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Amin Tabatabaei is the Winner of Stepan Avagyan Chess Memorial

The 3rd Stepan Avagyan Memorial took place June 20-28, 2022 in Jermuk, Armenia. The event was played as a 10-player round-robin tournament with an interesting mixture of young stars and local talents.
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Iranian grandmaster Amin Tabatabaei won the last round game against German grandmaster Alexander Donchenko to emerge as the sole Winner of the event with an unbeaten score of 6/9 points. Lifting the Winner’s trophy, Tabatabaei pocketed the money prize of 1.500.000 AMD (~3.500 euros). The local youngsters GM Haik Martirosyan and GM Shant Sargsyan claimed second and third place scoring 5.5 and 5 points (respectively). Replay the games here

GM Amin Tabatabaei wins 3rd Stepan Avagyan Memorial

The World’s second best-ranked junior on the live rating list and the top seed of the tournament, GM Hans Niemann, suffered two losses in the event and eventually scored 4.5 points to share the fourth place with GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van, GM Alexander Donchenko and GM Nihal Sarin. Scroll down for final rankings

The event was organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia and featured a total prize fund of 4.000.000 AMD (~9.300 euros).

Final rankings – 3rd Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2022:

Rk. NameFEDRtgIPts. TB1TB2TB3
1GMTabatabaei M. Amin IRI265062550
2GMMartirosyan Haik M. ARM26565.524.350
3GMSargsyan Shant ARM264852140
4GMNiemann Hans Moke USA26784.520.550
5GMNguyen Thai Dai Van CZE26104.520.340
6GMDonchenko Alexander GER26024.519.340
7GMNihal Sarin IND26544.51930
8GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel ARM2640417.550
9IMGharibyan Mamikon ARM24873.515.340
10GMPetrosyan Manuel ARM2638313.550

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Photos from Chess Academy of Armenia

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