Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025

Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025
Tournament information
LocationJermuk, Armenia
Dates29 May–6 June
Format9-round round-robin tournament
PurseAMD 7,450,000
Final positions
ChampionAravindh Chithambaram

The Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 was the 6th edition of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial happening in Jermuk, Armenia.[1][2] It was a 10 player round-robin tournament from 29 May to 6 June 2025. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-sec increment from move one.

Arjun Erigaisi was the defending champion, but he did not participate this year. Both Aravindh Chithambaram and Praggnanandhaa R scored 6.5 points in 9 rounds. Aravindh won the tournament by tie-break scores.[3][4][5]


Prize money

Total Fund Winner Second place Third place Fourth place
7,450,000 AMD 3,100,000 AMD 1,850,000 AMD 1,500,000 AMD 1,000,000 AMD

Results by round

Standings

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1  Aravindh Chithambaram (India) 2749 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6.5
2  R Praggnanandhaa (India) 2758 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6.5
3  Dmitrij Kollars (Germany) 2625 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5
4  Samuel Sevian (United States) 2694 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4.5
5  Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark) 2641 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4.5
6  Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) 2665 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ 4
7  Xu Xiangyu (China) 2623 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 4
8  Aram Hakobyan (Armenia) 2620 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 4
9  Robert Hovhannisyan (Armenia) 2635 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 1 3.5
10  Benjamin Gledura (Hungary) 2663 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 2.5

References

  1. ^ "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025". chess.com. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  2. ^ "FIDE Calendar". fide.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Aravindh pips Praggnanandhaa". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Aravindh Breaks Into World Top 10 After Victory In Armenia". chess.com. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Aravindh Chithambaram wins 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial, Praggnanandhaa second". chessbase.in. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Aravindh maintains his sole lead, now World no.10". chess.com. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Praggnanandhaa or Aravindh - Who will win 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial?". chess.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
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