Yerevan Open 2025 (A)

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100 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 11 Dec 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia. 70 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2466, and top seed was Sergei Lobanov ( FID, GM, 2527).

Erik Hakobyan (🇦🇲 ARM, IM, 2405) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vitaly Sivuk (7.0) and Erik R. Gasparyan (6.5). Hakobyan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Petr Naumov (CM, 2113) beat Ivan Yeletsky (FM, 2442), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia

Dates

05 Dec 2025 → 11 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

GMSergei Lobanov2527

Avg top 10

2,466

Participants

100

Titled players · 70

GM×8

IM×14

FM×23

CM×19

WIM×1

WFM×4

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇲Armenia×58

🇮🇷Iran×12

🇮🇳India×11

🇷🇺Russia×8

FIDE (no federation)×7

🇬🇪Georgia×2

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1

🇸🇪Sweden×1

Top 3

🥇
IMErik Hakobyan
🇦🇲ARM·2405
7.0pts·2548perf+17.0
🥈
GMVitaly Sivuk
🇸🇪SWE·2466
7.0pts·2582perf+13.2
🥉
IMErik R. Gasparyan
🇦🇲ARM·2397
6.5pts·2523perf+15.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Sivuk7Hakobyan7Kornienko6.5Gasparyan6.5Agasarov6.5Pogosyan6.5— ex-leaders:Usovled R4, #22

R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Dec

GM Vitaly Sivuk takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Hakobyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Vitaly Sivuk won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMVitaly Sivuk	*	—	—	½
2IMErik Hakobyan	—	*	—	1
3FMKonstantin Kornienko	—	—	*	—
4IMErik R. Gasparyan	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hakobyan, ErikIM	2405	ARM	=62N	+83B	+36N	=11B	+32N	=5B	+3B	=6N	+17B	7.0	45.0	48.0	36.50	2548	+17.0
2	Sivuk, VitalyGM	2466	SWE	+72B	+95N	+21B	=3N	+14B	=16N	+43B	=5N	=13B	7.0	43.0	45.0	33.00	2582	+13.2
3	Gasparyan, Erik R.IM	2397	ARM	+76N	+68B	+8N	=2B	=13N	+15B	−1N	+29B	=5B	6.5	47.0	50.5	34.00	2523	+15.6
4	Agasarov, BenikIM	2401	ARM	+12B	=31N	=18B	+20N	=19B	=13N	+41B	=7N	+22B	6.5	45.0	49.5	35.50	2450	+6.3
5	Sahakyan, AleksIM	2389	ARM	+66B	+48N	−13B	+40N	+95B	=1N	+33B	=2B	=3N	6.5	44.0	46.0	30.25	2487	+12.0
6	Gharibyan, MamikonGM	2491	ARM	+47N	=40B	=30N	=32B	=8N	+46B	+49N	=1B	+14N	6.5	42.5	47.0	33.00	2455	-2.3
7	Kornienko, KonstantinFM	2384	RUS	+94N	+71B	=10N	=15B	=30N	+31B	=9N	=4B	+29N	6.5	42.5	44.5	30.00	2513	+31.6
8	Pogosyan, StefanIM	2352	ARM	+74B	+73N	−3B	=41N	=6B	+45N	=17B	+43N	+16B	6.5	41.0	44.5	29.75	2478	+16.0
9	Davtyan, ArturGM	2474	ARM	+53N	+50B	=11N	=29B	+17B	=14N	=7B	−13N	+30B	6.0	43.5	48.0	31.00	2477	+0.7
10	Grigoryan, Karen H.GM	2484	ARM	+58B	+25N	=7B	−14N	=41B	=18N	+48B	=12N	+33B	6.0	43.0	47.5	30.75	2395	-8.6
11	Ambartsumian, TyhranFM	2367	ARM	+87B	+60N	=9B	=1N	=43B	=42N	=12B	=30N	+31B	6.0	42.5	45.0	28.50	2394	+8.2
12	Darvishi, Mohammad HosseinCM	2135	IRI	−4N	+92B	−46N	+38B	+71N	+32B	=11N	=10B	+35N	6.0	41.5	44.0	27.00	2395	+118.4
13	Poormosavi, Seyed KianIM	2375	IRI	F	+42B	+5N	=17N	=3B	=4B	=14N	+9B	=2N	5.5	48.0	48.0	32.50	2540	+17.8
14	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2389	RUS	+98N	+34B	+51N	+10B	−2N	=9B	=13B	=16N	−6B	5.5	46.0	47.5	25.50	2435	+13.4
15	Quparadze, GigaGM	2502	GEO	+45B	=19N	+20B	=7N	+22B	−3N	=30B	=33N	=25B	5.5	45.0	49.5	29.25	2408	-10.1
16	Davtyan, ArsenIM	2439	ARM	+52B	−20N	+84N	+23B	+24N	=2B	=29N	=14B	−8N	5.5	45.0	48.0	27.25	2391	-4.4
17	Lobanov, SergeiGM	2527	FID	+82N	+23B	+35N	=13B	−9N	=30B	=8N	+47B	−1N	5.5	45.0	48.0	26.50	2412	-11.8
18	Zakaryan, DavidIM	2245	RUS	+38N	=26B	=4N	−24B	+62N	=10B	=28N	=27B	+46N	5.5	44.0	48.0	28.00	2400	+19.1
19	Barseghyan, Armen Ar.IM	2333	ARM	+65N	=15B	=26N	+51B	=4N	−29B	=31N	=53B	+49N	5.5	41.0	45.0	26.50	2336	+1.8
20	Plotnikov, BorisFM	2282	RUS	+69N	+16B	−15N	−4B	+63N	−49B	=51N	+65B	+53N	5.5	39.0	43.0	24.25	2295	+10.0
21	Arakelyan, ManvelFM	2382	ARM	+78N	+63B	−2N	=50B	−31N	+65B	=36N	=34B	+47N	5.5	39.0	42.5	23.25	2297	-17.2
22	Chaqryan, ErikFM	2367	ARM	=59N	=62B	+63N	+71B	−15N	+40B	=47N	+35B	−4N	5.5	38.5	42.0	23.50	2335	-5.4
23	Danielyan, VaheIM	2308	ARM	+91B	−17N	+58B	−16N	=52B	+66N	=26B	=42N	+44B	5.5	38.5	41.0	22.75	2318	+2.0
24	Torosyan, NorayrIM	2383	ARM	+44B	=81N	=37B	+18N	−16B	−41N	=54B	+66N	+40B	5.5	38.0	41.0	24.75	2287	-9.8
25	Davtyan, Davit M.FM	2316	ARM	+86N	−10B	=62N	+94B	+26B	−43N	=44B	+41N	=15N	5.5	37.5	39.5	22.00	2350	+10.0
26	Hayrapetyan, HovikGM	2408	ARM	+89B	=18N	=19B	F	−25N	+72B	=23N	+50B	+36N	5.5	37.5	37.5	23.75	2396	-1.0
27	Pashikyan, RudolfFM	2359	ARM	−73B	+74N	=45B	+69B	−42N	+60N	=52B	=18N	+55B	5.5	35.5	39.0	23.75	2219	-29.2
28	Sargsyan, Sargis Vach.FM	2419	ARM	=67B	=55N	+82B	−95N	+64B	=48N	=18B	=40N	+42B	5.5	34.5	36.5	23.00	2262	-16.0
29	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2385	ARM	=55B	+67N	+31B	=9N	=34B	+19N	=16B	−3N	−7B	5.0	44.5	48.5	25.00	2346	-8.4
30	Gadzhiev, RuslanFM	2327	FID	=85B	+77N	=6B	+37N	=7B	=17N	=15N	=11B	−9N	5.0	44.5	47.5	25.00	2364	+10.8
31	Manukyan, Aleks	2230	ARM	+97B	=4B	−29N	+55N	+21B	−7N	=19B	+32B	−11N	5.0	44.5	46.5	23.00	2342	+27.0
32	Nigalidze, GaiozIM	2334	GEO	+80B	=37N	+81B	=6N	−1B	−12N	+45B	−31N	+64B	5.0	41.5	44.5	20.75	2241	-10.0
33	Hayrapetyan, EdgarFM	2356	ARM	=84N	+59B	=40N	=42B	+50N	+34B	−5N	=15B	−10N	5.0	41.0	44.0	22.75	2307	-10.4
34	Ghimoyan, NarekCM	2210	ARM	+70B	−14N	+44B	+35B	=29N	−33N	=56B	=21N	=39B	5.0	40.0	44.0	23.50	2359	+70.0
35	Ebrahimi Herab, HamidrezaFM	2379	IRI	+57B	+41N	−17B	−34N	+58B	+81N	+42B	−22N	−12B	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.00	2275	-11.7
36	Hovakimyan, VacheFM	2283	ARM	=77B	+85N	−1B	=45N	+67B	=44N	=21B	+52N	−26B	5.0	39.0	42.0	20.50	2256	-5.8
37	Sayadyan, Edvard	2038	ARM	+46N	=32B	=24N	−30B	−47N	−62B	+94N	+76B	+68N	5.0	36.0	38.0	19.25	2276	+53.4
38	Damya, Aydin	2010	IRI	−18B	=52N	=67B	−12N	=73B	+89N	+82B	+54N	=41B	5.0	35.5	38.0	18.25	2215	+96.0
39	Yeletsky, IvanFM	2442	RUS	−63N	=49B	=57N	−44B	+86N	=55B	+62N	+71B	=34N	5.0	34.5	37.5	19.75	2170	-27.5
40	Navoyan, GagikCM	2248	ARM	+64B	=6N	=33B	−5B	+51N	−22N	+81B	=28B	−24N	4.5	43.0	46.0	20.00	2308	+28.8
41	Dilanyan, GrigorFM	2206	ARM	+100N	−35B	+83N	=8B	=10N	+24B	−4N	−25B	=38N	4.5	43.0	43.5	17.75	2257	+12.0
42	Delavari, BehnoodCM	2150	IRI	+56B	−13N	+99B	=33N	+27B	=11B	−35N	=23B	−28N	4.5	42.5	44.0	19.75	2370	+100.8
43	Matinian, NikitaGM	2414	FID	−51N	+87B	+53N	+46B	=11N	+25B	−2N	−8B	F	4.5	41.0	41.0	20.00	2314	-9.1
44	Naumov, PetrCM	2113	RUS	−24N	+90B	−34N	+39N	+54B	=36B	=25N	=46B	−23N	4.5	40.5	43.0	19.50	2263	+68.0
45	Gyurjinyan, ValterCM	2187	ARM	−15N	+65B	=27N	=36B	+69N	−8B	−32N	+83B	=59N	4.5	40.0	43.0	18.50	2227	+15.1
46	Saravana, Krishnan P.IM	2278	IND	−37B	+80N	+12B	−43N	+74B	−6N	+64B	=44N	−18B	4.5	39.5	43.0	19.25	2177	-23.2
47	Amirinasab, Abolfazl	2180	IRI	−6B	=64N	+85B	=56N	+37B	+95N	=22B	−17N	−21B	4.5	39.5	41.5	17.00	2290	+47.2
48	Baghdasaryan, DavitFM	2224	ARM	+75N	−5B	−69N	+78B	+59N	=28B	−10N	=49B	=51N	4.5	39.0	42.5	18.75	2183	-19.6
49	Krkyasharyan, SonaWFM	1999	ARM	=54B	=39N	=60B	=81N	+89B	+20N	−6B	=48N	−19B	4.5	39.0	41.5	18.75	2270	+108.7
50	Abbasi Abeluie, Mohammad MehdiFM	2245	IRI	+96B	−9N	+66B	=21N	−33B	=64N	+58B	−26N	=57B	4.5	39.0	41.0	17.50	2227	-4.0
51	Petukhov, DmitriyCM	2142	RUS	+43B	+99N	−14B	−19N	−40B	+61N	=20B	=56N	=48B	4.5	39.0	40.5	17.75	2303	+73.2
52	Smirnova, EkaterinaWIM	2165	FID	−16N	=38B	=77N	+86B	=23N	+68B	=27N	−36B	=56B	4.5	38.5	41.5	19.00	2237	+15.8
53	Suslov, DmitriiFM	2172	FID	−9B	+96N	−43B	=57N	+70B	=56N	+95B	=19N	−20B	4.5	36.5	38.5	15.25	2256	+37.6
54	Pimpalkhare VedantCM	2242	IND	=49N	−84B	+61N	=62B	−44N	+59B	=24N	−38B	+74N	4.5	36.0	39.0	19.50	2104	-32.0
55	Alikhanyan, Artak	2116	ARM	=29N	=28B	=68N	−31B	=75N	=39N	+88B	+95B	−27N	4.5	36.0	38.0	16.00	2289	+38.2
56	Andreasyan, EdgarFM	2419	ARM	−42N	=57B	+75N	=47B	=72N	=53B	=34N	=51B	=52N	4.5	35.5	39.0	19.00	2145	-29.5
57	Mahish S ACM	2102	IND	−35N	=56N	=39B	=53B	=76N	=71B	+72N	=68B	=50N	4.5	34.5	38.0	18.25	2263	+68.0
58	Torosyan, VolodyaCM	2176	ARM	−10N	+86B	−23N	+77B	−35N	+83B	−50N	+85B	=75N	4.5	34.0	37.0	14.25	2176	-2.4
59	Poormosavi, Seyed Kanan	2078	IRI	=22B	−33N	+88B	=99N	−48B	−54N	+79B	+81N	=45B	4.5	33.0	34.5	14.75	2237	+71.2
60	Borshch, AlexeiCM	2200	FID	+90N	−11B	=49N	=84B	=65N	−27B	=85N	=74B	+91N	4.5	32.0	34.5	14.00	2106	-43.2
61	Alizadeh, Mohammad MahdiCM	2070	IRI	−99B	=88N	−54B	=79N	+93N	−51B	+90N	=63B	+71N	4.5	27.5	29.0	13.50	2132	+14.4
62	Ahmadi, Erfan	2137	IRI	=1B	=22N	=25B	=54N	−18B	+37N	−39B	−64N	+84B	4.0	42.0	45.0	19.25	2195	+24.4
63	Ghazaryan, Narek E.CM	2169	ARM	+39B	−21N	−22B	+73N	−20B	=74N	=75B	=61N	=70B	4.0	37.0	40.5	16.25	2140	-15.2
64	Mamikonyan, Artem TCM	2016	ARM	−40N	=47B	+76N	+68B	−28N	=50B	−46N	+62B	−32N	4.0	36.5	40.0	16.00	2199	+78.8
65	Harutyunyan, Arman G.	2068	ARM	−19B	−45N	+96B	+82N	=60B	−21N	+67B	−20N	=66B	4.0	36.5	38.5	13.25	2162	+41.6
66	Sahakyan, Arman K.	2119	ARM	−5N	+100B	−50N	=75B	+94N	−23B	+69N	−24B	=65N	4.0	35.5	36.0	10.25	2124	0.0
67	Alizadeh, Amirmohammad	2146	IRI	=28N	−29B	=38N	+83B	−36N	=75B	−65N	+86B	=69N	4.0	35.0	38.0	15.00	2098	-12.4
68	Chubakov, SultanFM	2220	KGZ	+93B	−3N	=55B	−64N	+97B	−52N	+78B	=57N	−37B	4.0	35.0	37.0	12.50	2058	-37.8
69	Soghomonyan, Tigran	2043	ARM	−20B	+72N	+48B	−27N	−45B	=82N	−66B	+87N	=67B	4.0	34.5	37.0	14.00	2152	+49.6
70	Shreyas Das	1975	IND	−34N	=94B	=78N	=88B	−53N	=73N	=87B	+96B	=63N	4.0	27.5	29.5	11.00	2089	+52.8
71	Sudarshan BhatCM	2202	IND	+79B	−7N	+73B	−22N	−12B	=57N	+84B	−39N	−61B	3.5	39.0	42.0	12.25	2096	-26.2
72	Patil PriyanshuFM	2169	IND	−2N	−69B	+79B	+87N	=56B	−26N	−57B	=84N	=80B	3.5	35.5	38.0	11.50	2097	-19.6
73	Rindhiya VWFM	2075	IND	+27N	−8B	−71N	−63B	=38N	=70B	=91N	=82N	=79B	3.5	35.0	37.5	14.50	2057	-6.8
74	Simonyan, Hayk V.	2072	ARM	−8N	−27B	+100N	+98B	−46N	=63B	=76N	=60N	−54B	3.5	34.5	35.0	8.00	2121	+17.6
75	Melkonyan, Davit	1984	ARM	−48B	+89N	−56B	=66N	=55B	=67N	=63N	F	=58B	3.5	32.5	35.0	13.00	2142	+59.6
76	Morvekar Kedar	2124	IND	−3B	=97N	−64B	=85N	=57B	+96N	=74B	−37N	=77B	3.5	32.0	34.0	10.25	2001	-31.6
77	Stepanyan, Davit	2044	ARM	=36N	−30B	=52B	−58N	−82B	−87N	+97B	+89N	=76N	3.5	30.5	32.5	11.00	2084	+15.2
78	Tanish Ragavan S	2108	IND	−21B	=79N	=70B	−48N	=85B	+97N	−68N	−91B	+83N	3.5	30.0	32.0	10.25	2016	-44.5
79	Yavryan, Arayik	1937	ARM	−71N	=78B	−72N	=61B	=98N	=94B	−59N	+90B	=73N	3.5	27.5	29.0	10.00	2013	+32.8
80	Manukian, Artak	2069	ARM	−32N	−46B	=90N	=92B	−88N	+93B	−83N	+94B	=72N	3.5	26.0	28.0	8.75	2036	-9.6
81	Ghevondyan, ArmanCM	2211	ARM	+92N	=24B	−32N	=49B	+84N	−35B	−40N	−59B	F	3.0	34.5	34.5	10.50	2097	-25.2
82	Deodhar,Vrushali UmeshWFM	2188	IND	−17B	+91N	−28N	−65B	+77N	=69B	−38N	=73B	−85N	3.0	34.0	36.5	9.75	2019	-42.2
83	Mkrtchyan, Anahit H.	2025	ARM	+88B	−1N	−41B	−67N	+87B	−58N	+80B	−45N	−78B	3.0	34.0	36.5	8.50	2057	+10.4
84	Avanesyan, AleksandrCM	2072	ARM	=33B	+54N	−16B	=60N	−81B	=88N	−71N	=72B	−62N	3.0	33.5	36.0	12.25	2121	+18.0
85	Petrosyan, Tigran Agh.	2064	ARM	=30N	−36B	−47N	=76B	=78N	F	=60B	−58N	+82B	3.0	33.5	35.0	11.25	2111	+15.6
86	Kamenskaya, MarinaWCM	2050	RUS	−25B	−58N	+93B	−52N	−39B	=90N	+100B	−67N	=89B	3.0	31.0	31.5	5.50	2013	-23.2
87	Grigoryan, Davit S.	2082	ARM	−11N	−43N	+91B	−72B	−83N	+77B	=70N	−69B	−93N	2.5	31.0	33.5	8.00	1952	-66.8
88	Mnatsakanyan, ArenCM	2261	ARM	−83N	=61B	−59N	=70N	+80B	=84B	−55N	F	F	2.5	30.5	30.5	9.25	1956	-112.0
89	Sanjay Narayanan P SCM	2142	IND	−26N	−75B	=92N	+90B	−49N	−38B	=96N	−77B	=86N	2.5	30.0	32.0	6.25	1877	-122.0
90	Sharajyan, Garik	1908	ARM	−60B	−44N	=80B	−89N	+100N	=86B	−61B	−79N	=92B	2.5	28.5	29.0	5.00	1892	-10.6
91	Gusev, Kirill	2047	FID	−23N	−82B	−87N	−97N	F	+92B	=73B	+78N	−60B	2.5	27.0	27.0	7.75	1974	-32.0
92	Isakhanyan, Avik	1977	ARM	−81B	−12N	=89B	=80N	−96B	−91N	−93N	+100B	=90N	2.5	24.5	25.0	4.75	1885	-44.4
93	Aghazaryan, Albert	1980	ARM	−68N	−98B	−86N	F	−61B	−80N	+92B	=97N	+87B	2.5	23.5	23.5	6.00	1930	-21.2
94	Hakobyan, Allen	2114	ARM	−7B	=70N	+97B	−25N	−66B	=79N	−37B	−80N	F	2.0	34.0	34.5	5.75	1910	-86.0
95	Alaverdyan, GevorgFM	2303	ARM	F	−2B	+98N	+28B	−5N	−47B	−53N	−55N	F	2.0	34.0	34.0	7.00	2107	-36.8
96	Alizadeh, Amirhosein	2005	IRI	−50N	−53B	−65N	=100B	+92N	−76B	=89B	−70N	F	2.0	27.5	28.0	4.00	1890	-47.6
97	Maghakyan, Hayk	1986	ARM	−31N	=76B	−94N	+91B	−68N	−78B	−77N	=93B	F	2.0	26.5	28.5	5.50	1915	-29.6
98	Khachatryan, AnnaWFM	2118	ARM	−14B	+93N	−95B	−74N	=79B	F	F	F	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	4.25	1987	-18.4
99	Hakobyan, MenuaFM	2346	ARM	+61N	−51B	−42N	=59B	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	18.0	18.0	6.75	2023	-33.2
100	Margaryan, Mark	1969	ARM	−41B	−66N	−74B	=96N	−90B	F	−86N	−92N	F	0.5	24.0	24.0	1.00	1626	-88.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Darvishi, Mohammad HosseinCMIRI
+118.4
6.0 pts · #10
2Krkyasharyan, SonaWFMARM
+108.7
4.5 pts · #52
3Delavari, BehnoodCMIRI
+100.8
4.5 pts · #51

Top rating losers

1Sanjay Narayanan P SCMIND
-122.0
2.5 pts · #91
2Mnatsakanyan, ArenCMARM
-112.0
2.5 pts · #89
3Margaryan, MarkARM
-88.8
0.5 pts · #100

Biggest upsets

R4+329 Elo gap
CMNaumov, Petr2113 beat FMYeletsky, Ivan2442
R1+284 Elo gap
WFMRindhiya V2075 beat FMPashikyan, Rudolf2359
R6+283 Elo gap
WFMKrkyasharyan, Sona1999 beat FMPlotnikov, Boris2282