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Chess Final autumn, Under the aegis of BSCF

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Sliven, Bulgaria. Top 10 Elo average was 1786, and top seed was Dimitar Vandev (🇧🇬 BUL, 2014).

Mario Bayatov (🇧🇬 BUL, 1806) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Momchil Zhelev (5.5) and Dimitar Vandev (4.5). Bayatov won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Dimitar D Marinov (1626) beat Yancho Tod Dimov (1850), a +224-point gap.

Location
🇧🇬Sliven, Bulgaria
Dates
14 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬Dimitar Vandev2014
Avg top 10
1,786
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Mario Bayatov led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
4
1
2
2
2
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Bayatov takes lead
Bayatov#1Zhelev#2Vandev#3Ochkova#4Marinov#5Danev#6Bakalski#7Dimov#8
R6 · LEADER CHANGE16 Nov

Mario Bayatov takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mario Bayatov drew with Momchil Zhelev (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mario Bayatov 3 wins (R5–R7)Momchil Zhelev 4 wins (R4–R7)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇧🇬Bayatov, Mario1806*½111½116.018.0022.0+91.62092
2🇧🇬Zhelev, Momchil1826½*1011115.515.5022.5+62.42011
3🇧🇬Vandev, Dimitar201400*11½114.510.7523.5-23.41856
4🇧🇬Ochkova, Vasilena1670010*½1½14.010.7524.0+65.21852
5🇧🇬Marinov, Dimitar D1626000½*½113.05.7525.0+42.41759
7🇧🇬Bakalski, Martin1734½0½0½*012.56.7525.5-17.61692
6🇧🇬Danev, Veselin1763000½01*12.54.5025.5-30.81687
8🇧🇬Dimov, Yancho Tod18500000000*0.00.0028.0-166.4977

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets