The Ukrainian FM Roman Dehtiarov is the winner of the first edition of the Sofia Spring Chess Tournament. FM Roman Dehtiarov finished sole first with 7,0/9, half a point ahead of a large group of players. Second on tiebreak is the Greek FM Christos Krallis, while third is local Grandmaster Radoslav Dimitrov.
Top woman of the competition is the Canadian WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet.
You can find more open norm tournaments in The Chess Calendar and its European chess events section
Sofia Spring Chess Tournament Group A
1
FM
Dehtiarov, Roman
UKR
2405
7
2
FM
Krallis, Christos
GRE
2371
6.5
3
GM
Dimitrov, Radoslav
BUL
2474
6.5
4
WGM
Ouellet, Maili-Jade
CAN
2305
6.5
5
IM
Sidhant, Mohapatra
IND
2357
6.5
6
GM
Spasov, Vasil
BUL
2356
6.5
7
FM
Elgersma, Onno
NED
2397
6.5
8
GM
Tilicheev, Viacheslav
SRB
2428
6
9
Avsar, Gediz
TUR
2004
6
10
IM
Risteski, Emil
MKD
2359
6
11
IM
Zwirs, Nico
NED
2454
6
12
FM
Mitev, Valentin
BUL
2308
6
13
FM
Yilmaz, Baver
TUR
2233
6
14
IM
Druska, Juraj
SVK
2446
6
15
FM
Krishnan, Ritvik
IND
2266
5.5
16
GM
Nikolov, Momchil
BUL
2436
5.5
17
FM
Jirasek, Pavel
CZE
2288
5.5
18
Ribstein, Orel
ISR
2118
5.5
19
WGM
Mehmed, Elif
SRB
2248
5.5
20
IM
Nikolov, Sasho
BUL
2257
5.5
21
CM
Javadov, Habil
AZE
2201
5.5
22
Safarik, Jakub
CZE
2172
5.5
23
IM
Filip, Lucian-Ioan
ROU
2345
5
24
FM
Gkavardinas, Antonios
GRE
2313
5
25
CM
Todev, Simeon
BUL
2171
5
26
Boev, Viktor
BUL
2213
5
27
FM
Peycheva, Gergana
BUL
2208
5
28
CM
Shilon Rahav, Eliran
ISR
2235
5
29
Georgiev, Biser
BUL
2218
5
30
FM
Filip, Andrej
ROU
2335
5
31
Celebi, Mehmet Alper
TUR
1908
4.5
32
IM
Krishna, C R G
IND
2453
4.5
33
Danov, Valentin
BUL
1947
4.5
34
Velikov, Nikola
BUL
1872
4.5
35
Doychev, Ivan
BUL
1889
4.5
36
Sertbay, Huseyin
TUR
2112
4.5
37
GM
Ninov, Nikolai
BUL
2325
4.5
38
IM
Ribstein, Nati
ISR
2267
4.5
39
Katsanis, Vasileios Dim
GRE
2266
4.5
40
Iskos, Alexandros
GRE
2165
4.5
41
Mladenov, Ilian
BUL
2237
4.5
42
Kishore, Kumar Jaganathan
IND
2157
4.5
43
Aydemir, Umut
TUR
2140
4.5
44
CM
Ivanov, Svetlen
BUL
1975
4.5
45
WIM
Raeva, Elitsa
BUL
2203
4.5
46
Sedivy, Martin
CZE
2123
4.5
47
FM
Chkhaidze, Nikoloz
GEO
2173
4.5
48
CM
Ersoz, Teoman Guney
TUR
2090
4.5
49
Doraszelski, Aleksander
GER
2185
4.5
50
AIM
Mantazis, Georgios Rafail
GRE
2120
4
51
CM
Gokturk, Murat Kutay
TUR
2072
4
52
Dal, Emir Saygin
TUR
1869
4
53
Trendafilov, Simeon
BUL
2005
4
54
Angelov, Georgi
BUL
2128
4
55
GM
Drenchev, Petar
BUL
2334
3.5
56
Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon
GRE
1981
3.5
57
Seker, Kadir Mert
TUR
1881
3.5
58
La Barbera, Manfredi
ITA
2084
3.5
59
Metiner, Yekta Efe
TUR
1962
3.5
60
Nenova, Andzhelika
BUL
2088
3.5
61
IM
Sai Agni, Jeevitesh. J
IND
2300
3.5
62
Boeren, Jurriaan
NED
2104
3.5
63
WCM
Pehlivanova, Aleksandra
BUL
1855
3.5
64
Mikov, Simeon
BUL
2047
3.5
65
Uzun, Kuzey
TUR
1891
3.5
66
Marzakov, Mihail
BUL
2002
3.5
67
Popzafirov, Danail
BUL
1900
3.5
68
Zahariev, Velislav
BUL
1812
3
69
Mihaylov, Bozhidar
BUL
1999
3
70
AFM
Tsolov, Aleksandar
BUL
2002
3
71
WCM
Rasheva, Nora
BUL
1912
3
72
Esmer, Ege
BUL
1823
3
73
Aynaoglu, Efe
TUR
1894
2.5
74
Hristova, Ivelina
BUL
1812
2.5
75
Omota, Vlad
NED
1989
2.5
76
IM
Janzelj, Tim
SLO
2396
2.5
77
Theodoridis, Charalampos
GRE
1967
2.5
78
WCM
Ivanova, Dilyana
BUL
2015
2
79
Bayatov, Mario
BUL
1928
2
80
GM
Rusev, Krasimir
BUL
2478
2
81
Dimitrov, Ventsislav
BUL
1802
1.5
82
Sucharda, Tomas
CZE
2014
1
83
WGM
Krasteva, Beloslava
BUL
2332
0.5

wins Sofia Spring 2025 ahead of Christos Krallis
and local Grandmaster Radoslav Dimitrov 