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Sofia Cup 2026 - Balkan Rapid & Blitz Championships | Rapid
Rapid Blitz 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. 100Standings
Standings, Sofia Cup 2026 - Balkan Rapid & Blitz Championships | Rapid # Name Fed Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 GM Mamedov, Rauf ★ AZE 2611 7.5 52 2487 6 5 2 GM Firouzja, Alireza ★ FRA 2749 7.5 50.5 2433 6 4 3 GM Alexakis, Dimitris GRE 2544 7.5 49 2426 7 5 4 GM Sjugirov, Sanan HUN 2550 7 50 2469 6 5 5 GM Petkov, Momchil BUL 2445 7 48 2419 6 5 6 GM Lodici, Lorenzo ITA 2497 7 47.5 2392 6 5 7 IM Stankovic, Milos SRB 2441 7 45.5 2389 6 4 8 GM Delchev, Aleksander SRB 2468 7 43 2364 5 4 9 GM Plat, Vojtech SVK 2546 6.5 49 2378 4 5 10 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2515 6.5 48.5 2382 4 4 11 GM Drazic, Sinisa SRB 2441 6.5 47 2448 6 4 12 IM Ben Ari, Yannay ISR 2418 6.5 46 2379 4 4 13 GM Jacobson, Brandon ★ USA 2493 6.5 45.5 2383 6 4 14 GM Theodorou, Nikolas ★ GRE 2592 6.5 45.5 2351 5 4 15 GM Cheparinov, Ivan ★ BUL 2615 6.5 45 2404 5 5 16 GM Halkias, Stelios GRE 2457 6.5 45 2340 4 4 17 GM Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis GRE 2469 6.5 44 2318 6 5 18 GM Sanal, Vahap TUR 2541 6.5 42 2338 5 4 19 FM Dumbelovic, Novak SRB 2351 6.5 37 2172 6 4 20 GM Van Foreest, Lucas NED 2444 6 50.5 2472 5 4 21 GM Gurel, Ediz ★ TUR 2538 6 47 2412 5 5 22 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP 2566 6 47 2406 4 4 23 IM Saraci, Nderim KOS 2510 6 46.5 2362 5 5 24 GM Spasov, Vasil BUL 2442 6 46 2349 5 5 25 GM Tilicheev, Viacheslav SRB 2442 6 43.5 2347 6 4 26 GM Gokerkan, Cem Kaan TUR 2427 6 43 2379 3 4 27 IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula ★ GRE 2355 6 42 2331 6 4 28 WGM Toncheva, Nadya ★ BUL 2267 6 41.5 2271 6 4 29 IM Ljepic, Andrej SRB 2395 6 41 2239 6 4 30 IM Stoyanov, Tsvetan BUL 2437 6 38.5 2303 5 4 31 GM Gagunashvili, Merab GEO 2446 6 38 2206 5 4 32 FM Djurovic, Peko MNE 2344 6 37 2231 5 4 33 GM Tadic, Branko SRB 2423 6 37 2184 6 4 34 FM Sydoryka, Vladyslav UKR 2361 6 36.5 2198 6 4 35 GM Motylev, Alexander ROU 2588 5.5 48 2377 5 4 36 FM Yordanov, Lachezar BUL 2393 5.5 46 2448 4 4 37 GM Bernadskiy, Vitaliy UKR 2509 5.5 45.5 2370 3 4 38 IM Nikolovski, Nikola MKD 2396 5.5 45 2310 4 4 39 IM Kanov, Nikola BUL 2305 5.5 45 2290 5 4 40 WGM Kurmangaliyeva, Liya ★ KAZ 2177 5.5 44.5 2318 5 4 41 IM Kalezic, Blazo MNE 2440 5.5 44.5 2316 5 4 42 GM Mitkov, Nikola MKD 2459 5.5 44 2346 5 5 43 IM Risteski, Emil MKD 2378 5.5 43 2273 5 4 44 FM Veljanoski, Andrej MKD 2341 5.5 42.5 2350 5 5 45 WGM Mehmed, Elif SRB 2089 5.5 42 2257 5 4 46 IM Blanco Acevedo, Cristobal Jose VEN 2219 5.5 41.5 2233 5 4 47 IM Nikolov, Sasho BUL 2266 5.5 40 2244 5 4 48 IM Javakhishvili, Lela ★ GEO 2317 5.5 39.5 2337 4 4 49 IM Salimova, Nurgyul ★ BUL 2320 5.5 39.5 2228 5 4 50 IM Injac, Teodora ★ SRB 2364 5.5 39 2284 5 4 51 FM Milovic, Jovan MNE 2267 5.5 39 2204 5 4 52 WGM Krasteva, Beloslava BUL 2258 5.5 39 2131 5 4 53 IM Bulmaga, Irina ★ ROU 2349 5.5 38 2195 5 4 54 WIM Velikic, Adela SRB 2258 5.5 38 2146 5 5 55 FM Besedes, Danilo SRB 2425 5.5 37.5 2186 5 5 56 GM Enchev, Ivajlo BUL 2431 5.5 37 2185 4 5 57 IM Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra ★ POL 2377 5.5 37 2175 5 5 58 GM Drenchev, Petar BUL 2319 5.5 36 2130 5 5 59 GM Piorun, Kacper POL 2516 5 49 2385 5 5 60 IM Unuk, Laura ★ SLO 2300 5 48 2369 5 5 61 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo ★ ESP 2612 5 43.5 2349 5 4 62 GM Ninov, Nikolai BUL 2384 5 43.5 2295 4 5 63 GM Glek, Igor BEL 2420 5 42 2302 5 5 64 IM Gaponenko, Inna ★ UKR 2291 5 41 2298 4 4 65 IM Kalogridis, Antonios GRE 2321 5 40.5 2328 4 4 66 Iliev, Hristiyan BUL 2326 5 40.5 2216 5 5 67 FM Oliinyk, Serafym SRB 2269 5 40 2270 5 5 68 GM Arnaudov, G. Petar BUL 2327 5 39.5 2240 4 4 69 CM Todev, Simeon BUL 2133 5 39.5 2228 3 5 70 GM Khotenashvili, Bella ★ GEO 2359 5 39.5 2176 4 5 71 Daskalov, Dimitar BUL 2211 5 37 2186 5 5 72 Ivanov, Stojan Lubomirov BUL 2209 5 37 2156 4 4 73 Ivelinov, Hristo BUL 2099 5 35 2113 5 4 74 Dimitrov, Alexander BUL 2023 5 32 2129 5 5 75 GM Lukov, Valentin BUL 2388 5 31 2071 5 4 76 GM Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2578 4.5 46 2364 4 5 77 FM Jun, Rudolf CZE 2231 4.5 44.5 2296 3 5 78 Popzafirov, Danail BUL 2103 4.5 44 2279 4 4 79 FM Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios GRE 2241 4.5 44 2266 3 5 80 IM Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi IND 2198 4.5 43.5 2309 4 4 81 GM Kadric, Denis MNE 2545 4.5 41.5 2360 4 4 82 AIM Georgiev, Konstantin BUL 1970 4.5 40 2273 4 5 83 GM Vasilev, Milen BUL 2418 4.5 40 2263 3 4 84 CM Kochiev, Ivan BUL 2228 4.5 40 2218 4 4 85 IM Kiolbasa, Oliwia ★ POL 2297 4.5 40 2191 3 4 86 Olander, Aleksi FIN 2110 4.5 40 2185 4 5 87 Valev, Valentin BUL 2181 4.5 39.5 2236 4 5 88 Dimitrov, Martin BUL 2024 4.5 39.5 2215 3 5 89 FM Filev, Georgi BUL 2245 4.5 38.5 2141 3 4 90 IM Sarenac, Ivan SRB 2404 4.5 37.5 2269 4 5 91 Modler, Andreas Dr. GER 2098 4.5 37.5 2153 4 5 92 FM Kochavi, Dana ISR 2058 4.5 37 2222 4 5 93 FM Djokic, Mihailo SRB 2418 4.5 37 2178 4 4 94 FM Mitev, Valentin BUL 2296 4.5 36.5 2178 4 5 95 CM Ivanov, Svetlen BUL 2054 4.5 36.5 2165 4 4 96 FM Garcia Molina, Jose ESP 2157 4.5 36.5 2120 4 4 97 Milchev, Miroslav BUL 2185 4.5 36 2195 3 4 98 Vichev, Ivaylo BUL 1945 4.5 35.5 2205 4 5 99 IM Weber, Tom LUX 2362 4.5 35.5 2170 4 5 100 Danov, Valentin BUL 2033 4.5 34.5 2159 4 4
Show all 185 players Standings, Sofia Cup 2026 - Balkan Rapid & Blitz Championships | Rapid # Name Fed Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 101 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2216 4.5 34 2062 4 4 102 Pavlov, Vladimir BUL 2078 4.5 34 2053 4 5 103 Stavrev, Nikolai BUL 2351 4.5 33.5 2134 4 5 104 Velikov, Nikola BUL 2019 4.5 32.5 2126 4 5 105 WGM Nikolova, Adriana BUL 2123 4 41.5 2273 3 5 106 FM Ristic, Luka SRB 2324 4 40.5 2281 4 4 107 FM Nikolov, Rumen BUL 2137 4 39.5 2267 2 4 108 WGM Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta ★ UKR 2212 4 39.5 2166 3 5 109 Ardenski, Dimitar BUL 2011 4 39 2238 3 4 110 GM Petrov, Martin BUL 2524 4 38.5 2328 4 3 111 CM Andreev, Stanislav BUL 2037 4 37.5 2225 3 5 112 FM Tonkov, Boyan BUL 2273 4 37.5 2161 4 5 113 Delchev, Petar BUL 2122 4 37.5 2138 3 5 114 WGM Papp, Petra HUN 2194 4 37 2208 4 4 115 Popov, Ilian BUL 2007 4 36 2150 4 5 116 GM Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2401 4 35 2252 4 3 117 Shvenk, Denis BUL 2015 4 35 2165 3 5 118 AFM Tsolov, Aleksandar BUL 2196 4 35 2163 2 5 119 Zhelev, Zhelcho BUL 1952 4 34 2156 4 4 120 FM Yordanov, Nikolay Plamenov BUL 2236 4 34 2123 4 4 121 Djukanovic, Mitar MNE 2011 4 34 2110 3 4 122 Tsvetanov, Teodor BUL 2037 4 34 2062 4 5 123 Stoinev, Metodi BUL 2158 4 33.5 2074 4 5 124 CM Stoimenidis, Dimitrios GRE 2037 4 33 2160 3 4 125 Kalnins, Toms LAT 2104 4 32 2137 3 4 126 Hristov, Nikolay Valeriev BUL 2170 4 31.5 2069 3 5 127 Misini, Burhanudin KOS 2030 4 31.5 2064 4 4 128 Trendafilov, Simeon BUL 2169 3.5 44 2314 3 4 129 Simeonov, Velin BUL 2000 3.5 43 2296 3 5 130 Stoychev, Ognian BUL 2063 3.5 39 2224 3 4 131 Ismail, Tamer BEL 2145 3.5 37.5 2214 3 5 132 Petkov, Rostislav BUL 1958 3.5 37 2179 2 4 133 Andreev, Simeon BUL 2013 3.5 36 2252 2 4 134 Marzakov, Mihail BUL 2005 3.5 35 2129 2 5 135 WFM Naymanova, Patricie BUL 1967 3.5 34 2190 1 5 136 Todorov, Todor Spirov BUL 2157 3.5 34 2077 2 5 137 Raev, Rostislav BUL 2085 3.5 33 2066 3 5 138 AIM Zhelev, Momchil BUL 1964 3.5 32.5 2138 3 5 139 Bayatov, Mario BUL 1918 3.5 32.5 2095 3 4 140 Alexandri, Dimitra GRE 2140 3.5 32.5 2024 3 5 141 WIM Raeva, Elitsa BUL 2067 3.5 32 2007 3 4 142 Zahariev, Velislav BUL 1715 3.5 31.5 2123 3 5 143 WCM Rasheva, Nora BUL 1841 3.5 31.5 2058 3 4 144 Vutov, Mario BUL 2269 3.5 31.5 2031 3 5 145 Vasilev, Aleksandar BUL 1955 3.5 31 2044 3 4 146 Genov, Radoslav BUL 2047 3.5 30.5 2050 3 5 147 Asenov, Yordan BUL 1984 3.5 29 2050 3 5 148 WFM Tadic, Katarina SRB 2005 3.5 29 2012 3 5 149 Todorov, Tsetsko BUL 2079 3.5 28.5 1945 3 4 150 WGM Voyska, Margarita BUL 2140 3.5 28 1944 3 4 151 CM Tisma, Ivan SRB 2216 3 42 2236 3 5 152 Boev, Viktor BUL 2193 3 37.5 2161 2 4 153 Hadzhaismail, Demir BUL 1815 3 36.5 2139 3 5 154 Tutekov, Teodor BUL 2022 3 36.5 2125 3 5 155 Zaiarski, Stepan MDA 2033 3 36 2179 3 4 156 Nenova, Andzhelika BUL 1926 3 35 2202 3 4 157 Nikolovska, Dragana MKD 1848 3 28.5 2045 2 4 158 Dyakov, Martin BUL 2021 3 28 1987 3 5 159 Hristova, Ivelina BUL 1943 3 25.5 1970 2 4 160 Atanassov, Radislav BUL 1968 3 25.5 1958 2 5 161 Esmer, Ege BUL 2012 2.5 37 2127 1 5 162 Zlatkov, Nikolay BUL 2018 2.5 35 2124 1 5 163 Botev, Stanislav BUL 1998 2.5 35 2116 2 5 164 Georgiev, Biser BUL 2154 2.5 32 2079 2 4 165 Velitchkov, Martin GER 1760 2.5 32 2055 2 5 166 Belchev, Valeri BUL 1913 2.5 32 2034 1 5 167 AFM Velchev, Yoan BUL 1854 2.5 31.5 2035 2 5 168 Ilieva, Ralitsa BUL 1810 2.5 30 2058 2 4 169 WCM Malcheva, Niya BUL 1696 2.5 29.5 1964 2 4 170 Georgiev, Radmil BUL 1843 2.5 27.5 2011 0 4 171 Stoyanov, Gabriel BUL 1596 2.5 27 2003 2 4 172 Kamenov, Valentin BUL 1780 2 31.5 2059 2 4 173 Tadic, Ana SRB 2052 2 30.5 2007 2 5 174 Malchev, Nikola BUL 1723 2 29.5 2096 1 4 175 Georgieva, Emilia BUL 1750 2 28.5 1949 1 4 176 Genov, Samuil BUL 1653 2 25.5 2034 1 4 177 Vutev, Yordan BUL 1888 2 21 2116 2 2 178 Stoimenov, Plamen BUL 1896 1.5 31.5 2052 1 4 179 Cimbaljevic, Miroslav MNE 1678 1.5 28.5 1942 1 4 180 Stoychev, Erik BUL 1658 1.5 24.5 1968 1 4 181 FM Vasilev, Nikolai BUL 2119 1 18 2209 1 1 182 GM Chasin, Nico USA 2451 0 0 0.0 0 0 183 IM Stefanov, Krasimir BUL 2315 0 0 0.0 0 0 184 FM Ramaj, Ergit ALB 2259 0 0 0.0 0 0 185 Dimitrov, Teodor BUL 2072 0 0 0.0 0 0
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