Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025
Armenian chess tournament
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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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Jermuk, Armenia |
| Dates | 29 May–6 June |
| Format | 9-round round-robin tournament |
| Purse | AMD 7,450,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Aravindh Chithambaram |
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
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Standings
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
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| 1 |  Aravindh Chithambaram (India) |
2749 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | |
| 2 | R Praggnanandhaa (India) |
2758 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | |
| 3 |  Dmitrij Kollars (Germany) |
2625 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Samuel Sevian (United States) |
2694 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | |
| 5 |  Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark) |
2641 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | |
| 6 |  Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) |
2665 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4 | |
| 7 |  Xu Xiangyu (China) |
2623 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 | |
| 8 |  Aram Hakobyan (Armenia) |
2620 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | |
| 9 | Robert Hovhannisyan (Armenia) |
2635 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 10 |  Benjamin Gledura (Hungary) |
2663 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 2.5 |