7th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2026

29 May to 6 Jun 2026 · Jermuk, Armenia · 10-player round-robin · 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move Finished

Top 100 players in this event

GM Samuel Sevian ★: No. 1, 5½/9, performance 2732 (+5)
GM Vladislav Artemiev ★: No. 2, 5½/9, performance 2738 (+12)
GM Nihal Sarin ★: No. 3, 5/9, performance 2692 (-4)
GM Ray Robson ★: No. 4, 5/9, performance 2700 (+5)
GM Shant Sargsyan ★: No. 5, 4½/9, performance 2658 (+2)
GM Aram Hakobyan ★: No. 6, 4½/9, performance 2659 (+3)
GM Robert Hovhannisyan ★: No. 7, 4/9, performance 2617 (-1)
GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★: No. 9, 3½/9, performance 2572 (-15)
GM Szymon Gumularz ★: No. 10, 3½/9, performance 2582 (-4)

Standings

Standings, 7th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2026
#	Name	Fed	RtgI	Pts	TB1	TB3	TB4	rtg+/-
1	GM Sevian Samuel ★	USA	2696	5.5	24	5	2	4.7
2	GM Artemiev Vladislav ★	RUS	2641	5.5	23.25	5	2	12.2
3	GM Nihal Sarin ★	IND	2723	5	22	4	1	-4,1
4	GM Robson Ray ★	USA	2653	5	21	4	3	5.5
5	GM Sargsyan Shant ★	ARM	2644	4.5	20.25	5	1	1.9
6	GM Hakobyan Aram ★	ARM	2635	4.5	19.5	4	1	3
7	GM Hovhannisyan Robert ★	ARM	2629	4	18.75	5	0	-1,1
8	GM Donchenko Alexander	GER	2645	4	18.75	4	1	-3,2
9	GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. ★	IND	2692	3.5	15.25	4	2	-14,9
10	GM Gumularz Szymon ★	POL	2613	3.5	14.75	5	2	-4

TB1 Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints) · TB2 Direct Encounter (DE) · TB3 Number of games played with black (BPG) (Gamepoints) · TB4 Number of wins including byes (WIN) (Gamepoints, Forfeited games count)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Ray Robson – Robert Hovhannisyan	½-½
1.2	Alexander Donchenko – Szymon Gumularz	½-½
1.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Shant Sargsyan	1-0
1.4	Nihal Sarin – Samuel Sevian	½-½
1.5	Aram Hakobyan – Vladislav Artemiev	½-½
2.1	Robert Hovhannisyan – Vladislav Artemiev	½-½
2.2	Samuel Sevian – Aram Hakobyan	½-½
2.3	Shant Sargsyan – Nihal Sarin	½-½
2.4	Szymon Gumularz – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
2.5	Ray Robson – Alexander Donchenko	0-1
3.1	Alexander Donchenko – Robert Hovhannisyan	½-½
3.2	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Ray Robson	0-1
3.3	Nihal Sarin – Szymon Gumularz	½-½
3.4	Aram Hakobyan – Shant Sargsyan	½-½
3.5	Vladislav Artemiev – Samuel Sevian	½-½
4.1	Robert Hovhannisyan – Samuel Sevian	½-½
4.2	Shant Sargsyan – Vladislav Artemiev	½-½
4.3	Szymon Gumularz – Aram Hakobyan	0-1
4.4	Ray Robson – Nihal Sarin	½-½
4.5	Alexander Donchenko – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	0-1
5.1	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Robert Hovhannisyan	½-½
5.2	Nihal Sarin – Alexander Donchenko	1-0
5.3	Aram Hakobyan – Ray Robson	0-1
5.4	Vladislav Artemiev – Szymon Gumularz	1-0
5.5	Samuel Sevian – Shant Sargsyan	½-½
6.1	Robert Hovhannisyan – Shant Sargsyan	½-½
6.2	Szymon Gumularz – Samuel Sevian	½-½
6.3	Ray Robson – Vladislav Artemiev	½-½
6.4	Alexander Donchenko – Aram Hakobyan	½-½
6.5	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Nihal Sarin	½-½
7.1	Nihal Sarin – Robert Hovhannisyan	½-½
7.2	Aram Hakobyan – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	½-½
7.3	Vladislav Artemiev – Alexander Donchenko	½-½
7.4	Samuel Sevian – Ray Robson	1-0
7.5	Shant Sargsyan – Szymon Gumularz	1-0
8.1	Robert Hovhannisyan – Szymon Gumularz	0-1
8.2	Ray Robson – Shant Sargsyan	½-½
8.3	Alexander Donchenko – Samuel Sevian	½-½
8.4	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Vladislav Artemiev	0-1
8.5	Nihal Sarin – Aram Hakobyan	½-½
9.1	Aram Hakobyan – Robert Hovhannisyan	½-½
9.2	Vladislav Artemiev – Nihal Sarin	½-½
9.3	Samuel Sevian – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
9.4	Shant Sargsyan – Alexander Donchenko	½-½
9.5	Szymon Gumularz – Ray Robson	0-1

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Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.