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DIUP Boys 9

Open SwissStandard

28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 03 Nov 2025 in Borovetz, Bulgaria. Top 10 Elo average was 1537, and top seed was Pavel Lozanov (πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬ BUL, 1680).

Ivan Ekimov (πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬ BUL, 1615) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Valeri P. Petrov (5.5) and Momchil Kotsev (5.0). Ekimov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Valeri P. Petrov (1502) beat Pavel Lozanov (1680), a +178-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬Borovetz, Bulgaria
Dates
31 Oct 2025 β†’ 03 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 7 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬Pavel Lozanov1680
Avg top 10
1,537
Participants
28
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬BulgariaΓ—21
Top 3
  • πŸ₯‡
    Ivan Ekimov
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬BULΒ·1615
    6.0ptsΒ·1811perf+55.2
  • πŸ₯ˆ
    Valeri P. Petrov
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬BULΒ·1502
    5.5ptsΒ·1745perf+40.0
  • πŸ₯‰
    Momchil Kotsev
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬BULΒ·1574
    5.0ptsΒ·1552perf-4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 7 rounds

Ivan Ekimov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
12
5
1
3
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Ekimov takes lead
Ekimov6Petrov5.5Kotsev5Hadzhiev5Tsvetkov5Yolov5
R6 Β· LEADER CHANGE02 Nov

Ivan Ekimov takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R4 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND

Ivan Ekimov beat Valeri P. Petrov (White).

WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers

Ivan Ekimov 4 wins (R3–R6)Valeri P. Petrov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ivan Ekimov*
1
1
β€”
2Valeri P. Petrov
0
*
Β½
1
3Momchil Kotsev
0
Β½
*β€”
4Daniel V. Hadzhievβ€”
0
β€”*

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#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Ekimov, Ivan1615BUL+9N=10B+13N+2B+7N+3B=4N6.028.032.027.501811+55.2
2Petrov, Valeri P.1502BUL+22N+23B+21Bβˆ’1N+5N+7B=3N5.525.527.519.001745+40.0
3Kotsev, Momchil1574BUL+16B+14N=4B+8N+11Bβˆ’1N=2B5.028.531.520.251552-4.8
4Yolov, Kaloyan1433BUL+15N+24B=3Nβˆ’7B+8N+9N=1B5.027.529.519.501544+13.6
5Hadzhiev, Daniel V.0BUL+11Bβˆ’6N+23B+12Nβˆ’2B+14N+9B5.026.028.017.5015210.0
6Tsvetkov, Boril1530BUL+19N+5B=7Nβˆ’21B=10B+16N+11B5.023.526.019.251611+20.4
7Lozanov, Pavel1680BUL+26B+12N=6B+4Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’2N+16B4.528.529.515.501506-70.8
8Nikolov, Georgi Ros.0BUL=17N+?B+10Nβˆ’3Bβˆ’4B+22N+12B4.523.523.512.0014900.0
9Dzhigolinov, Yoan0BULβˆ’1B+18N+14B+16N+21Nβˆ’4Bβˆ’5N4.025.528.012.0014220.0
10Dimitrov, Aleksandar M.1426BUL+18B=1Nβˆ’8B+17B=6Nβˆ’11N+24B4.025.527.513.501542+24.0
11Petkov, Velizar1580BULβˆ’5N+17B+19N+20Bβˆ’3N+10Bβˆ’6N4.025.028.013.001487-25.2
12Todorov, Valentin S.1422BUL+25Nβˆ’7B+15Nβˆ’5B+20N+21Bβˆ’8N4.023.024.510.501705+25.6
13Georgiev, Stefan K.1420BUL+20Bβˆ’21Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’18N+25B+23N+22B4.019.020.59.00804-20.8
14Kirilov, Boris0BUL+?Nβˆ’3Bβˆ’9N+24B+19Nβˆ’5B=21N3.521.521.56.2515620.0
15FIDE 29775320β€”βˆ’4B+28Nβˆ’12B+26Nβˆ’16B=25N+27N3.515.515.52.756280.0
16Ibryamov, Deniz0BULβˆ’3N+25B+24Nβˆ’9B+15Nβˆ’6Bβˆ’7N3.024.025.57.008320.0
17Peev, Bogdan1437BUL=8Bβˆ’11N+27Bβˆ’10N=23B+18Nβˆ’20B3.020.521.57.25717-32.0
18Roglev, Teodor0BULβˆ’10Nβˆ’9B+?N+13Bβˆ’22Nβˆ’17B+26N3.018.518.55.0014520.0
19FIDE 29731970β€”βˆ’6B+27Nβˆ’11B+25Nβˆ’14Bβˆ’24N+23B3.018.019.04.507550.0
20Stoyanov, Krum0BULβˆ’13NF+26Bβˆ’11Nβˆ’12B+?B+17N3.016.016.04.0014090.0
21Genov, Krum1592BULF+13Bβˆ’2N+6Nβˆ’9Bβˆ’12N=14B2.526.026.010.751475-25.2
22FIDE 29731620β€”βˆ’2Bβˆ’26N+28B=23N+18Bβˆ’8Bβˆ’13N2.520.020.04.006860.0
23Todorov, Momchil Kaloyan0BUL+27Bβˆ’2Nβˆ’5N=22B=17Nβˆ’13Bβˆ’19N2.023.024.03.7511970.0
24Tonchev, Mario0BULFβˆ’4Nβˆ’16Bβˆ’14N+26B+19Bβˆ’10N2.019.519.54.006310.0
25FIDE 29741930β€”βˆ’12Bβˆ’16NFβˆ’19Bβˆ’13N=15B+28N1.517.517.51.756210.0
26FIDE 29656820β€”βˆ’7N+22Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’15Bβˆ’24NFβˆ’18B1.018.518.52.5010180.0
27FIDE 29660770β€”βˆ’23Nβˆ’19Bβˆ’17Nβˆ’?BF+28Nβˆ’15B1.011.511.50.006810.0
28FIDE 29699390β€”Fβˆ’15Bβˆ’22NFβˆ’?Nβˆ’27Bβˆ’25B0.011.011.00.007210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets β€” the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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