Goris Open 2025 - Tournament B

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54 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Nov 2025 to 20 Nov 2025 in Goris, Armenia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1904, and top seed was Vardan Movsisyan (🇦🇲 ARM, FM, 2093).

Hamayak Stepanyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1976) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Arman M. Vardanyan (7.0) and Alen Gevorgyan (7.0). Stepanyan shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Gor G. Grigoryan (1463) beat Narek Mkrtchyan (1860), a +397-point gap.

Location

🇦🇲Goris, Armenia

Dates

12 Nov 2025 → 20 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇲FMVardan Movsisyan2093

Avg top 10

1,904

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇲Armenia×47

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
Hamayak Stepanyan
🇦🇲ARM·1976
7.0pts·2026perf+15.0
🥈
Arman M. Vardanyan
🇦🇲ARM·1835
7.0pts·1941perf+38.8
🥉
Alen Gevorgyan
🇦🇲ARM·1924
7.0pts·1929perf+5.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Stepanyan7Gevorgyan7Vardanyan7Movsisyan6.5Mikayelyan6.5Petrosyan6.5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE18 Nov

Mikael Mikayelyan takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Stepanyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Hamayak Stepanyan 4 wins (R1–R4)Alen Gevorgyan 3 wins (R7–R9)Arman M. Vardanyan 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Hamayak Stepanyan	*	—	1	1
2Alen Gevorgyan	—	*	0	—
3Arman M. Vardanyan	0	1	*	—
4FMVardan Movsisyan	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Stepanyan, Hamayak	1976	ARM	+21B	+43N	+2B	+8N	−4B	=12N	+6B	+5N	=7B	7.0	49.5	53.0	40.50	2026	+15.0
2	Vardanyan, Arman M.	1835	ARM	+51N	+13B	−1N	+16B	+19N	+3B	−4N	+24B	+8N	7.0	47.0	49.0	35.50	1941	+38.8
3	Gevorgyan, Alen	1924	ARM	+7B	=17N	+31B	=18N	+34B	−2N	+20B	+12N	+4B	7.0	44.5	48.5	36.50	1929	+5.4
4	Mikayelyan, Mikael	1956	ARM	+32N	+35B	=10N	+9B	+1N	=5N	+2B	=8B	−3N	6.5	49.5	53.5	37.25	1989	+11.8
5	Movsisyan, VardanFM	2093	ARM	+33N	=9B	+26N	+6B	+15N	=4B	=8N	−1B	+12N	6.5	47.5	51.5	35.25	1992	-15.8
6	Petrosyan, Artur Kareni	1823	ARM	+50B	+34N	+12B	−5N	=14B	+30N	−1N	+19B	+13B	6.5	43.0	45.0	28.75	1963	+23.0
7	Grigoryan, Gor G.	1463	ARM	−3N	+39B	−48N	+49B	+28N	+31B	+15N	+30B	=1N	6.5	38.0	40.0	27.50	1978	+120.0
8	Karamyan, Vardan	1847	ARM	+27N	+25B	+19N	−1B	+31N	+24B	=5B	=4N	−2B	6.0	45.5	49.5	29.00	1892	+11.8
9	Meliksetyan, Hrachya	1702	ARM	+14B	=5N	+43B	−4N	=13B	−20N	+21B	+37N	+22B	6.0	43.0	46.5	29.00	1881	+45.2
10	Botoyan, Hayk	1838	ARM	+29B	+22N	=4B	−12N	−24B	=46N	+33B	+20N	+17B	6.0	40.0	43.5	28.50	1775	-4.6
11	Stepanyan, Artyom	1601	ARM	−28B	+50N	+20B	+45N	=30B	−14N	=32B	+18N	+23B	6.0	36.5	38.5	24.50	1862	+54.8
12	Harutyunyan, Meline	1891	ARM	+46N	+47B	−6N	+10B	+18N	=1B	+14N	−3B	−5B	5.5	47.0	49.0	25.50	1863	-2.8
13	Khojabaghyan, Artur	0	ARM	+23B	−2N	+22B	=17N	=9N	=25B	+31N	+14B	−6N	5.5	44.5	48.5	27.25	1693	0.0
14	Grigoryan, Karen E.	0	ARM	−9N	+32B	+47N	+25B	=6N	+11B	−12B	−13N	+30N	5.5	42.0	44.0	23.75	1744	0.0
15	Mkrtchyan, Narek	1860	ARM	+16B	+44N	=18B	=30N	−5B	+33N	−7B	=17N	+26B	5.5	41.0	44.5	24.50	1731	-43.6
16	Grigoryan, Tigran A.	1437	ARM	−15N	+38B	+53B	−2N	=17B	=23N	=44B	+45N	+25N	5.5	38.0	39.0	19.75	1621	+48.0
17	Samvelyan, Tagvor	1614	ARM	+39N	=3B	−30N	=13B	=16N	+35B	+27N	=15B	−10N	5.0	42.0	46.0	24.25	1710	+30.4
18	Avetisyan, Gor	1797	ARM	+36N	+40B	=15N	=3B	−12B	+21N	−24N	−11B	+32N	5.0	41.5	45.5	23.25	1699	-12.6
19	Hayrapetyan, Anri	1756	ARM	+45B	+28N	−8B	+21N	−2B	=32N	+34B	−6N	=24N	5.0	41.5	45.0	21.25	1596	-48.4
20	Kharatyan, Narek	0	ARM	−35N	+46B	−11N	+47B	+26N	+9B	−3N	−10B	+31N	5.0	41.0	43.0	20.00	1692	0.0
21	Gyurjyan, Vardan	1475	ARM	−1N	+52B	+40N	−19B	+36N	−18B	−9N	+27B	+37N	5.0	39.5	41.5	18.50	1472	-2.8
22	Mkrtchyan, Sargis M.	1508	ARM	+49N	−10B	−13N	+40B	−27N	+48B	+36N	+35B	−9N	5.0	36.0	38.0	16.00	1462	-7.2
23	Simonyan, Aramo	1618	ARM	−13N	−36B	+52N	=26B	+48N	=16B	+46N	+32B	−11N	5.0	35.0	37.0	16.50	1567	-11.2
24	Vazgenyan, Armen	0	ARM	F	−31N	+29B	+33B	+10N	−8N	+18B	−2N	=19B	4.5	41.5	41.5	22.00	1757	0.0
25	Meliksetyan, Yervand	1576	ARM	+37B	−8N	+41B	−14N	+45B	=13N	−30B	+34N	−16B	4.5	38.5	42.0	18.25	1456	-27.2
26	Avetisyan, Erik H.	1533	ARM	=42B	+48N	−5B	=23N	−20B	+41N	=45B	+44N	−15N	4.5	37.0	39.0	15.75	1660	+18.8
27	Medvedev, Anton Il	1426	ARM	−8B	−41N	+39B	+43N	+22B	=34N	−17B	−21N	+44B	4.5	36.5	40.0	18.00	1591	+52.8
28	Markosyan, Alen	0	ARM	+11N	−19B	−34B	+44N	−7B	=43N	−37B	+?N	+45B	4.5	36.0	36.0	14.75	1577	0.0
29	Abrahamyan, Alex	0	ARM	−10N	+49B	−24N	−35B	+53B	−37N	+42B	=38N	+43B	4.5	32.0	33.0	12.50	1588	0.0
30	Ghahramanyan, Alen	1822	ARM	F	+42N	+17B	=15B	=11N	−6B	+25N	−7N	−14B	4.0	43.5	43.5	19.25	1656	-24.0
31	Chobanyan, Samvel	1739	ARM	+54N	+24B	−3N	+36B	−8B	−7N	−13B	+41N	−20B	4.0	42.5	43.0	13.00	944	-58.0
32	Apresyan, Tigran	1471	ARM	−4B	−14N	+50B	+37N	+38B	=19B	=11N	−23N	−18B	4.0	41.0	43.0	15.50	1481	+3.6
33	Mkrtchyan, Armo	1486	ARM	−5B	+54N	+37B	−24N	+41B	−15B	−10N	+39N	−40B	4.0	38.5	39.0	12.50	1062	-11.6
34	Sargsyan, Henri D.	1498	ARM	+53N	−6B	+28N	+48B	−3N	=27B	−19N	−25B	=35N	4.0	38.0	39.0	11.75	1416	-24.4
35	Harutyunyan, Yura	1649	ARM	+20B	−4N	−45B	+29N	=46B	−17N	+43B	−22N	=34B	4.0	37.0	40.5	16.75	1485	-53.6
36	Bakunts, Artak	0	ARM	−18B	+23N	+44B	−31N	−21B	+38N	−22B	−43N	+48B	4.0	35.0	37.0	14.50	1462	0.0
37	Mkrtchyan, Karlen	0	ARM	−25N	+51B	−33N	−32B	+?N	+29B	+28N	−9B	−21B	4.0	34.5	34.5	11.00	1258	0.0
38	Mnatsakanyan, Leo	0	ARM	−44B	−16N	+51N	+42B	−32N	−36B	+47N	=29B	=46N	4.0	31.0	33.0	12.00	1361	0.0
39	FIDE 13327283	0	—	−17B	−7N	−27N	+51B	−43B	+50N	+48N	−33B	+49N	4.0	29.5	31.5	8.00	732	0.0
40	Minasyan, Aram	0	ARM	F	−18N	−21B	−22N	−44B	+54N	+53B	+46B	+33N	4.0	27.5	27.5	9.00	1423	0.0
41	Khojabaghyan, Samvel	0	ARM	−47N	+27B	−25N	+?B	−33N	−26B	+49N	−31B	+50N	4.0	27.5	27.5	8.50	1398	0.0
42	Poghosyan, Monte	0	ARM	=26N	−30B	−?N	−38N	+51B	=52B	−29N	+47B	+53B	4.0	24.0	24.0	8.25	1531	0.0
43	Morikyan, Gor	1656	ARM	+52N	−1B	−9N	−27B	+39N	=28B	−35N	+36B	−29N	3.5	38.5	40.5	12.25	889	-74.4
44	Israelyan, Hrachya	1547	ARM	+38N	−15B	−36N	−28B	+40N	+49B	=16N	−26B	−27N	3.5	36.5	38.5	12.75	1245	-65.6
45	Davtyan, Hovik	0	ARM	−19N	+?B	+35N	−11B	−25N	+47B	=26N	−16B	−28N	3.5	36.0	36.0	8.25	1540	0.0
46	Manucharyan, Manvel	1461	ARM	−12B	−20N	+54B	+53N	=35N	=10B	−23B	−40N	=38B	3.5	34.5	35.0	8.50	1546	+10.8
47	Murdoch, Stephen	1616	NZL	+41B	−12N	−14B	−20N	+52B	−45N	−38B	−42N	F	2.0	33.5	33.5	6.00	1092	-3.4
48	Sargsyan, Paylak	0	ARM	+?N	−26B	+7B	−34N	−23B	−22N	−39B	F	−36N	2.0	33.0	33.0	6.50	1387	0.0
49	FIDE 13330012	0	—	−22B	−29N	F	−7N	+50B	−44N	−41B	+54N	−39B	2.0	30.0	30.0	2.50	709	0.0
50	FIDE 13329995	0	—	−6N	−11B	−32N	+54B	−49N	−39B	F	+53N	−41B	2.0	29.5	30.0	1.50	822	0.0
51	FIDE 13330055	0	—	−2B	−37N	−38B	−39N	−42N	F	=54B	=52N	+?B	2.0	25.5	25.5	1.25	1667	0.0
52	Khachatryan, Areg	0	ARM	−43B	−21N	−23B	F	−47N	=42N	F	=51B	+54B	2.0	24.0	24.0	3.50	789	0.0
53	FIDE 13329960	0	—	−34B	F	−16N	−46B	−29N	+?B	−40N	−50B	−42N	1.0	27.5	27.5	0.00	1279	0.0
54	FIDE 13330004	0	—	−31B	−33B	−46N	−50N	F	−40B	=51N	−49B	−52N	0.5	23.5	23.5	1.00	763	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Grigoryan, Gor G.ARM
+120.0
6.5 pts · #14
2Stepanyan, ArtyomARM
+54.8
6.0 pts · #24
3Medvedev, Anton IlARM
+52.8
4.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Morikyan, GorARM
-74.4
3.5 pts · #46
2Israelyan, HrachyaARM
-65.6
3.5 pts · #45
3Chobanyan, SamvelARM
-58.0
4.0 pts · #51

Biggest upsets

R7+397 Elo gap
Grigoryan, Gor G.1463 beat Mkrtchyan, Narek1860
R8+359 Elo gap
Grigoryan, Gor G.1463 beat Ghahramanyan, Alen1822
R6+276 Elo gap
Grigoryan, Gor G.1463 beat Chobanyan, Samvel1739