Roman Dehtiarov wins Sofia Spring Chess Tournament

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

Roman Dehtiarov 🇺🇦 wins Sofia Spring 2025 ahead of Christos Krallis 🇬🇷 and local Grandmaster Radoslav Dimitrov 🇧🇬https://t.co/XuByDskJXC

— Chessdom (@chessdom) May 30, 2025

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