armenia – Chessdom

USA and China stunned in the Women Chess Olympiad 2024

Sergio — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:17:14 +0000

In a dramatic round 5 of the Women Chess Olympiad 2024, two of the top favorites for the gold medals of the competition China and USA – lost their matches.

China lost 2,5-1,5 against the team of Armenia, with IM Lilit Mkrtchian winning with black on board 1. USA managed to draw on three boards, but again the key game was on board 1, where WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul defeated IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova.

Replay all top games from the Women Chess Olympiad here

That makes India absolute favorites for the title. Despite GM Harika Dronavalli losing to IM Assaubayeva, GM Vaishali and IM Vantika finished the job to keep India undefeated.

This is a flash report from the Olympiad, stay tuned for updates

Tigran L. Petrosian wins Ashot Anastasyan Memorial

nikita — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:47:19 +0000

The Ashot Anastasyan Memorial rapid chess tournament took place on July 10th at the Tigran Petrosyan Chess House in Yerevan. The event was dedicated to the memory of Ashot Anastasian, an Armenian chess Grandmaster who won two team bronze medals and one individual gold medal at Chess Olympiads.

The event gathered 28 titled players with an average rating of 2438. GM Tigran L. Petrosian emerged as the sole Winner of the event with 5.5 points. Four players tied for the second place scoring 5/7 points, each, with tiebreak criteria determining the medalists. GM Gabriel Sargissian came second and IM Artur Davtyan was third. (Scroll down for final rankings)

Tigran L. Petrosian was the Winner of the event

Ashot Anastasyan Memorial 2022 – venue; Photos from Chess Federation of Armania

Final rankings – Ashot Anastasyan Memorial 2022

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	ARM	2549	5.5	25	28	4
2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	2698	5	27	30	3
3	IM	Davtyan Artur	ARM	2520	5	27	30	3
4	GM	Andriasian Zaven	ARM	2580	5	25	28	3
5	GM	Pashikian Arman	ARM	2595	5	25	27	3
6	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2625	4.5	28	30	3
7	GM	Melkumyan Hrant	ARM	2634	4.5	27	30	4
8	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	2610	4.5	24	25	3
9	GM	Minasian Artashes	ARM	2462	4	24	26	3
10	IM	Shahinyan David	ARM	2474	4	23	25	4
11	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2490	4	21	23	4
12	GM	Baghdasaryan Vahe	ARM	2291	4	20	21	4
13	GM	Hakobyan Aram	ARM	2612	3.5	29	30	4
14	FM	Poghosyan Suren	ARM	2275	3.5	26	29	3
15	GM	Vaganian Rafael A	ARM	2516	3.5	25	28	3
16	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2481	3.5	22	25	4
17	IM	Karatorossian David	ARM	2232	3.5	22	23	4
18	WGM	Gevorgyan Maria	ARM	2216	3	25	28	3
19	IM	Sargsyan Anna M.	ARM	2378	3	20	21	3
20	GM	Kotanjian Tigran	ARM	2453	3	19	20	4
21	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2285	3	19	20	3
22	IM	Nadanian Ashot	ARM	2301	2.5	23	24	3
23	IM	Hayrapetyan Arman Ash.	ARM	2375	2.5	22	23	4
24	WIM	Gaboyan Susanna	ARM	2270	2.5	21	23	3
25	IM	Hambardzumian Yuri	ARM	2301	2.5	18	19	4
26	IM	Stambulian Arsen	ARM	2316	1.5	19	20	4
27	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2362	1	19	20	4
28	IM	Derbenev Andrey	FID	2368	1	17	18	4

GM Hovik Hayrapetyan wins Arsen Yeghiazaryan Memorial 2022

nikita — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 13:54:29 +0000

The Arsen Yeghiazaryan Memorial took place from 1-9 July in Yerevan, Armenia as a 10-player round-robin tournament, dedicated to the memory of GM, FST and Honored Trainer of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Yeghiazaryan. The event took place at the Tigran Petrosyan Chess House.

GM Hovik Hayrapetyan won the event with convincing 7/9 points. After losing the first round to FM Arad Nazari, Hayrapetyan scored 6 victories and 2 draws to be the sole Winner of the event. FM Arad Nazari and FM Abtin Atakhan tied for the second place with 6 points each, with tiebreaks criteria favoring Nazari who claimed silver, and Atakhan came third. (Scroll down for the final rankings)

GM Hovik Hayrapetyan; Photo by Yerevan Chess Federation

Playing venue – Tigran Petrosyan Chess House; Photo by Yerevan Chess Federation

Final rankings – Arsen Yeghiazaryan Memorial 2022:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2481	7	26.3	0	4
2	FM	Nazari Arad	IRI	2401	6	26.3	0	5
3	FM	Atakhan Abtin	IRI	2344	6	23.5	0	5
4	GM	Quparadze Giga	GEO	2482	5.5	20.8	0	4
5	FM	Piliposyan Robert	ARM	2287	5	19.8	0	4
6	FM	Yeremyan Alen	ARM	2233	5	17.8	0	5
7	FM	Alaverdyan Gevorg	ARM	2336	4	15	0	5
8	IM	Morchiashvili Bachana	GEO	2305	2.5	9.75	0	4
9	FM	Yeritsyan Hayk	ARM	2249	2.5	7.25	0	5
10	CM	Agasarov Benik	ARM	2225	1.5	6.75	0	4

Arsen Yeghiazaryan Memorial 2022

nikita — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:31:29 +0000

The Arsen Yeghiazaryan Memorial takes place from 1-9 July in Yerevan, Armenia. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament, dedicated to the memory of GM, FST and Honored Trainer of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Yeghiazaryan.

GM Arsen Yeghiazaryan

The time control of the tournament is: 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The top seeds are: GM Hovik Hayrapetyan, GM Giga Quparadze and FM Arad Nazari.

Starting rank list of players – Arsen Yeghiazaryan Memorial 2022:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
2	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2484
4	GM	Quparadze Giga	GEO	2482
9	FM	Nazari Arad	IRI	2400
7	FM	Atakhan Abtin	IRI	2385
6	FM	Alaverdyan Gevorg	ARM	2336
1	IM	Morchiashvili Bachana	GEO	2305
8	FM	Yeritsyan Hayk	ARM	2291
10	FM	Yeremyan Alen	ARM	2260
5	CM	Agasarov Benik	ARM	2249
3	FM	Piliposyan Robert	ARM	2124

ChessMood Open 2022

nikita — Sat, 14 May 2022 10:49:23 +0000

The “ChessMood” International Open Chess Tournament will take place from September 29 to October 09 at the 5 star Tsaghkadzor Marriott Hotel in Armenia.

The event will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, within two groups: A (2000+) and B (U2000). The total prize fund will be 10.250.000 Armenian drams (around 21.000 euros). Time control for the A tournament will be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes till the end of the game with 30 seconds increment starting from move one, and the time control of B group is: 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment starting from move one.

The event is organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia in cooperation with ChessMood Inc. The Chess Academy of Armenia and the Armenian Chess Federation organize four international chess events from June 6th – July 16th. See the invitation and all information about the events here.

International Chess Events in Armenia

nikita — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 08:19:36 +0000

The Chess Academy of Armenia and the Armenian Chess Federation organize four international chess events from June 6th – July 16th:

13th Karen Asrian Memorial (6th-16th June, Yerevan, Armenia)
1st International Youth Chess Festival (17th-26th June, Yerevan, Armenia)
Chess Summer Camp with renowned chess players and Grandmasters (29th June – 6th July, Aghveran, Armenia)
Stepan Avagyan International Open Chess Tournament (7th-16th July, Jermuk, Armenia)

13th Karen Asrian Memorial

The 13th edition of the Karen Asrian Memorial will take place from 6th-16th June in Yerevan. The event will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with 30 seconds increment starting from the first move.

The total prize fund of the event will be 14.000.000 AMD (around 27.000 EUR), with 3.000.000 AMD (around 5.800 EUR) reserved for the Winner of the event.

1st International Youth Chess Festival

Sports School of Chess House by Tigran Petrosyan 1st International Youth Chess Festival will be held from 17th-26th June in Yerevan.

The event will be played in two age categories: U18 and U12, with special prizes for best boys and girls for different age categories.

The events will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment for each move. Default time is 30 minutes. The total prize fund will be 3.000.000 AMD (around 5.800EUR).

Chess Summer Camp

The Chess Summer Camp with renowned chess players and Grandmasters will take place from 29th June – 6th July in Aghveran, Armenia.

The Camp features 15-hour Master classes with GM Artur Jussupow, IM Vladimir Grabinsky, GM Gabriel Sargissian, GM Smbat Lputian. During the event, there will be simultaneous exhibitions with: GM Samvel Ter Sahakyan, GM Manuel Petrosyan, GM Tigran Harutyunyan, GM Hayk Martirosyan, GM Shant Sargsyan.

Stepan Avagyan International Open Chess Tournament

The Stepan Avagyan International Open Chess Tournament will be held from 7th-16th July in Jermuk.

The event will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds of an increment.

The total prize fund of the event will be 2.500.000 AMD (around 5.000 EUR), with special prizes for different age categories.

Detailed information about the events can be found on the official website of the Chess Academy of Armenia and the Armenian Chess Federation.

GM Shant Sargsyan wins Lichess titled arena

Sergio — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:58:12 +0000

The March Lichess Blitz Titled Arena was won by GM Shant Sargsyan, a young Armenian super GM who is a former World U16 champion. In what was one of the closest Titled Arenas ever, Sargsyan was only really able to clinch the tournament in the final few minutes as he won two games back-to-back. Two other young and rising stars, GM Mahammad Muradli and Aravindh Chithambaram Veerappan, finished in second and third place, respectively. The anonymous GM BMWHero came in fourth while GM Vahap Sanal took fifth place.

Under 10 Arena points separated 1st place from 5th place. Thus, in the final few minutes, it was all a battle of nerves! Sargsyan had the best nerves as he amassed nine points out of his last four games, though he did get some cement to build his lead. Muradli, instead, only got seven points out of his last four games, while Veerappan got six, and BMWHero and Sanal only got three.

Yerevan International Open 2018

Goran — Wed, 09 May 2018 15:40:29 +0000

The 3rd Yerevan Open International Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place from 1-11th November at the Chess Academy of Armenia in Yerevan.

The tournament is open to all Fide rated players and the format is 9 round Swiss system.

The total prize fund is 20.000 USD. Main prizes are USD 4500 / 3000 / 2000 / 1200 / 900 / 600 / 400 / 200.
There are also special prizes for women, U2400, U2200 and U2000.

Last year winner was GM Karen H.Grigoryan.

Prices per room:
$30 per person, per day, double room, full board.
$40 per person, per day, single room, full board. This offer is limited.
Apartments for rent are also available at reasonable rates.

Accommodation conditions for players with FIDE rating 2550+ (September or October, 2018 Fide rating list). The number of players eligible for accommodation conditions is limited to 5 for each rating group.
Over 2651: Single room full board, travel expenses $300
2601-2650: Single room full board, travel expenses $200
2550-2600: Single room full board, travel expenses $100

Contact information:
Tournament director – N.Kalantaryan
Tel: +374 93 000 963
E-mail: yerevanchessfederation@yahoo.com

11th Karen Asrian Memorial Chess Tournament

Goran — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:21:39 +0000

The Armenian Chess Federation is organizing an international open chess tournament, dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, which will take place on June 20-30, 2018, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk.

All interested chess players can participate in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The total prize fund is increased and amounts to AMD equivalent of $ 27,000.

Karen Asrian passed away in June 2008, at the age of 28. He was member of the Armenian national team which won the first gold medal at the 2006 Chess Olympiad in Turin.

Karen Asrian

Prizes

1st place 7000
2nd place 5000
3rd place 3000
4th place 2000
5th place 1000
6-10th places 500
11-15th places 300
16-20th places 200

Special Prizes for Women
1st prize 800
2nd prize 500
3rd prize 300

Special Prize for girls under-16 1st prize 250

Special Prizes for Participants under-16
1st prize 500
2nd prize 300

Special Prize for Participants under-14 1st prize 300

Special Prize for Participants under-12 1st prize 250

Special Prize for U2101 1st prize 250

Special Prize for U2201 1st prize 250

Special Prize for Seniors /60 years and older/ 1st prize 300

Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the remainder of the game with 30 seconds increment starting from the first move.

Playing venue of the tournaments is Hotel Hyatt Place Jermuk. The distance between the hotel and the playing venue is 200 meters (2 minutes walk).

Tournament Director:
Mr. Hrachik Tavadian, FM, International Organizer
Tel: + 374 10 52 64 64

Secretary:
Ms. Nune Vardanyan, IA Arbiter
Tel: + 374 10 55 36 30,
E-mail: asrianmemorial@gmail.com

10th Karen Asrian Memorial Chess Tournament

Goran — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:08:35 +0000

The Armenian Chess Federation is organizing an international open chess tournament, dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, which will take place on June 20-30, 2017, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk.

All interested chess players can participate in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The total prize fund is equivalent to 22,500 US dollars.

Karen Asrian passed away in June 2008, at the age of 28. He was member of the Armenian national team which won the first gold medal at the 2006 Chess Olympiad in Turin.

Karen Asrian

Prizes

1st place 5000
2nd place 4000
3rd place 3000
4th place 2000
5th place 1000
6-10th places 500
11-15th places 300

Special Prizes for Women
1st place 800
2nd place 500
3rd place 300

Special Prizes for Participants under-16
1st place 500
2nd place 300

Special Prize for Participants under-14
1st place 300

Special Prize for U2101
1st place 250

Special Prize for U2201
1st place 250

Special Prize for Veterans
/60 years and older/
1st place 300

Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the remainder of the game (with 30 seconds increment starting from the first move).

Tournament Director:
Mr. Hrachik Tavadian, FM, International Organizer
Tel: + 374 10 52 64 64

Secretary:
Ms. Nune Vardanyan, FIDE Arbiter
Tel: + 374 10 55 36 30,
Fax: + 374 10 55 17 40
E-mail: asrianmemorial@gmail.com