Trayana CUP 2026, Under the aegis of BSCF
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45 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1877, and top seed was Aleksandar Tsolov (🇧🇬 BUL, 2032).
Aleksandar Tsolov (🇧🇬 BUL, 2032) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Denis Shvenk (5.5) and Georgi Koev (5.5). Tsolov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Svitlana Russieva (1551) beat Momchil Zhelev (1924), a +373-point gap.
Location
🇧🇬Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Dates
23 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇬Bulgaria×27
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 4 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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11
6
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4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
Nikola Malchev held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 5.5/7. Tsolov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.5).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Nikola Malchev 4 wins (R1–R4)Denis Shvenk 3 wins (R1–R3)Aleksandar Tsolov 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikola Malchev | * | — | 0 | — |
| 2Denis Shvenk | — | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Aleksandar Tsolov | 1 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Georgi Koev | — | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsolov, Aleksandar | 2032 | BUL | +27B | +14N | +8B | =3N | +4B | −2N | +9B | 5.5 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 25.25 | 1990 | -6.8 |
| 2 | Shvenk, Denis | 1965 | BUL | +37N | +15B | +5N | =12B | =13N | +1B | =3N | 5.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 23.75 | 2022 | +18.8 |
| 3 | Koev, Georgi | 1830 | BUL | +43B | +10N | +21B | =1B | +12N | =7N | =2B | 5.5 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 22.00 | 1993 | +52.4 |
| 4 | Malchev, Nikola | 1832 | BUL | +33N | +16B | +17N | +6B | −1N | =5B | +13N | 5.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 23.00 | 1950 | +38.8 |
| 5 | Vangelov, Atanas | 1785 | BUL | +44B | +9N | −2B | +10N | +14B | =4N | =7B | 5.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 20.25 | 1867 | +28.8 |
| 6 | Russieva, Svitlana | 1551 | UKR | +29B | +13B | +11N | −4N | +8B | −9N | +14B | 5.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 21.50 | 1905 | +104.0 |
| 7 | Popzafirov, Danail | 1909 | BUL | +28N | +18B | −12N | +16B | +15N | =3B | =5N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 20.25 | 1817 | -22.8 |
| 8 | Malcheva, NiyaWCM | 1828 | BUL | +36N | +19B | −1N | +23B | −6N | +16B | +20N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 18.00 | 1702 | -25.6 |
| 9 | Georgiev, Georgi M | 1504 | BUL | +34N | −5B | +40N | +17B | +25N | +6B | −1N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 17.50 | 1748 | +45.2 |
| 10 | Ochkova, Maria | 1545 | BUL | +25N | −3B | +34N | −5B | +22N | +15B | +21N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 17.50 | 1717 | +34.4 |
| 11 | Zhelev, Momchil | 1924 | BUL | +31B | −21N | −6B | +38N | +27B | +12B | +18N | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 16.50 | 1619 | -54.8 |
| 12 | Ochkova, Vasilena | 1764 | BUL | +38N | +23B | +7B | =2N | −3B | −11N | +25N | 4.5 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 16.75 | 1820 | +10.4 |
| 13 | Bayatov, Mario | 1898 | BUL | +24B | −6N | +27B | +20N | =2B | +21N | −4B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 16.75 | 1700 | -44.8 |
| 14 | Bakalski, Martin | 1697 | BUL | +35N | −1B | +28N | +22B | −5N | +19B | −6N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 13.50 | 1517 | -39.2 |
| 15 | Marinov, Dimitar D | 1669 | BUL | +30B | −2N | +31B | +26N | −7B | −10N | +28B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 12.50 | 1006 | -40.8 |
| 16 | Kichukova, Eva | 1523 | BUL | +39B | −4N | +30B | −7N | +29B | −8N | +32B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 11.00 | 1056 | -14.8 |
| 17 | Georgiev, Radmil | 1754 | BUL | +45B | +22N | −4B | −9N | −21B | +30N | +31B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.50 | 839 | -77.2 |
| 18 | Kaloyanov, Kaloyan | 1581 | BUL | +41B | −7N | −24B | +30N | +31B | +23N | −11B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 11.50 | 1117 | -9.6 |
| 19 | Doykov, Ivan | 1472 | BUL | +32B | −8N | −22B | +24N | +26B | −14N | +29B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 13.00 | 962 | -13.2 |
| 20 | Kostadinova, Fabiyana | 1570 | BUL | −22N | +40B | +33N | −13B | +24N | +32B | −8B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 11.50 | 1063 | -12.4 |
| 21 | Ekimov, Ivan | 1601 | BUL | +42N | +11B | −3N | =25B | +17N | −13B | −10B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 12.25 | 1718 | +29.2 |
| 22 | Petrov, Kiril | 0 | BUL | +20B | −17B | +19N | −14N | −10B | +?N | =23B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.75 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Dimitrov, Teodor | 0 | BUL | +26B | −12N | +32B | −8N | +39B | −18B | =22N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 10.25 | 924 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Ivanov, Rumen V | 0 | BUL | −13N | +29B | +18N | −19B | −20B | =26N | +?B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 1437 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Pisev, Ivan | 0 | BUL | −10B | +43N | +?B | =21N | −9B | +27N | −12B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.75 | 1277 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 2976749 | 0 | — | −23N | +38B | +37N | −15B | −19N | =24B | +39N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 7.75 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2947609 | 0 | — | −1N | +35B | −13N | +34B | −11N | −25B | +40N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 8.00 | 1151 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 2977966 | 0 | — | −7B | +41N | −14B | −29N | +35B | +34N | −15N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 8.00 | 958 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2968932 | 0 | — | −6N | −24N | +44B | +28B | −16N | +37B | −19N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 6.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Naydenov, Hristo | 0 | BUL | −15N | +37B | −16N | −18B | +33N | −17B | +38N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 7.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Gospodinov, Petar | 0 | BUL | −11N | +42B | −15N | +40B | −18N | +39B | −17N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 932 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 2952270 | 0 | — | −19N | +36B | −23N | +33B | +?B | −20N | −16N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.50 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Kisyov, Georgi | 0 | BUL | −4B | +39N | −20B | −32N | −30B | +36N | +41B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 6.50 | 901 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 2978539 | 0 | — | −9B | +44N | −10B | −27N | +43N | −28B | +42N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 3.50 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 2973715 | 0 | — | −14B | −27N | +43B | −?N | −28N | +45B | +37N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 896 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 2978512 | 0 | — | −8B | −32N | +42B | −39N | =41N | −33B | +43B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 3.50 | 1028 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 2977958 | 0 | — | −2B | −30N | −26B | +45N | +38B | −29N | −35B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 3.00 | 1165 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 2959178 | 0 | — | −12B | −26N | +41B | −11B | −37N | +44N | −30B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 3.00 | 1044 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 2977516 | 0 | — | −16N | −33B | +45N | +36B | −23N | −31N | −26B | 2.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 3.50 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 2968940 | 0 | — | +?B | −20N | −9B | −31N | −44B | +43N | −27B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.00 | 737 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 2970996 | 0 | — | −18N | −28B | −38N | +44N | =36B | =42B | −33N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 780 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 2974363 | 0 | — | −21B | −31N | −36N | −43B | +45B | =41N | −34B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 2970953 | 0 | — | −3N | −25B | −35N | +42N | −34B | −40B | −36N | 1.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 1.50 | 1030 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 2978520 | 0 | — | −5N | −34B | −29N | −41B | +40N | −38B | −45N | 1.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 984 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 2978776 | 0 | — | −17N | −?N | −39B | −37B | −42N | −35N | +44B | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 954 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Russieva, SvitlanaUKR+104.05.0 pts · #5
- 2Koev, GeorgiBUL+52.45.5 pts · #4
- 3Georgiev, Georgi MBUL+45.25.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Georgiev, RadmilBUL-77.24.0 pts · #41
- 2Zhelev, MomchilBUL-54.85.0 pts · #11
- 3Bayatov, MarioBUL-44.84.5 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R3+373 Elo gap
- R2+347 Elo gap
- R2+323 Elo gap