Yerevan Spring 2025

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99 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 14 May 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1985, and top seed was Menua Hakobyan (🇦🇲 ARM, FM, 2142).

Armen Galajyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1941) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Aram Grigoryan (7.5) and Menua Hakobyan (7.0). Galajyan won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Hakob Baghmanyan (1510) beat Hayk Maghakyan (2036), a +526-point gap.

Location

🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia

Dates

08 May 2025 → 14 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇲FMMenua Hakobyan2142

Avg top 10

1,985

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇲Armenia×94

🇷🇺Russia×2

Top 3

🥇
Armen Galajyan
🇦🇲ARM·1941
8.0pts·2194perf+50.4
🥈
Aram Grigoryan
🇦🇲ARM·2083
7.5pts·2132perf+15.6
🥉
FMMenua Hakobyan
🇦🇲ARM·2142
7.0pts·2077perf-14.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Armen Galajyan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Galajyan8Grigoryan7.5Hakobyan7Sharajyan7Ayvazyan7Khachatryan6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Armen Galajyan held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Armen Galajyan 5 wins (R1–R5)Aram Grigoryan 3 wins (R3–R5)FM Menua Hakobyan 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)

R5 · LATE SURGE

FM Menua Hakobyan was #14 at R5, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Armen Galajyan	*	—	½	—
2Aram Grigoryan	—	*	1	—
3FMMenua Hakobyan	½	0	*	—
4Garik Sharajyan	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Galajyan, Armen	1941	ARM	+70N	+22B	+16N	+26B	+19B	=9N	+25B	+12N	=3B	8.0	46.0	49.5	43.00	2194	+50.4
2	Grigoryan, Aram	2083	ARM	+54B	=23N	+10B	+28N	+3B	=19N	=9B	+11N	+6B	7.5	47.5	52.0	43.50	2132	+15.6
3	Hakobyan, MenuaFM	2142	ARM	+62N	+72B	+14N	=21B	−2N	+10B	+8N	+19B	=1N	7.0	49.0	52.5	38.25	2077	-14.8
4	Ayvazyan, Ashot	1802	ARM	+74N	+41B	=20N	=7B	+58N	−6B	+31N	+25B	+14N	7.0	43.0	46.5	34.00	1927	+64.0
5	Sharajyan, Garik	1821	ARM	+79N	+45B	−19B	+24N	+33B	−25N	+41B	+20N	+12B	7.0	41.5	45.0	34.50	1935	+56.4
6	Khachatryan, Mariam	1840	ARM	+42B	+33N	+18B	−19N	+17B	+4N	+7N	=9B	−2N	6.5	49.5	54.0	38.00	1967	+65.6
7	Karakhanyan, Vazgen	1869	ARM	+83B	=28N	+66B	=4N	+32B	+13N	−6B	+10B	=9N	6.5	45.5	48.5	33.00	1870	+11.6
8	Mirakyan, Angelina	1637	ARM	+68B	−19N	+83B	=57N	+42B	+15N	−3B	+29N	+27B	6.5	40.5	43.5	29.00	1847	+80.8
9	Tovmasyan, Karen	2025	ARM	F	+44B	+12N	+27N	+13B	=1B	=2N	=6N	=7B	6.0	50.0	50.0	35.75	2044	+5.8
10	Dermenjyan, Harutyun	1624	ARM	+69N	+25B	−2N	+11B	+27B	−3N	+13B	−7N	+26N	6.0	48.0	51.5	30.50	1992	+142.0
11	Kshtoyan, Indat	1948	ARM	+53B	+17N	−13B	−10N	+45B	+61N	+23B	−2B	+35N	6.0	45.0	49.0	29.50	1824	-20.8
12	Ghazaryan, Armen	1801	ARM	+57B	+36N	−9B	+59N	+47B	+21N	+29B	−1B	−5N	6.0	45.0	49.0	28.00	1798	+10.0
13	Gasparov, Sergo G.	1800	ARM	+31N	+58B	+11N	+20B	−9N	−7B	−10N	+59B	+32N	6.0	44.0	48.0	29.50	1861	+29.2
14	Barseghyan, Georgi	1825	ARM	+87B	+59N	−3B	−33N	+39B	+47N	+17B	+27N	−4B	6.0	43.5	46.5	27.50	1778	-10.4
15	Mkrtchyan, Narek	1874	ARM	+43N	+38B	−26N	+48B	=21N	−8B	+24N	+34B	=16N	6.0	43.0	47.5	30.25	1784	-31.2
16	Poghosyan, Davit	1790	ARM	+75B	+29N	−1B	=41N	+50B	+57N	−19B	+28N	=15B	6.0	42.5	46.0	27.25	1774	+3.2
17	Karapetyan, Suren	1628	ARM	+85N	−11B	+63N	+60B	−6N	+30B	−14N	+65B	+37N	6.0	40.5	43.5	25.00	1725	+27.6
18	Mkrtumyan, Robert	1743	ARM	+46N	+60B	−6N	−58B	+70N	=24B	+62N	=26B	+25N	6.0	38.5	42.0	26.25	1698	-6.0
19	Sahakyan, Arman K.	2044	ARM	+40N	+8B	+5N	+6B	−1N	=2B	+16N	−3N	F	5.5	54.0	59.0	34.75	2004	-2.8
20	Maghakyan, Hayk	2036	ARM	+51B	+32N	=4B	−13N	+36B	−29N	+50B	−5B	+41N	5.5	44.0	48.5	27.00	1776	-94.4
21	Grigoryan, Davit S.	1849	ARM	+63N	+48B	+35N	=3N	=15B	−12B	=34N	−22B	+52N	5.5	43.5	47.5	27.00	1792	-18.0
22	Manukyan, Sargis Art.	1584	ARM	+92B	−1N	−57B	=64N	+46B	+42N	+43B	+21N	F	5.5	40.5	43.0	23.50	1653	+18.0
23	Aslanyan, Arman S.	1681	ARM	+96N	=2B	=30N	+39B	−25N	+59B	−11N	=41B	+77N	5.5	40.5	42.5	23.00	1705	+2.8
24	Barseghyan, Angel	1550	ARM	+76B	−27N	+93B	−5B	+68N	=18N	−15B	+57N	+49B	5.5	39.5	41.5	20.50	1593	+5.2
25	Martirosyan, Mher Zh.	1883	ARM	+55B	−10N	+51B	+38N	+23B	+5B	−1N	−4N	−18B	5.0	49.0	53.5	26.50	1728	-63.2
26	Manucharian, Mark	1777	ARM	+84N	+39B	+15B	−1N	=29B	=41N	=28B	=18N	−10B	5.0	45.5	48.5	24.25	1663	-22.2
27	Sahakyan, Hamlet	1832	ARM	+78N	+24B	+34N	−9B	−10N	+67B	+32N	−14B	−8N	5.0	44.0	47.5	23.00	1715	-50.4
28	Petrosyan, Hakob H.	1583	ARM	+97N	=7B	+37N	−2B	=31N	+71B	=26N	−16B	=30N	5.0	43.5	45.5	21.25	1683	+28.4
29	Baghmanyan, Hakob	1510	ARM	+90N	−16B	+71N	+34B	=26N	+20B	−12N	−8B	=38N	5.0	42.5	45.0	21.50	1694	+59.2
30	Adamyan, Raffi	1440	ARM	=37N	+52B	=23B	−32N	+38B	−17N	+33B	=67N	=28B	5.0	41.0	45.0	24.25	1656	+89.2
31	Yesayan, Vahagn	1425	ARM	−13B	+80N	=36B	+66N	=28B	+33N	−4B	−32B	+59N	5.0	41.0	44.5	21.50	1623	+70.8
32	Margaryan, Mark	1647	ARM	+89N	−20B	+70N	+30B	−7N	+58B	−27B	+31N	−13B	5.0	40.5	43.0	20.00	1680	+10.8
33	Chobanyan, Samvel	1557	ARM	+99N	−6B	+78N	+14B	−5N	−31B	−30N	+68B	+62N	5.0	40.5	41.5	18.00	1572	+0.4
34	Avetisyan, Ashot A.	1738	ARM	+71B	+73N	−27B	−29N	+51B	+40N	=21B	−15N	=39B	5.0	39.5	43.0	21.75	1602	-48.8
35	Gevorgyan, Albert R.	1748	ARM	+64B	+50N	−21B	−47N	−40B	+55N	+57B	+36N	−11B	5.0	39.0	43.0	22.00	1605	-57.6
36	Grigoryan, Aleksey	1531	ARM	+95N	−12B	=31N	+46B	−20N	+69B	=37N	−35B	+65N	5.0	38.5	40.5	19.00	1506	-10.0
37	Babaian, Eduard	1813	RUS	=30B	+98N	−28B	+43N	−41B	+53N	=36B	+61N	−17B	5.0	38.5	40.0	19.50	1529	-53.4
38	Aghabekyan, Davit	1560	ARM	+49B	−15N	+75B	−25B	−30N	+78B	=58N	+51N	=29B	5.0	37.5	41.0	20.50	1578	+0.4
39	Poghosyan, Vache	1509	ARM	+91B	−26N	+77B	−23N	−14N	+60B	=44N	+69B	=34N	5.0	37.0	39.5	18.25	1489	-5.6
40	Karapetyan, Maria	1498	ARM	−19B	−68N	+94B	+93N	+35N	−34B	=48N	=44B	+61B	5.0	34.0	36.0	17.50	1685	+57.2
41	Harutyunyan, Vahe A.	1524	ARM	+77B	−4N	+82B	=16B	+37N	=26B	−5N	=23N	−20B	4.5	44.5	48.0	20.25	1699	+51.2
42	Grigoryan, Garnik	1458	ARM	−6N	+99B	+44N	=72B	−8N	−22B	=73N	+86B	=48N	4.5	37.5	38.5	14.25	1525	+16.8
43	Kerobyan, Harutyun	1469	ARM	−15B	=49N	+81N	−37B	+86N	+72B	−22N	=48B	=44N	4.5	37.0	40.0	16.75	1560	+20.4
44	Ayvazyan, Aram	1626	ARM	+82B	−9N	−42B	+75N	=53B	=83N	=39B	=40N	=43B	4.5	36.5	39.5	18.00	1497	-60.4
45	Israelyan, Hrachya	1542	ARM	+56B	−5N	F	+89B	−11N	=74B	+75N	=62B	=80N	4.5	35.5	38.0	16.00	1555	-16.8
46	Abrahamyan, Sargis	0	ARM	−18B	=61N	+98B	−36N	−22N	+63B	−52N	+79B	+83N	4.5	35.5	37.0	14.00	1493	0.0
47	Antonyan, Lyudmila	1514	ARM	=86N	=88B	+84N	+35B	−12N	−14B	−65N	+71B	=56N	4.5	35.0	38.0	16.75	1664	+28.0
48	Martirosyan, Samvel	1557	ARM	+94B	−21N	+64B	−15N	−71B	+93N	=40B	=43N	=42B	4.5	35.0	37.0	15.00	1536	-12.0
49	Harutyunyan, Alen	0	ARM	−38N	=43B	=52N	=63B	=78N	+70B	=72N	+58B	−24N	4.5	34.5	38.0	17.50	1517	0.0
50	Diloyan, Angelina	1507	ARM	+65N	−35B	=69N	+88B	−16N	+76B	−20N	−77B	+75N	4.5	34.5	37.5	15.75	1524	-2.0
51	Vardanyan, Manvel	1485	ARM	−20N	+89B	−25N	+73B	−34N	+90B	=67N	−38B	+68N	4.5	34.0	36.5	14.00	1361	-29.2
52	Papyan, Ashot	1505	ARM	=98B	−30N	=49B	−71N	+82B	=68N	+46B	+66N	−21B	4.5	34.0	35.5	16.75	1491	-5.2
53	Harutyunyan, Viktoria	1481	ARM	−11N	+85B	−72N	+95B	=44N	−37B	=76N	=73B	+69N	4.5	32.5	34.5	14.25	1423	-10.8
54	Sharajyan, Viktoria	1502	ARM	−2N	+96B	−60N	−68B	+85N	=73B	−69N	+74B	+76N	4.5	32.0	34.0	13.75	1668	+13.6
55	Sahakyan, Mark	1471	ARM	−25N	−69B	−95N	+97B	+94N	−35B	+60N	=76B	+73N	4.5	28.5	30.5	13.25	1010	-10.0
56	Melkonyan, Rudik	0	ARM	−45N	−79B	−74N	−85B	+92N	+98B	+96N	+84B	=47B	4.5	26.5	28.0	11.25	1153	0.0
57	Movsisyan, Vahe	1436	ARM	−12N	+95B	+22N	=8B	+72N	−16B	−35N	−24B	=58N	4.0	42.0	44.0	16.25	1574	+46.0
58	Matevosyan, Hayk	1512	ARM	+80B	−13N	+73B	+18N	−4B	−32N	=38B	−49N	=57B	4.0	41.0	44.5	17.50	1543	+5.2
59	Avtandilian, Aramais	1546	ARM	+81B	−14B	+79N	−12B	+65N	−23N	+83B	−13N	−31B	4.0	39.5	42.5	14.00	1481	-23.6
60	Khachatryan, Narek A.	0	ARM	+61B	−18N	+54B	−17N	−67B	−39N	−55B	+93N	+87B	4.0	37.0	39.0	13.50	1465	0.0
61	Ohanyan, Ara	1551	ARM	−60N	=46B	=88N	+84B	+74N	−11B	+71N	−37B	−40N	4.0	34.5	37.5	13.75	1478	-21.6
62	Matevosyan, Gagik	1504	ARM	−3B	−93N	=99B	+91N	+64B	+77N	−18B	=45N	−33B	4.0	34.5	35.5	12.75	1494	-7.6
63	Antonyan, Nare	1464	ARM	−21B	+94N	−17B	=49N	−76B	−46N	+91B	+81N	=66B	4.0	34.0	36.0	12.25	1397	-10.8
64	Manukyan, Hayk	1412	ARM	−35N	+65B	−48N	=22B	−62N	=86B	+90N	+72B	F	4.0	33.5	36.0	14.25	1462	+9.2
65	Tarkhanyan, Mark	0	ARM	−50B	−64N	+92B	+87N	−59B	+?N	+47B	−17N	−36B	4.0	33.5	33.5	10.00	1409	0.0
66	Stepanyan, Tigran	1543	ARM	=88N	+86B	−7N	−31B	−69N	+89B	+74N	−52B	=63N	4.0	33.0	35.5	12.50	1394	-40.8
67	Avetisyan, Arman G.	1546	ARM	−73N	−71B	+97N	+69B	+60N	−27N	=51B	=30B	F	4.0	33.0	35.0	14.25	1475	-13.2
68	Babayan, Hayk V.	0	ARM	−8N	+40B	F	+54N	−24B	=52B	+79N	−33N	−51B	3.5	40.0	43.5	15.25	1479	0.0
69	Gevorgyan, Stepan	0	ARM	−10B	+55N	=50B	−67N	+66B	−36N	+54B	−39N	−53B	3.5	38.0	42.0	15.25	1442	0.0
70	Aleksanyan, Robert	1474	ARM	−1B	+92N	−32B	+82N	−18B	−49N	=81B	−75B	+86N	3.5	37.0	39.5	10.75	870	-43.6
71	Avagyan, Aren	0	ARM	−34N	+67N	−29B	+52B	+48N	−28N	−61B	−47N	=78B	3.5	36.5	40.0	14.75	1461	0.0
72	Arakelyan, Alen	1660	ARM	+93B	−3N	+53B	=42N	−57B	−43N	=49B	−64N	=82B	3.5	36.5	38.5	12.75	1361	-96.4
73	Khurshudyan, Mher	0	ARM	+67B	−34B	−58N	−51N	+87B	=54N	=42B	=53N	−55B	3.5	35.5	38.5	13.75	1439	0.0
74	Prokhorova, Adelaida	1437	RUS	−4B	−77N	+56B	+80N	−61B	=45N	−66B	−54N	+93B	3.5	35.5	37.5	12.25	1233	-40.4
75	Gharagyozyan, Kristina	1422	ARM	−16N	+90B	−38N	−44B	=81N	+88B	−45B	+70N	−50B	3.5	34.5	37.0	10.75	1320	-29.6
76	Khachikyan, Mikayel	0	ARM	−24N	−78B	+?N	=79B	+63N	−50N	=53B	=55N	−54B	3.5	34.5	34.5	10.25	1403	0.0
77	Sargsyan, Rafayel E.	0	ARM	−41N	+74B	−39N	=78B	+79N	−62B	F	+50N	−23B	3.5	34.0	34.0	13.25	1464	0.0
78	Minasyan, Edik	1458	ARM	−27B	+76N	−33B	=77N	=49B	−38N	−80B	+89B	=71N	3.5	33.5	36.0	11.75	851	-32.4
79	Ghukasyan, Vahagn	1441	ARM	−5B	+56N	−59B	=76N	−77B	+91N	−68B	−46N	+90B	3.5	33.0	35.5	11.25	875	-18.8
80	Seviyan, Tigran	0	ARM	−58N	−31B	+96N	−74B	=84N	=85B	+78N	F	=45B	3.5	29.5	31.5	10.75	1341	0.0
81	Margaryan, Artur A.	0	ARM	−59N	=87N	−43B	=99N	=75B	=84B	=70N	−63B	+89N	3.5	28.0	29.0	9.50	1276	0.0
82	Gasparyan, Jivan	0	ARM	−44N	+?B	−41N	−70B	−52N	+95B	−84N	+96B	=72N	3.5	27.5	27.5	5.75	1351	0.0
83	Azizyan, Artush	1467	ARM	−7N	+97B	−8N	=86B	+88N	=44B	−59N	F	−46B	3.0	35.5	37.5	8.75	1342	-22.8
84	Atoyan, Mari	1414	ARM	−26B	+91N	−47B	−61N	=80B	=81N	+82B	−56N	F	3.0	31.5	34.0	9.50	785	0.0
85	Danielyan, David A.	0	ARM	−17B	−53N	−91B	+56N	−54B	=80N	−87B	=92N	+97B	3.0	31.0	33.0	9.50	717	0.0
86	Sayadyan, Davit	0	ARM	=47B	−66N	=87B	=83N	−43B	=64N	+93B	−42N	−70B	3.0	31.0	33.0	9.25	1269	0.0
87	Karapetyan, Artur H.	1454	ARM	−14N	=81B	=86N	−65B	−73N	=94B	+85N	=88B	−60N	3.0	30.0	32.0	8.75	1024	-4.0
88	Margaryan, Leo	0	ARM	=66B	=47N	=61B	−50N	−83B	−75N	+99B	=87N	F	3.0	29.5	30.5	8.75	1323	0.0
89	Aybekyan, Syuzanna	0	ARM	−32B	−51N	+90B	−45N	=91B	−66N	+94B	−78N	−81B	2.5	30.0	32.0	5.75	748	0.0
90	FIDE 13328190	0	—	−29B	−75N	−89N	+92B	+98B	−51N	−64B	=94N	−79N	2.5	27.5	29.0	5.00	658	0.0
91	Simonyan, Hayk K.	0	ARM	−39N	−84B	+85N	−62B	=89N	−79B	−63N	−97N	+94B	2.5	27.0	29.0	6.25	679	0.0
92	Grigoryan, Sergey A.	0	ARM	−22N	−70B	−65N	−90N	−56B	=97N	+95B	=85B	=98N	2.5	27.0	28.5	5.25	729	0.0
93	Avetisyan, Mari	0	ARM	−72N	+62B	−24N	−40B	+95N	−48B	−86N	−60B	−74N	2.0	33.0	35.0	6.00	1259	0.0
94	Karapetyan, Taron	0	ARM	−48N	−63B	−40N	+96B	−55B	=87N	−89N	=90B	−91N	2.0	28.5	30.5	4.75	1121	0.0
95	Parsyan, Hayk	0	ARM	−36B	−57N	+55B	−53N	−93B	−82N	−92N	+99B	F	2.0	28.0	29.0	5.50	1286	0.0
96	Avetisyan Gor A.	0	ARM	−23B	−54N	−80B	−94N	+97B	+99N	−56B	−82N	F	2.0	27.5	28.5	3.00	790	0.0
97	FIDE 13328450	0	—	−28B	−83N	−67B	−55N	−96N	=92B	=98N	+91B	−85N	2.0	26.5	28.0	4.50	717	0.0
98	Torosyan, Garik	0	ARM	=52N	−37B	−46N	−?B	−90N	−56N	=97B	F	=92B	1.5	25.5	25.5	4.50	1327	0.0
99	FIDE 13328425	0	—	−33B	−42N	=62N	=81B	−?N	−96B	−88N	−95N	F	1.0	24.0	24.0	3.75	1178	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dermenjyan, HarutyunARM
+142.0
6.0 pts · #22
2Adamyan, RaffiARM
+89.2
5.0 pts · #19
3Mirakyan, AngelinaARM
+80.8
6.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Arakelyan, AlenARM
-96.4
3.5 pts · #61
2Maghakyan, HaykARM
-94.4
5.5 pts · #15
3Martirosyan, Mher Zh.ARM
-63.2
5.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R6+526 Elo gap
Baghmanyan, Hakob1510 beat Maghakyan, Hayk2036
R4+324 Elo gap
Dermenjyan, Harutyun1624 beat Kshtoyan, Indat1948
R5+289 Elo gap
Harutyunyan, Vahe A.1524 beat Babaian, Eduard1813