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Sofia Cup 2026 - Balkan Rapid & Blitz Championships | Rapid

29 Aug 2026 · Sofia, Bulgaria · 9-round Swiss · 10'+5" Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Alireza Firouzja ★: No. 1, 7½/9, performance 2706 (-1)
GM Rauf Mamedov ★: No. 3, 6½/9, performance 2653 (+7)
GM Ediz Gurel ★: No. 10, 6/9, performance 2536 (+1)
GM Ivan Cheparinov ★: No. 11, 5½/8, performance 2557 (-5)
GM Nikolas Theodorou ★: No. 17, 4½/7, performance 2480 (-8)
GM Brandon Jacobson ★: No. 19, 4½/6, performance 2664 (+14)
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli ★: No. 30, 2/6, performance 2253 (-27)
IM Stavroula Tsolakidou ★: No. 44, 1/3, performance 2408 (+2)
IM Teodora Injac ★: No. 49, ½/3, performance 2275 (-6)
IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya ★: No. 60, 0/1, performance 1788 (-4)
GM Bella Khotenashvili ★: No. 62, 0/1, performance 1641 (-4)
IM Irina Bulmaga ★: No. 64, 0/1, performance 1738 (-2)
IM Nurgyul Salimova ★: No. 67, 0/2, performance 1763 (-8)
IM Lela Javakhishvili ★: No. 69, 0/2, performance 1720 (-5)
IM Laura Unuk ★: No. 70, 0/3, performance 1736 (-12)
IM Oliwia Kiolbasa ★: No. 71, 0/2, performance 1703 (-9)
WGM Nadya Toncheva ★: No. 76, 0/1, performance 1697 (-4)
WGM Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova ★: No. 82, 0/1, performance 1815 (-2)
WGM Liya Kurmangaliyeva ★: No. 89, 0/2, performance 1693 (-6)
IM Inna Gaponenko ★: No. 100

Standings

Standings, Sofia Cup 2026 - Balkan Rapid & Blitz Championships | Rapid
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Alireza Firouzja ★	FRA	2749	7½	9	2706	-1
2	GM Lorenzo Lodici	ITA	2497	7	9	2614	+14
3	GM Rauf Mamedov ★	AZE	2611	6½	9	2653	+7
4	GM Alexander Motylev	ROU	2588	6½	9	2544	-3
5	GM Vojtech Plat	SVK	2546	6½	9	2546	+1
6	GM Dimitris Alexakis	GRE	2544	6½	9	2585	+6
7	GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis	GRE	2515	6½	9	2547	+5
8	GM Ivan Salgado Lopez	ESP	2566	6	9	2531	-3
9	GM Sanan Sjugirov	HUN	2550	6	9	2588	+6
10	GM Ediz Gurel ★	TUR	2538	6	9	2536	+1
11	GM Ivan Cheparinov ★	BUL	2615	5½	8	2557	-5
12	GM Kiril Georgiev	BUL	2578	5½	8	2516	-5
13	GM Vahap Sanal	TUR	2541	5½	8	2500	-3
14	GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy	UKR	2509	5½	9	2451	-5
15	GM Kacper Piorun	POL	2516	5	9	2428	-10
16	IM Nderim Saraci	KOS	2510	5	8	2473	-3
17	GM Nikolas Theodorou ★	GRE	2592	4½	7	2480	-8
18	GM Denis Kadric	MNE	2545	4½	8	2397	-14
19	GM Brandon Jacobson ★	USA	2493	4½	6	2664	+14
20	GM Martin Petrov	BUL	2524	4	7	2383	-12
21	GM Momchil Petkov	BUL	2467	4	6	2634	+13
22	GM Stelios Halkias	GRE	2466	4	6	2548	+8
23	GM Lucas Van Foreest	NED	2463	4	6	2705	+19
24	IM Yannay Ben Ari	ISR	2418	4	6	2647	+19
25	IM Milos Stankovic	SRB	2459	3½	6	2566	+9
26	GM Sinisa Drazic	SRB	2432	3½	7	2524	+8
27	IM Lachezar Yordanov	BUL	2428	3½	7	2569	+13
28	GM Nikola Mitkov	MKD	2434	3	6	2410	-1
29	GM Cem Kaan Gokerkan	TUR	2427	3	5	2634	+14
30	GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli ★	ESP	2612	2	6	2253	-27
31	GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis	GRE	2469	2	4	2456	-1
32	GM Aleksander Delchev	SRB	2468	2	4	2469	0
33	FM Vladyslav Sydoryka	UKR	2361	2	2	3363	+30
34	FM Novak Dumbelovic	SRB	2351	2	2	3289	+14
35	IM Nikola Nikolovski	MKD	2397	1½	3	2507	+5
36	FM Peko Djurovic	MNE	2344	1½	2	2753	+21
37	FM Andrej Veljanoski	MKD	2341	1½	5	2413	+7
38	IM Antonios Kalogridis	GRE	2321	1½	3	2542	+17
39	GM Viacheslav Tilicheev	SRB	2447	1	4	2335	-6
40	GM Merab Gagunashvili	GEO	2446	1	1	3126	+3
41	IM Tsvetan Stoyanov	BUL	2439	1	4	2291	-7
42	GM Igor Glek	BEL	2396	1	2	2572	+5
43	FM Mihailo Djokic	SRB	2356	1	1	3361	+8
44	IM Stavroula Tsolakidou ★	GRE	2355	1	3	2408	+2
45	IM Nikola Kanov	BUL	2305	1	2	2528	+11
46	GM Vasil Spasov	BUL	2431	½	3	2225	-7
47	IM Emil Risteski	MKD	2405	½	4	2221	-8
48	GM Nikolai Ninov	BUL	2380	½	3	2250	-4
49	IM Teodora Injac ★	SRB	2364	½	3	2275	-6
50	GM G. Petar Arnaudov	BUL	2327	½	1	2546	+3
51	FM Dimitrios Papakonstantinou	GRE	2241	½	2	2311	+3
52	Aleksandar Tsolov	BUL	2196	½	1	2592	+17
53	Velin Simeonov	BUL	2075	½	2	2257	+12
54	IM Blazo Kalezic	MNE	2440	0	1	1669	-5
55	FM Danilo Besedes	SRB	2425	0	1	1741	-3
56	GM Milen Vasilev	BUL	2418	0	1	1815	-2
57	IM Andrej Ljepic	SRB	2396	0	3	1699	-11
58	GM Krasimir Rusev	BUL	2396	0	2	1763	-6
59	IM Ivan Sarenac	SRB	2389	0	2	1727	-6
60	IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya ★	POL	2363	0	1	1788	-4
62	GM Bella Khotenashvili ★	GEO	2359	0	1	1641	-4
64	IM Irina Bulmaga ★	ROU	2349	0	1	1738	-2
67	IM Nurgyul Salimova ★	BUL	2320	0	2	1763	-8
69	IM Lela Javakhishvili ★	GEO	2317	0	2	1720	-5
70	IM Laura Unuk ★	SLO	2300	0	3	1736	-12
71	IM Oliwia Kiolbasa ★	POL	2297	0	2	1703	-9
76	WGM Nadya Toncheva ★	BUL	2267	0	1	1697	-4
82	WGM Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova ★	UKR	2212	0	1	1815	-2
89	WGM Liya Kurmangaliyeva ★	KAZ	2177	0	2	1693	-6
100	IM Inna Gaponenko ★	UKR	2291

Showing the top 70 of 100 players, plus every top-100 player. See the full results page for everyone else.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Alireza Firouzja – Ivan Tisma	1-0
1.2	Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova – Ivan Cheparinov	0-1
1.3	Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli – Dimitar Daskalov	1-0
1.4	Stojan Lubomirov Ivanov – Rauf Mamedov	0-1
1.5	Nikolas Theodorou – Aleksandar Tsolov	½-½
1.10	Liya Kurmangaliyeva – Vojtech Plat	0-1
1.14	Jose Garcia Molina – Ediz Gurel	0-1
2.1	Andrej Veljanoski – Alireza Firouzja	0-1
2.2	Ivan Cheparinov – Teodora Injac	1-0
2.3	Antonios Kalogridis – Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli	1-0
2.4	Rauf Mamedov – Vladyslav Sydoryka	0-1
2.5	Alexander Motylev – Stavroula Tsolakidou	1-0
2.8	Laura Unuk – Sanan Sjugirov	0-1
2.13	Ediz Gurel – Nurgyul Salimova	1-0
2.15	Kacper Piorun – Lela Javakhishvili	1-0
2.19	Lorenzo Lodici – Oliwia Kiolbasa	1-0
2.20	Dimitrios Papakonstantinou – Brandon Jacobson	0-1
3.1	Alireza Firouzja – Momchil Petkov	½-½
3.2	Lucas Van Foreest – Ivan Cheparinov	1-0
3.3	Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli – Vasil Spasov	1-0
3.4	Viacheslav Tilicheev – Rauf Mamedov	0-1
3.12	Krasimir Rusev – Ediz Gurel	0-1
3.20	Nikolas Theodorou – Aleksandra Maltsevskaya	1-0
4.1	Ediz Gurel – Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli	1-0
4.2	Rauf Mamedov – Kacper Piorun	1-0
4.7	Lachezar Yordanov – Alireza Firouzja	0-1
4.8	Momchil Petkov – Nikolas Theodorou	0-1
4.13	Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis – Inna Gaponenko	*
4.16	Ivan Cheparinov – Luka Ristic	*
4.17	Alexander Motylev – Nurgyul Salimova	1-0
4.19	Lela Javakhishvili – Martin Petrov	0-1
4.20	Nderim Saraci – Oliwia Kiolbasa	1-0
5.1	Dimitris Alexakis – Rauf Mamedov	0-1
5.2	Sanan Sjugirov – Ediz Gurel	½-½
5.3	Nikolas Theodorou – Sinisa Drazic	½-½
5.4	Alireza Firouzja – Nikola Mitkov	1-0
5.8	Milen Vasilev – Ivan Cheparinov	0-1
5.9	Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli – Cem Kaan Gokerkan	0-1
5.17	Nadya Toncheva – Lorenzo Lodici	0-1
5.18	Brandon Jacobson – Hristiyan Iliev	1-0
5.19	Aleksander Delchev – Laura Unuk	1-0
6.1	Rauf Mamedov – Sanan Sjugirov	1-0
6.2	Sinisa Drazic – Alireza Firouzja	0-1
6.3	Ediz Gurel – Lucas Van Foreest	0-1
6.4	Ivan Cheparinov – Vitaliy Bernadskiy	½-½
6.5	Nderim Saraci – Nikolas Theodorou	1-0
6.6	Alexander Motylev – Brandon Jacobson	0-1
6.20	Bella Khotenashvili – Milos Stankovic	0-1
7.1	Alireza Firouzja – Rauf Mamedov	½-½
7.4	Brandon Jacobson – Kacper Piorun	1-0
7.6	Aleksander Delchev – Ivan Cheparinov	½-½
7.10	Milos Stankovic – Ediz Gurel	1-0
7.14	Nikolas Theodorou – Lachezar Yordanov	½-½
7.18	Teodora Injac – Vasil Spasov	½-½
8.1	Rauf Mamedov – Brandon Jacobson	½-½
8.2	Lucas Van Foreest – Alireza Firouzja	0-1
8.8	Ivan Cheparinov – Viacheslav Tilicheev	1-0
8.10	Kacper Piorun – Stavroula Tsolakidou	0-1
8.14	Laura Unuk – Nikolas Theodorou	0-1
8.15	Alexander Motylev – Teodora Injac	1-0
8.19	Ediz Gurel – Irina Bulmaga	1-0
9.1	Alireza Firouzja – Sanan Sjugirov	½-½
9.2	Dimitrios Mastrovasilis – Rauf Mamedov	½-½
9.3	Brandon Jacobson – Dimitris Alexakis	0-1
9.4	Stelios Halkias – Ivan Cheparinov	½-½
9.7	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Lorenzo Lodici	0-1
9.10	Nikolas Theodorou – Blazo Kalezic	*
9.13	Tsvetan Stoyanov – Ediz Gurel	½-½
9.16	Sinisa Drazic – Liya Kurmangaliyeva	1-0
9.17	Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli – Peko Djurovic	0-1

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