Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF

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98 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Momchilgrad, Bulgaria. 7 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2156, and top seed was Stoyan Or Stoyanov (🇧🇬 BUL, FM, 2329).

Viktor Boev (🇧🇬 BUL, 2235) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Stoyan Or Stoyanov (5.5) and Sasho Nikolov (5.5). Boev won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Viktor Vranyashki (1699) beat Vladimir Pavlov (2043), a +344-point gap.

Location

🇧🇬Momchilgrad, Bulgaria

Dates

13 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇬FMStoyan Or Stoyanov2329

Avg top 10

2,156

Participants

Titled players · 7

IM×1

FM×1

CM×3

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇧🇬Bulgaria×60

🇹🇷Turkiye×22

🇬🇷Greece×5

🇲🇩Moldova×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇲🇰North Macedonia×1

Top 3

🥇
Viktor Boev
🇧🇬BUL·2235
6.5pts·2457perf+27.4
🥈
FMStoyan Or Stoyanov
🇧🇬BUL·2329
5.5pts·2255perf-7.8
🥉
IMSasho Nikolov
🇧🇬BUL·2228
5.5pts·2080perf-7.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Viktor Boev led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Boev6.5Stoyanov5.5Koev5.5Pavlov5.5Nikolov5.5Zaiarski5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Viktor Boev never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Viktor Boev drew with FM Stoyan Or Stoyanov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Viktor Boev 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Stoyan Or Stoyanov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Viktor Boev	*	½	—	—
2FMStoyan Or Stoyanov	½	*	—	½
3Georgi Koev	—	—	*	—
4Vladimir Pavlov	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Boev, Viktor	2235	BUL	+55N	+21B	+19N	+17B	=2N	+16B	+6N	6.5	28.5	31.5	28.75	2457	+27.4
2	Stoyanov, Stoyan OrFM	2329	BUL	+46B	+50N	+9B	=10N	=1B	+7B	=4N	5.5	30.5	34.0	25.50	2255	-7.8
3	Nikolov, SashoIM	2228	BUL	+51B	+26N	−7B	+27N	=5B	+25N	+9B	5.5	27.5	31.0	23.25	2080	-7.6
4	Pavlov, Vladimir	2043	BUL	+92B	−27N	+42B	+38N	+26B	+14N	=2B	5.5	26.5	27.5	20.75	2044	+4.6
5	Koev, Georgi	1891	BUL	+65N	−30B	+66N	+56B	=3N	+41B	+16N	5.5	24.0	27.0	20.25	2010	+42.8
6	Zaiarski, Stepan	2084	MDA	+68B	+23N	+14B	=7N	+18B	=8N	−1B	5.0	30.5	33.5	22.00	2103	+8.0
7	Siskou, EvangeliaWFM	1910	GRE	+74B	+56N	+3N	=6B	=12B	−2N	+27B	5.0	28.0	30.5	20.00	2115	+75.2
8	Mihaylov, BozhidarCM	2085	BUL	+36N	=57B	+31N	+20B	=11N	=6B	=13N	5.0	27.5	30.5	21.50	2044	-1.2
9	Kolev, Lachezar	2028	BUL	+47N	+54B	−2N	+28B	+35N	+11B	−3N	5.0	27.5	30.5	19.50	2080	+14.4
10	Ardenski, Dimitar	2081	BUL	+49N	+37B	+29N	=2B	−16N	=15B	+26N	5.0	27.0	30.5	20.75	2068	+3.0
11	Trendafilov, Simeon	2045	BUL	+44N	+28B	+30N	=16B	=8B	−9N	+31B	5.0	26.5	30.0	20.25	2000	-0.2
12	Ismail, Tamer	2201	BEL	+61N	+24B	=15N	=35B	=7N	=34B	+29N	5.0	26.5	29.5	20.50	2005	-24.6
13	Todev, SimeonCM	2136	BUL	+42B	=48N	=25B	+37N	=32B	+22N	=8B	5.0	25.5	29.0	20.75	2034	-19.2
14	Velkov, Ilija	1858	MKD	+80N	+58B	−6N	+55B	+17N	−4B	+34N	5.0	25.0	27.0	16.50	1976	+41.6
15	Hadzhaismail, Demir	1889	BUL	+75B	+63N	=12B	−18N	+83B	=10N	+33B	5.0	24.0	25.5	16.00	1987	+42.8
16	Ozkan, KaanCM	2087	TUR	+62B	+22N	+32B	=11N	+10B	−1N	−5B	4.5	30.5	33.5	19.00	2045	-6.8
17	Stoychev, Ognian	2064	BUL	+33B	+52N	+27B	−1N	−14B	+45B	=20N	4.5	27.5	31.0	17.25	1890	-20.6
18	Delchev, Petar	2096	BUL	+66N	=31B	+34N	+15B	−6N	+29B	F	4.5	26.5	29.5	18.00	2034	-5.4
19	Andreev, Simeon	2005	BUL	+60B	+38N	−1B	+46N	=25B	+32N	F	4.5	26.5	29.5	16.50	2047	+8.2
20	Metiner, Yekta Efe	1832	TUR	=25B	+76N	+48B	−8N	=31B	+60N	=17B	4.5	24.0	26.5	15.25	1915	+23.2
21	Malchev, Nikola	1839	BUL	+96B	−1N	+68B	−25N	+51B	=46N	+53B	4.5	24.0	24.0	11.75	1896	+13.2
22	Ince, Eymen Berat	1803	TUR	+94N	−16B	=49N	+47B	+59N	−13B	+45N	4.5	23.0	23.0	11.75	1765	-10.4
23	Malcheva, NiyaWCM	1746	BUL	+95N	−6B	+44N	=74B	−45N	+58B	+49N	4.5	21.0	21.0	11.25	1764	+2.4
24	Mutlu, Julide Aysu	1767	TUR	+77B	−12N	−33B	=75N	+76B	+74N	+46B	4.5	20.0	22.5	12.25	1674	-26.4
25	Baldzhiev, Plamen	0	BUL	=20N	+41B	=13N	+21B	=19N	−3B	=37N	4.0	28.0	32.0	17.50	1944	0.0
26	Ozturk, Mert Hasan	1837	TUR	+81N	−3B	+36N	+62B	−4N	+30B	−10B	4.0	27.0	28.5	12.50	1859	+3.2
27	Vranyashki, Viktor	1699	BUL	+91N	+4B	−17N	−3B	+61N	+44B	−7N	4.0	27.0	28.0	13.00	1877	+45.2
28	Kale, Tuna	1682	TUR	+43B	−11N	+75B	−9N	+42B	=39N	=32B	4.0	26.0	28.5	14.50	1827	+39.2
29	Lozanov, Svetoslav	1849	BUL	+67B	+87N	−10B	+33N	+39B	−18N	−12B	4.0	25.5	26.5	12.00	1887	+7.2
30	Vasileva, Cveta	1654	BUL	+79B	+5N	−11B	−32N	+71B	−26N	+60B	4.0	24.5	26.5	13.50	1759	+10.6
31	Kamenov, Valentin	1715	BUL	+84B	=18N	−8B	+76N	=20N	+55B	−11N	4.0	24.5	25.5	11.00	1868	+15.0
32	Esmer, Ege	1859	BUL	+78B	+82N	−16N	+30B	=13N	−19B	=28N	4.0	24.0	25.5	12.00	1837	-3.6
33	Karatas, Deniz Cinar	1548	TUR	−17N	+90B	+24N	−29B	+54N	+69B	−15N	4.0	24.0	25.0	11.50	1761	+58.4
34	Vangelov, Atanas	1814	BUL	=76B	+85N	−18B	+53N	+57B	=12N	−14B	4.0	23.5	24.5	11.25	1906	+18.8
35	Ilieva, Ralitsa	1870	BUL	=40N	+59B	+57N	=12N	−9B	−54B	+55N	4.0	23.0	26.0	13.50	1801	-9.0
36	Kaloyanov, Kaloyan	1570	BUL	−8B	+97N	−26B	+43N	=64B	+57N	=39B	4.0	23.0	23.0	10.50	1759	+40.4
37	Abdula, Adrian	1695	BUL	+89B	−10N	+60B	−13B	=62N	+75N	=25B	4.0	22.5	23.5	10.00	1754	+7.2
38	Osman, Erkin	1682	TUR	+98N	−19B	+65N	−4B	−44N	+59B	+58N	4.0	22.5	22.5	9.00	1647	-17.2
39	Atanasov, Aleksandar	1950	BUL	=59N	=40B	+61N	+54B	−29N	=28B	=36N	4.0	22.0	25.0	13.50	1692	-77.2
40	Yildiz, Muhammed Ege	1484	TUR	=35B	=39N	=53B	−50N	=52B	+79N	+63B	4.0	21.5	23.5	12.50	1772	+79.2
41	Kamber, Aydan	1732	BUL	=85B	−25N	+78B	+49N	+74B	−5N	=62B	4.0	20.5	21.5	10.00	1745	+3.0
42	Pidakev, Vladimir	1585	BUL	−13N	+94B	−4N	+84B	−28N	+86B	+54N	4.0	19.5	19.5	5.00	1640	+3.6
43	Lozev, Valentin	0	BUL	−28N	−44B	+81N	−36B	+89N	+61B	+56N	4.0	19.0	20.0	8.50	1540	0.0
44	Kurt, Ahmet Selim	1545	TUR	−11B	+43N	−23B	+73N	+38B	−27N	=52B	3.5	25.0	28.0	12.75	1604	+15.6
45	Borisov, Petar	0	BUL	−48B	+51N	+63B	=83N	+23B	−17N	−22B	3.5	23.5	25.0	11.75	1779	0.0
46	Karadzhov, Hristo	1648	BUL	−2N	+81B	+58N	−19B	+86N	=21B	−24N	3.5	23.5	24.5	7.75	1592	-5.6
47	Yuksel, Kayra	1535	TUR	−9B	+73N	=52B	−22N	−53B	+76N	+75B	3.5	22.0	24.5	9.75	1573	+4.4
48	Ivanov, Hristiyan	1830	BUL	+45N	=13B	−20N	−57B	+79B	−53N	+74B	3.5	22.0	24.0	10.50	1622	-27.6
49	Ganchev, Evgeni	1554	BUL	−10B	+89N	=22B	−41B	+85N	+64N	−23B	3.5	22.0	23.0	7.25	1636	+15.6
50	Sirin, Ahmet	1844	TUR	+93N	−2B	−62N	+40B	−55N	+70B	=51N	3.5	22.0	22.5	9.25	1614	-35.4
51	Ivanov, Georgi	1628	BUL	−3N	−45B	+90N	+82B	−21N	+71B	=50B	3.5	21.5	22.5	7.25	1701	+4.6
52	Velikova, Gabriela	1709	BUL	+88N	−17B	=47N	−59B	=40N	+80B	=44N	3.5	20.5	21.5	8.50	1535	-29.0
53	Candemir, Ozgur Deniz	1666	TUR	−87N	+93B	=40N	−34B	+47N	+48B	−21N	3.5	20.5	21.0	9.50	1700	+9.2
54	Mestan, Kazim	1676	BUL	+73B	−9N	+82B	−39N	−33B	+35N	−42B	3.0	24.0	25.5	8.50	1557	-32.8
55	Kurnaz, Duru	1646	TUR	−1B	+96N	+87B	−14N	+50B	−31N	−35B	3.0	24.0	24.0	4.50	1626	-6.8
56	Merdzhanov, Vladko	1666	BUL	+86B	−7B	+70N	−5N	−60B	+67N	−43B	3.0	23.5	24.5	7.00	1565	-14.0
57	Tomislavov, Stefan	1707	BUL	+97B	=8N	−35B	+48N	−34N	−36B	=59N	3.0	23.5	23.5	7.50	1656	-10.4
58	Kurtulmus, Ersin	0	TUR	+64B	−14N	−46B	+68N	+63B	−23N	−38B	3.0	23.0	26.0	9.00	1643	0.0
59	Kale, Bora	1518	TUR	=39B	−35N	+85B	+52N	−22B	−38N	=57B	3.0	23.0	24.0	8.00	1657	+35.2
60	Kichukova, Eva	1524	BUL	−19N	+72B	−37N	+87B	+56N	−20B	−30N	3.0	23.0	24.0	7.00	1514	-4.8
61	Vatkovski, Mitko	1619	BUL	−12B	+77N	−39B	+67N	−27B	−43N	+95B	3.0	22.5	22.5	5.50	1579	-7.0
62	Kacar, Kazim Bahadir	1576	TUR	−16N	+95B	+50B	−26N	=37B	F	=41N	3.0	21.5	21.5	7.50	1745	+37.6
63	Srebrev, Biser	1660	BUL	+69N	−15B	−45N	+80B	−58N	+84B	−40N	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.00	1475	-14.6
64	Sadula, Sevim	1690	BUL	−58N	+67B	−74N	+70B	=36N	−49B	=65N	3.0	19.5	22.0	9.50	1501	-28.8
65	Dikova, Bogdana	1507	BUL	−5B	+86N	−38B	−79N	+88B	=77N	=64B	3.0	18.0	19.0	4.75	1483	-4.4
66	Gyulestan, Fikri	1583	BUL	−18B	+84N	−5B	−71N	−75B	+90N	+88N	3.0	17.5	18.5	3.00	1510	-10.6
67	Sezer, Selahattin	1416	TUR	−29N	−64N	+91B	−61B	+72N	−56B	+86N	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.00	898	-27.2
68	Cinkiz, Nilay	1559	TUR	−6N	+88B	−21N	−58B	=82N	=81B	+84N	3.0	16.5	17.5	3.50	1099	-9.6
69	FIDE 51647079	0	—	−63B	=78N	−76B	=77N	+94B	−33N	+82N	3.0	15.5	15.5	3.75	1279	0.0
70	Kouvalakis, Andreas	1449	GRE	F	+79N	−56B	−64N	+90B	−50N	+77B	3.0	15.0	15.0	5.50	1468	0.0
71	Kampouris, Georgios	0	GRE	F	−92N	+96B	+66B	−30N	−51N	+78B	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	1497	0.0
72	Kouvalakis, Ioannis D	0	GRE	F	−60N	=77B	=78N	−67B	+94N	+80B	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.25	1366	0.0
73	FIDE 2979586	0	—	−54N	−47B	+94N	−44B	+81N	+85B	F	3.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	778	0.0
74	Saygi, Mehmet Tuna	1514	TUR	−7N	+91B	+64B	=23N	−41N	−24B	−48N	2.5	24.5	25.5	6.25	1585	+15.6
75	Gumus, Kerem	1496	TUR	−15N	+98B	−28N	=24B	+66N	−37B	−47N	2.5	24.0	24.0	5.25	1498	-3.2
76	Chaushev, Stanimir	0	BUL	=34N	−20B	+69N	−31B	−24N	−47B	+81N	2.5	23.5	25.0	6.50	1366	0.0
77	Dimitrov, Plamen S.	0	BUL	−24N	−61B	=72N	=69B	+87N	=65B	−70N	2.5	19.5	20.5	5.50	1262	0.0
78	Sav, Ege	1453	TUR	−32N	=69B	−41N	=72B	−84N	+82B	−71N	2.0	18.5	19.5	4.50	990	-9.6
79	Vaseva, Katerina	0	BUL	−30N	−70B	+88N	+65B	−48N	−40B	F	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	1344	0.0
80	Todorov, Valentin S.	1426	BUL	−14B	−83N	+97B	−63N	+91B	−52N	−72N	2.0	17.0	17.0	1.00	930	-24.0
81	Atanasov, Dimitar S.	0	BUL	−26B	−46N	−43B	+89N	−73B	=68N	−76B	1.5	20.0	21.0	2.50	1409	0.0
82	Govedarov, Georgi	0	BUL	+83B	−32B	−54N	−51N	=68B	−78N	−69B	1.5	18.5	20.0	3.00	1456	0.0
83	Petrov, Valeriy	1724	BUL	−82N	+80B	F	=45B	−15N	F	F	1.5	16.0	16.0	3.75	1658	-2.6
84	Govedarov, Kalin	0	BUL	−31N	−66B	F	−42N	+78B	−63N	−68B	1.0	19.0	19.0	2.00	1319	0.0
85	FIDE 2973952	0	—	=41N	−34B	−59N	F	−49B	−73N	=89B	1.0	18.5	19.0	2.50	1332	0.0
86	FIDE 2974363	0	—	−56N	−65B	+95N	F	−46B	−42N	−67B	1.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	765	0.0
87	Mustafa, Deniz	0	BUL	+53B	−29B	−55N	−60N	−77B	F	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	3.50	1478	0.0
88	Govedarov, Yoan	0	BUL	−52B	−68N	−79B	F	−65N	+91N	−66B	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	790	0.0
89	Krushkov, Anton	0	BUL	−37N	−49B	=93N	−81B	−43B	F	=85N	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.75	824	0.0
90	Kampouris, Alexandros	0	GRE	F	−33N	−51B	F	−70N	−66B	+94B	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	751	-57.2
91	Krushkov, Aleksandar	0	BUL	−27B	−74N	−67N	+95B	−80N	−88B	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	714	0.0
92	Stoychev, Erik	1536	BUL	−4N	+71B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1134	-3.2
93	FIDE 2979560	0	—	−50B	−53N	=89B	F	F	F	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.50	955	0.0
94	Atanasov, Plamen	0	BUL	−22B	−42N	−73B	F	−69N	−72B	−90N	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	811	0.0
95	Duran, Onur	0	BUL	−23B	−62N	−86B	−91N	F	F	−61N	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	848	0.0
96	FIDE 2973936	0	—	−21N	−55B	−71N	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	942	0.0
97	FIDE 2979365	0	—	−57N	−36B	−80N	F	F	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	768	0.0
98	FIDE 2940396	0	—	−38B	−75N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	792	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yildiz, Muhammed EgeTUR
+79.2
4.0 pts · #32
2Siskou, EvangeliaWFMGRE
+75.2
5.0 pts · #12
3Karatas, Deniz CinarTUR
+58.4
4.0 pts · #29

Top rating losers

1Atanasov, AleksandarBUL
-77.2
4.0 pts · #17
2Kampouris, AlexandrosGRE
-57.2
1.0 pts · #85
3Sirin, AhmetTUR
-35.4
3.5 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R2+344 Elo gap
Vranyashki, Viktor1699 beat Pavlov, Vladimir2043
R3+318 Elo gap
WFMSiskou, Evangelia1910 beat IMNikolov, Sasho2228
R3+268 Elo gap
Kacar, Kazim Bahadir1576 beat Sirin, Ahmet1844