimitrov broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mitko Parvanov (1842) beat Vasil Aleksandrov Vasilev (2338), a +496-point gap.

Location

🇧🇬Primorsko, Bulgaria

Dates

07 Sept 2025 → 11 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇬GMMartin Petrov2533

Avg top 10

2,362

Participants

Titled players · 10

GM×4

IM×2

FM×3

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇧🇬Bulgaria×59

🇲🇰North Macedonia×2

🇬🇧England×1

🇩🇰Denmark×1

Top 3

🥇
GMRadoslav Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·2494
6.0pts·2913perf+5.6
🥈
GMMartin Petrov
🇧🇬BUL·2533
5.5pts·2633perf+4.4
🥉
GMBoris Chatalbashev
🇩🇰DEN·2493
5.5pts·2556perf+2.9

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Radoslav Dimitrov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Dimitrov6Chatalbashev5.5Petrov5.5Spasov5Kochiev4.5Mladenov4

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

GM Radoslav Dimitrov held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Radoslav Dimitrov 6 wins (R1–R6)GM Boris Chatalbashev 3 wins (R4–R6)GM Martin Petrov 5 wins (R1–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dimitrov, RadoslavGM	2494	BUL	+55N	+7B	+54N	+22B	+21N	+15B	6.0	14.0	14.5	14.50	2913	+5.6
2	Petrov, MartinGM	2533	BUL	+44N	+38B	+13N	+14B	+25N	=8B	5.5	15.0	16.0	14.00	2633	+4.4
3	Chatalbashev, BorisGM	2493	DEN	+31B	+28N	=5B	+45N	+37B	+6N	5.5	14.0	15.0	12.75	2556	+2.9
4	Spasov, VasilGM	2364	BUL	+33B	+43N	+24B	+16N	+36B	F	5.0	11.0	11.0	11.00	2764	+4.0
5	Kochiev, IvanCM	2138	BUL	+27B	+6B	=3N	+21N	+45B	−9B	4.5	19.0	20.0	13.25	2312	+26.8
6	Mladenov, PlamenIM	2362	ENG	+9B	−5N	+38B	+31N	+11N	−3B	4.0	20.0	21.5	11.50	2299	-3.4
7	Mihaylov, Boyan	1869	BUL	+47N	−1N	+29N	+30B	=10B	=22N	4.0	17.0	18.0	8.50	2044	+30.0
8	Mitev, ValentinFM	2323	BUL	+26N	=13B	−17N	+44B	+40B	=2N	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.50	2266	-3.8
9	Ardenski, Dimitar	2081	BUL	−6N	+49B	=37B	+41N	=28B	+5N	4.0	13.5	14.5	8.75	2169	+16.0
10	Petkov, Rostislav	1967	BUL	=29N	+65B	+36B	+57N	=7N	−24N	4.0	10.5	10.5	5.00	1791	-18.6
11	Petrov, Ivan	2198	BUL	+37B	+45B	+46B	+38N	−6B	F	4.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	2290	+12.8
12	Janev, Ivan	1977	BUL	−16B	+55B	+64N	F	+42B	+65N	4.0	5.5	5.5	2.00	2035	+16.4
13	Boev, Viktor	2223	BUL	+46N	=8N	−2B	+25B	−14N	+26N	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.00	2265	+9.6
14	Nikolov, SashoIM	2243	BUL	−18N	+40B	+44N	−2N	+13B	=17B	3.5	17.5	18.5	7.75	2161	-3.9
15	Mladenov, Ilian	2192	BUL	+23N	=24B	=28N	=19B	+39B	−1N	3.5	17.0	18.5	8.50	2086	-12.2
16	Botev, Stanislav	1950	BUL	+12N	+30N	−19N	−4B	+48N	=43N	3.5	16.0	17.0	7.75	2083	+15.4
17	Vutov, Mario	2246	BUL	+56B	F	+8B	=40N	=26B	=14N	3.5	12.0	12.0	8.25	2239	+2.2
18	Mihalev, Daniil	1817	BUL	+14B	−44B	+63N	F	=46B	+32N	3.5	7.5	7.5	6.00	1927	+10.4
19	Valev, Valentin	2120	BUL	F	+66B	+16B	=15N	F	+63B	3.5	7.0	7.0	5.25	2227	+9.2
20	Srebrev, Biser	1700	BUL	−24N	F	=59B	+58N	+51B	+36N	3.5	6.0	6.0	3.25	1714	+1.2
21	Atanasov, Aleksandar	1938	BUL	−39B	+63B	+23B	−5B	−1B	+42N	3.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1946	+2.4
22	Veleski, RobertFM	2111	MKD	=34B	+39B	F	−1N	+24B	=7B	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.00	2048	-7.0
23	Kralevski, AleksanderFM	2048	MKD	−15B	+32N	−21N	+64B	F	+54B	3.0	9.0	9.0	2.50	1920	-11.6
24	Zhelev, Momchil	1733	BUL	+20B	=15N	−4N	F	−22N	+10B	2.5	19.0	19.0	9.25	2009	+59.6
25	Vasilev, Vasil Aleksandrov	2338	BUL	−40B	=50N	+26B	−13N	−2B	+46N	2.5	14.0	15.0	4.00	2036	-41.2
26	Kolev, Lachezar	1989	BUL	−8B	+56N	−25N	+63B	=17N	−13B	2.5	14.0	14.0	2.25	2071	+10.8
27	Kamber, Aydan	1762	BUL	−5N	F	=39B	+47N	+34B	−37N	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	1900	+11.6
28	Manov, Iliyan	1852	BUL	−32B	−3B	=15B	+39N	=9N	F	2.0	16.5	16.5	5.25	2098	+22.2
29	Tsvetanov, Teodor	1819	BUL	=10B	=48N	−7B	−33N	+30N	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.50	1740	-16.0
30	Stamenov, Boycho	0	BUL	+36B	−16B	+42B	−7N	−29B	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1727	0.0
31	Kazakov, Dobrin	2149	BUL	−3N	+34B	F	−6B	F	+50N	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	2130	-1.4
32	Kolev, Vladimir	0	BUL	+28N	−23B	F	=46N	=41B	−18B	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.25	1725	0.0
33	Zhelev, Nikolay	1858	BUL	−4N	F	−35N	+29B	F	+41N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1863	-2.0
34	Stamatov, Georgi	1912	BUL	=22N	−31N	=41B	F	−27N	+47B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.25	1711	-40.4
35	Botev, Stoyko	1782	BUL	+66B	F	+33B	F	F	F	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2657	+12.0
36	Angelov, Ivaylo	1599	BUL	−30N	=41N	−10N	+54N	−4N	−20B	1.5	16.0	16.5	1.25	1683	+12.4
37	Iordanov, Nikolay	2030	BUL	−11N	F	=9N	F	−3N	+27B	1.5	16.0	16.0	4.50	2031	-2.4
38	Metodiev, Veselin	1982	BUL	+49N	−2N	−6N	−11B	F	=45B	1.5	15.5	15.5	1.50	2096	+10.4
39	Mladenov, Emil	1865	BUL	+21N	−22N	=27N	−28B	−15N	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	4.25	1822	-7.8
40	Parvanov, Mitko	1842	BUL	+25N	−14N	F	=17B	−8N	F	1.5	13.5	13.5	4.25	2155	+23.6
41	Ivanov, Georgi	1594	BUL	F	=36B	=34N	−9B	=32N	−33B	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.75	1648	+2.4
42	Kalaydzhiev, Yasen	1748	BUL	=54B	F	−30N	+65B	−12N	−21B	1.5	9.5	9.5	0.25	1666	-10.0
43	Vutov, Biser	1937	BUL	F	−4B	F	F	+67N	=16B	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	2014	+4.0
44	Shvenk, Denis	1931	BUL	−2B	+18N	−14B	−8N	F	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	3.50	1986	+1.1
45	Pavlov, Vladimir	2080	BUL	F	−11N	=55B	−3B	−5N	=38N	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	1938	-19.0
46	Uzunov, Yanko	1671	BUL	−13B	F	−11N	=32B	=18N	−25B	1.0	15.5	15.5	2.75	1686	-1.6
47	Simeonov, Milen	0	BUL	−7B	F	F	−27B	+64N	−34N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1578	0.0
48	Vandev, Dimitar	2031	BUL	F	=29B	F	=60N	−16B	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.25	1813	-17.2
49	Viktorov, Genadi	2201	BUL	−38B	−9N	F	F	+63N	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1830	-54.4
50	Kosturkov, Hristo	1754	BUL	F	=25B	F	F	=56N	−31B	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.50	1992	+13.8
51	FIDE 2941635	0	—	F	F	=57B	F	−20N	=58B	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.50	1402	0.0
52	Rusev, Jeliazko	2202	BUL	F	+64B	F	F	F	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2602	+1.6
53	Ivanov, Bogidar	2133	BUL	F	F	F	F	F	+64B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2533	+1.6
54	Bayatov, Mario	1903	BUL	=42N	F	−1B	−36B	F	−23N	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	1602	-58.0
55	Sotirov, Nikolaj	2092	BUL	−1B	−12N	=45N	F	F	F	0.5	11.0	11.0	0.50	1910	-15.2
56	Nenkov, Ljudmil	2047	BUL	−17N	−26B	F	F	=50B	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.50	1723	-23.4
57	Staykov, Stayko	1489	BUL	F	F	=51N	−10B	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.50	1089	-3.2
58	FIDE 2975181	0	—	F	F	F	−20B	F	=51N	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.50	900	0.0
59	Tsanov, Miroslav	1809	BUL	F	F	=20N	F	F	F	0.5	3.5	3.5	1.75	1700	-3.0
60	Glavchev, Stanislav	2046	BUL	F	F	F	=48B	F	F	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	2031	-0.4
61	Marinov, Petyo	1939	BUL	F	F	F	F	F	=62B	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2051	+6.0
62	Zhelev, Zhelcho	2051	BUL	F	F	F	F	F	=61N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1939	-6.0
63	Luizov, Hristo	1507	BUL	F	−21N	−18B	−26N	−49B	−19N	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1089	-18.4
64	Shishkov, Nikolay	1531	BUL	F	−52N	−12B	−23N	−47B	−53N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1131	-12.8
65	FIDE 2975173	0	—	F	−10N	F	−42N	F	−12B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1097	0.0
66	FIDE 2953587	0	—	−35N	−19N	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1151	0.0
67	Abdula, Adrian	1755	BUL	F	F	F	F	−43B	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1137	-10.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhelev, MomchilBUL
+59.6
2.5 pts · #22
2Mihaylov, BoyanBUL
+30.0
4.0 pts · #24
3Kochiev, IvanCMBUL
+26.8
4.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Bayatov, MarioBUL
-58.0
0.5 pts · #52
2Viktorov, GenadiBUL
-54.4
1.0 pts · #47
3Vasilev, Vasil AleksandrovBUL
-41.2
2.5 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R1+496 Elo gap
Parvanov, Mitko1842 beat Vasilev, Vasil Aleksandrov2338
R1+426 Elo gap
Mihalev, Daniil1817 beat IMNikolov, Sasho2243
R4+304 Elo gap
Angelov, Ivaylo1599 beat Bayatov, Mario1903