Stepan Avagyan Memorial - Youth Swiss Tournament Under-18

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42 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 04 Jul 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2008, and top seed was Gagik Navoyan (🇦🇲 ARM, CM, 2186).

Volodya Torosyan (🇦🇲 ARM, CM, 2186) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Feliks Tokhyan (6.5) and Davit Baghdasaryan (6.5). Torosyan shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Sargis Yeghjyan (1411) beat Mansur R Bulat (1691), a +280-point gap.

Location

🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia

Dates

28 Jun 2025 → 04 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇲CMGagik Navoyan2186

Avg top 10

2,008

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇲Armenia×40

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
CMVolodya Torosyan
🇦🇲ARM·2186
7.5pts·2193perf+8.8
🥈
Feliks Tokhyan
🇦🇲ARM·1908
6.5pts·2117perf+88.0
🥉
FMDavit Baghdasaryan
🇦🇲ARM·2180
6.5pts·2099perf-20.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Volodya Torosyan led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Torosyan7.5Baghdasaryan6.5Soghomonyan6.5Tokhyan6.5Markosyan6Navoyan6— ex-leaders:Tokhyanled R3, #9

R6 · LEADER CHANGE02 Jul

CM Volodya Torosyan takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Volodya Torosyan beat FM Davit Baghdasaryan (White).

R3–R6 · WIN STREAK

CM Volodya Torosyan won 4 in a row (R3–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMVolodya Torosyan	*	1	1	1
2FMDavit Baghdasaryan	0	*	½	1
3Tigran Soghomonyan	0	½	*	—
4Feliks Tokhyan	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Torosyan, VolodyaCM	2186	ARM	+8B	=21N	+12B	+4N	+10B	+3B	=6N	+2N	=7B	7.5	48.0	52.5	44.25	2193	+8.8
2	Tokhyan, Feliks	1908	ARM	+16N	+37B	+5B	=6N	−3N	+9B	+10N	−1B	+15N	6.5	47.5	50.5	33.50	2117	+88.0
3	Baghdasaryan, DavitFM	2180	ARM	+22N	+13B	=31B	+24N	+2B	−1N	=5B	+6N	=4B	6.5	46.0	49.5	34.00	2099	-20.4
4	Soghomonyan, Tigran	1937	ARM	+34N	=25B	+32N	−1B	+14B	=12N	+21B	+5N	=3N	6.5	42.0	45.0	29.75	2040	+45.2
5	Navoyan, GagikCM	2186	ARM	+23N	+15B	−2N	+13B	+7N	=6B	=3N	−4B	+10N	6.0	47.0	51.5	32.25	2038	-52.8
6	Markosyan, Artur	1971	ARM	+18N	=12B	+25N	=2B	+21N	=5N	=1B	−3B	+13N	6.0	46.0	50.0	31.00	2028	+32.0
7	Mesropyan, Samvel	1908	ARM	+19B	−24N	+23B	+26N	−5B	+34N	=12B	+11N	=1N	6.0	41.5	44.5	28.25	1918	+9.6
8	Bazikyan, Artur	1623	ARM	−1N	+20B	=15N	+32B	−13N	=14B	+28N	+22B	+16B	6.0	41.0	44.5	27.00	1793	+65.6
9	Aghazaryan, Albert	1988	ARM	=39B	+26N	=21B	=14N	+24B	−2N	=13N	+17B	+31B	6.0	37.5	40.0	25.00	1886	-37.6
10	Nahapetyan, Ani	1949	ARM	+40B	+27N	=24B	+31N	−1N	+11B	−2B	+12N	−5B	5.5	42.0	44.5	22.50	1944	+1.6
11	Gevorgyan, Nrane	1742	ARM	=32N	=14B	=30N	+25B	+31B	−10N	+22N	−7B	+21B	5.5	37.0	40.5	22.75	1863	+52.4
12	Arevyan, Araik	1738	RUS	+42B	=6N	−1N	+30B	+15N	=4B	=7N	−10B	=14N	5.0	45.5	46.5	21.75	1872	+51.2
13	Sahakyan, Hamlet	1783	ARM	+29B	−3N	+34B	−5N	+8B	+28N	=9B	=16N	−6B	5.0	43.5	46.5	22.50	1837	+18.0
14	Alvanjyan, Aida	1767	ARM	=36B	=11N	+17B	=9B	−4N	=8N	+34B	=31N	=12B	5.0	40.5	43.5	22.50	1757	-2.8
15	Poghosyan, Davit	1793	ARM	+28B	−5N	=8B	+39N	−12B	+29N	+23B	=21N	−2B	5.0	40.5	43.0	20.25	1778	-8.8
16	Chobanyan, Samvel	1553	ARM	−2B	=35N	−19B	+38B	+25N	+24N	+27B	=13B	−8N	5.0	37.5	40.5	19.00	1775	+90.8
17	Ananyan, Aren	1547	ARM	−21B	+38N	−14N	+37B	−22N	+18B	+26B	−9N	+27B	5.0	36.0	39.0	19.00	1744	+76.0
18	Iskandaryan, Rafayel	1583	ARM	−6B	=29N	=36B	+35N	−28B	−17N	+37B	+23N	+26B	5.0	33.5	36.5	18.00	1573	-9.6
19	Movsisyan, Samvel	1576	ARM	−7N	=33B	+16N	−27B	−32N	+38B	=30N	+35B	+25N	5.0	33.0	36.0	18.75	1752	+56.0
20	Meliksetyan, Yervand	1531	ARM	−27B	−8N	+40B	+36N	−26B	+35N	−31B	+34N	+24B	5.0	30.5	33.0	15.50	1668	+54.0
21	Vardanyan, Arman M.	1854	ARM	+17N	=1B	=9N	+22B	−6B	+26N	−4N	=15B	−11N	4.5	46.0	50.0	22.75	1831	-9.6
22	Khachatryan, Armen E.	1592	ARM	−3B	+28N	+27B	−21N	+17B	=31N	−11B	−8N	+34B	4.5	39.0	42.0	17.75	1725	+57.2
23	Vardevanyan, Aram	1646	ARM	−5B	+36N	−7N	=29B	+30N	+32B	−15N	−18B	+33N	4.5	37.0	40.0	16.00	1580	-31.6
24	Danielyan, Lilia	1769	ARM	+30N	+7B	=10N	−3B	−9N	−16B	+32N	=25B	−20N	4.0	42.0	45.5	18.25	1703	-34.8
25	Tavakalyan, Ani	1706	ARM	+35B	=4N	−6B	−11N	−16B	+36N	+29B	=24N	−19B	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.25	1599	-48.4
26	Khachyan, Alen	1727	ARM	+33N	−9B	+41N	−7B	+20N	−21B	−17N	+30B	−18N	4.0	39.0	41.0	14.50	1545	-68.4
27	Tarzyan, Harutyun	1791	ARM	+20N	−10B	−22N	+19N	−34B	+37B	−16N	+28B	−17N	4.0	37.0	40.0	17.00	1520	-113.6
28	Afiyan, Natali	1536	ARM	−15N	−22B	+42N	+41B	+18N	−13B	−8B	−27N	+36B	4.0	34.5	35.5	11.00	1495	-19.2
29	Mkrtchyan, Armo	1526	ARM	−13N	=18B	=33N	=23N	+39B	−15B	−25N	=32B	+35N	4.0	33.5	36.0	13.75	1559	+7.6
30	Grigoryan, Mihran	1510	ARM	−24B	+40N	=11B	−12N	−23B	+39N	=19B	−26N	+37B	4.0	33.5	36.0	13.25	1585	+25.6
31	Ayvazyan, Ashot	1865	ARM	F	+41B	=3N	−10B	−11N	=22B	+20N	=14B	−9N	3.5	40.0	40.0	15.00	1719	-54.0
32	Muradyan, Alex	0	ARM	=11B	+39N	−4B	−8N	+19B	−23N	−24B	=29N	=40B	3.5	38.0	40.5	13.50	1587	0.0
33	Avagyan, David	0	ARM	−26B	=19N	=29B	−34N	−35B	=40N	+42B	+39N	−23B	3.5	28.5	29.5	9.25	1502	0.0
34	Yeghoyan, Tsovinar	1577	ARM	−4B	+42N	−13N	+33B	+27N	−7B	−14N	−20B	−22N	3.0	39.5	40.5	8.50	1449	-38.4
35	Hovhannisyan, Samson	0	ARM	−25N	=16B	=38N	−18B	+33N	−20B	+36B	−19N	−29B	3.0	34.5	37.5	10.50	1380	0.0
36	Yeghjyan, Sargis	1411	ARM	=14N	−23B	=18N	−20B	+41N	−25B	−35N	+38B	−28N	3.0	33.5	35.5	10.00	1480	+18.4
37	Artushyan, Narek	0	ARM	+38B	−2N	−39B	−17N	+40B	−27N	−18N	+42B	−30N	3.0	32.5	33.5	6.50	1460	0.0
38	Bulat, Mansur R	1691	KAZ	−37N	−17B	=35B	−16N	+42B	−19N	=40B	−36N	+41N	3.0	28.5	29.5	5.75	1168	-122.0
39	Petrosyan, Aren	1589	ARM	=9N	−32B	+37N	−15B	−29N	−30B	=41N	−33B	=42N	2.5	31.0	32.0	7.50	1384	-40.8
40	Hovhannisyan, Vahe Z.	1580	ARM	−10N	−30B	−20N	+42B	−37N	=33B	=38N	−41B	=32N	2.5	29.5	30.5	6.00	1351	-45.2
41	Hakobyan, Vahagn	0	ARM	F	−31N	−26B	−28N	−36B	=42N	=39B	+40N	−38B	2.0	23.5	23.5	4.25	1400	0.0
42	Santrosyan, Aleksandr	0	ARM	−12N	−34B	−28B	−40N	−38N	=41B	−33N	−37N	=39B	1.0	26.5	28.5	2.25	1220	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chobanyan, SamvelARM
+90.8
5.0 pts · #15
2Tokhyan, FeliksARM
+88.0
6.5 pts · #9
3Ananyan, ArenARM
+76.0
5.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Bulat, Mansur RKAZ
-122.0
3.0 pts · #40
2Tarzyan, HarutyunARM
-113.6
4.0 pts · #26
3Khachyan, AlenARM
-68.4
4.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R8+280 Elo gap
Yeghjyan, Sargis1411 beat Bulat, Mansur R1691
R3+278 Elo gap
Tokhyan, Feliks1908 beat CMNavoyan, Gagik2186
R8+249 Elo gap
Soghomonyan, Tigran1937 beat CMNavoyan, Gagik2186