The 137th MGU Open 2015 was held from 28th February to 1st March, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria.
The event was organized by FA Dimitar Iliev under the auspices of the University of mining and geology “St Ivan Rilski” Sofia, Chess Club “An Pasan” and “Zora” Trading Company in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated below 2200 and it will be valid for FIDE and national rating.
NM Yane Gelemerov emerged a clear winner with 5/6 points, leaving the runner-up, Martin Metev, half a point behind.
Third place was shared in a four-way tie by NM Dobrotich Andreev, IM Petar Orev, Romain Le Borgne and Anton Slavejkov on 4 points each.
You can see the full standings and replay the games below.
Official website/ Previous editions: Boil Banov claims 134th MGU Open Sofia/ Ognyan Zahariev tops 133rd MGU Open 2015/ Martin Mitev wins 132nd MGU Open 2015/ Vladimir Petrov tops 131st MGU Open 2015; Petar Orev tops 130th MGU Open 2015; 129th MGU Open with brand new sponsor, Martin Metev takes the trophy; Goran Krastev wins 128th MGU Open 2014; Dobrotich Andreev claims 111th MGU Open 2014
Final standings:
1 NM Gelemerov Yane BUL 2051 5
2 Metev Martin BUL 2004 4,5
3 NM Andreev Dobrotich BUL 1945 4
4 IM Orev Petar BUL 2115 4
5 Le Borgne Romain FRA 1707 4
6 Slavejkov Anton BUL 1793 4
7 Bozilov Dragan SRB 1951 3,5
8 Slavejkov Kristian BUL 1729 3,5
9 Tsyntsarski Boyko Dr. BUL 1737 3
10 NM Kolev Velio BUL 1825 3
11 Kamenov Valentin BUL 1793 3
12 Kosturkov Krasimir BUL 1700 3
13 Neycheva Monika Vladimirova USA 0 3
14 Simov Zahari BUL 1604 3
15 Kostov Nikolay BUL 1832 2,5
16 Mladenov Andrey BUL 1843 2,5
17 Tenev Bogdan BUL 1332 2,5
18 Mehmed Elif BUL 1666 2
19 Stathopoulos Fotios GRE 0 2
20 Georgiev Nikolay BUL 1606 1,5
21 Grabcheva Natalia BUL 1545 1
22 Iliev Alexandar BUL 1735 0,5
