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Stepan Avagyan Memorial
The Stepan Avagyan Memorial is an annual, closed chess tournament hosted at the Jermuk Ashkarh Health Center in Jermuk, Armenia, in memory of Stepan Avagyan. It is a 10 player round-robin tournament. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 second increment starting from move one. Aravindh Chithambaram is the current Currents, Current or The Current may refer to: Science and technology * Current (fluid), the flow of a liquid or a gas ** Air current, a flow of air ** Ocean current, a current in the ocean *** Rip current, a kind of water current ** Current (hydr ... champion. Winners : References {{reflist Chess in Armenia Invitational chess tournaments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jermuk
Jermuk () is a mountain spa town and the centre of the Jermuk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in southern Armenia, at a road distance of east of the provincial capital Yeghegnadzor. It was considered one of the popular destinations for medical tourism in the Soviet Union. Jermuk is known for its hot springs and mineral water brands bottled in the town. It is attractive for its fresh air, waterfall, artificial lakes, walking trails, the surrounding forests and mineral water pools. The town is being redeveloped to become a modern center of tourism and health services. It is also being set up to become a major chess centre, with numerous chess international tournaments scheduled in the town. As of the 2022 census, Jermuk had a population of 3,936, down from the 4,628 reported in the 2011 census. Etymology The name of the town is derived from the Armenian word ( ջերմուկ), meaning 'warm mineral spring', first mentioned in the 13th century by historian Stepanos Orbel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, wherein participants are eliminated after a certain number of wins or losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ('ribbon'). Over time, the term became idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a ''double round-robin''. The term is rarely used when all participants play one another more than twice, and is never used when one participant plays others an unequal number of times, as is the case in almost all of the major North American professional sports leagues. In the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aravindh Chithambaram
Aravindh Chithambaram Veerappan (born 11 September 1999) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He won the Indian chess championships twice, in 2018 and 2019. Personal life Aravindh Chithambaram Veerappan was born on 11 September 1999 in Thirunagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. His father died when he was three and his mother worked as a Life Insurance Corporation agent to support the family. He learned to play chess at the age of seven from his paternal grandfather, who introduced him to the game in an attempt to quell his desires to constantly leave the house and play cricket with other boys. Chess career Aravindh won the Indian U19 Chess Championship at the age of 12. He competed in the World U14 Chess Championship in 2012, placing second to Kayden Troff. He won his first major tournament in 2013 when he scored 9/11 for a of 2728 at the Chennai Grandmaster International Open, defeating four grandmasters and two international masters in the process. This result earned him his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025
The Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 was the 6th edition of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial happening in Jermuk, Armenia. 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 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Praggnanandhaa placed second in the 2023 Chess World Cup, and is the only Indian to win the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after Viswanathan Anand. H ... scored 6.5 points in 9 rounds. Aravindh won the tournament by tie-break scores. Prize money Results by round : : Standings References {{reflist 2025 in chess Chess in Armenia Invitational chess tournaments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Petrosyan
Manuel Sureni Petrosyan (; born May 6, 1998) is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. He was the winner of the 2022 Armenian Chess Championship. He won the Under-18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2016 and finished second in the World Junior Chess Championship of 2017. In August 2018, he finished second in the Riga Technical University Open The Riga Technical University Open (also RTU Open) is an international "open" chess festival annually held in Riga, Latvia in August. It is the largest classical chess tournament in the Baltic states. Abstract The Riga Technical University Open ... "A" tournament. He won the Stepan Avagyan Memorial in both 2020 and 2021. References External links * * * 1998 births Living people Armenian chess players Chess Grandmasters World Youth Chess Champions {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amin Tabatabaei
Seyyed Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei (; born 5 February 2001) is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He has represented Iran in three Chess Olympiads (2018, 2022 and 2024). Chess career Born in 2001, Tabatabaei earned his international master (IM) title in 2015 and was awarded his grandmaster (GM) title by FIDE in April 2018. In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished seventeenth out of ninety-two, scoring 5½/9 (+5–3=1), earning an additional GM norm in the process. Tabatabaei competed in the Asian Chess Championship in December 2018. He finished second on 6½/9 (+4–0=5), and thus qualified for the Chess World Cup 2019. He won the Biel Masters in July 2019 with 7/9 (+6–1=2) and Josef Kupper Memorial in August 2019 with 6/7 (+5–0=2). At the Chess World Cup in September, he defeated Bassem Amin in the first round, then was eliminated by Jeffery Xiong in the second round. He qualified again for the Chess World Cup 2021 where, ranked 86th, he eliminated B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Sevian
Samuel Sevian (born December 26, 2000) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 27 days, making him the youngest ever American grandmaster at the time. He also broke all US age records in reaching the titles of National and International Master. Chess career Sevian started to play chess at the age of 5 and his first major success came in 2009 when he broke the record for the youngest Expert in USCF history at 8 years, 2 months of age, beating Brian Luo's previous record by over 10 months. On December 9, 2010, Sevian became the youngest National Master in USCF history at 9 years, 11 months, and 23 days, beating Nicholas Nip's record by 3 days. In 2012, he completed all the norms required for the title of International Master (IM) in the space of 6 months. He became an IM after crossing the 2400 FIDE rating mark during Norm tournament in November 2013 in Budapest, thus setting the new US record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024
The Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 was the 5th edition of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial held in Jermuk, Armenia. It was a 10 player round-robin tournament held from 10 June to 18 June 2024. Sam Sevian was the defending champion, but he finished 2nd in this edition. Arjun Erigaisi Arjun Kumar Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days. In September 2024 he became India's top rated player, and in December 2 ... won the tournament with 6.5 points. Results by round : : Standings References {{reflist Chess in Armenia Invitational chess tournaments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Erigaisi
Arjun Kumar Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days. In September 2024 he became India's top rated player, and in December 2024 he achieved his peak rating of 2801 which makes him the fifteenth-highest rated player in history and second Indian ever to cross the 2800 threshold after Viswanathan Anand. He has sometimes been described as a 'madman' over the board for his bold and unpredictable style. Early life and background He was born into a Telugu family in Warangal, Telangana. His father is a neurosurgeon and his mother is a housewife. He studied chess at the BS Chess Academy in Hanamkonda. He was studying data science until December 2021, before deciding to drop out of university during the first year to focus on his chess career. Career 2015–2018 In 2015, Arjun won a silver medal in the 2015 Asian Youth Championship in Korea. 2021 2021 was a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess In Armenia
Chess has been played in Armenia since the early Middle Ages; however, it was institutionalized during the early Soviet period. Highly popular in Armenia today, chess gained widespread recognition during the 1960s, when Soviet Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosian became the World Chess Champion. A country of about three million people, Armenia is considered one of the strongest chess nations today, and a chess superpower. Among countries, Armenia has one of the most chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmasters per capita. Since the country's independence, the Armenian men's chess team has won the European Team Chess Championship, European Team Championship (1999), the World Team Chess Championship, World Team Championship (2011) and the Chess Olympiad (2006, 2008, 2012). The women's team had its crowning victory at the 2003 European Championship. As of August 2021, Armenia ranks seventh in the world by the average rating of its top players. Levon Aronian, formerly Armenia's best ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
