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Vanadzor Chess Cup 2025

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Oct 2025 to 21 Oct 2025 in Vanadzor, Armenia. Top 10 Elo average was 1670, and top seed was Roman Kharatyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1978).

Erik Babayan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1849) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Aram Vardevanyan (7.5) and Alex Muradyan (6.5). Babayan shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Mane Andriasyan (1496) beat Roman Kharatyan (1978), a +482-point gap.

Location
🇦🇲Vanadzor, Armenia
Dates
13 Oct 2025 → 21 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇲Roman Kharatyan1978
Avg top 10
1,670
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇲Armenia×17
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Erik Babayan
    🇦🇲ARM·1849
    7.5pts·1914perf+14.2
  • 🥈
    Aram Vardevanyan
    🇦🇲ARM·1716
    7.5pts·1867perf+50.8
  • 🥉
    Alex Muradyan
    🇦🇲ARM·1618
    6.5pts·1821perf+74.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Babayan7.5Vardevanyan7.5Muradyan6.5Ananyan6.5Bayramyan5.5Andriasyan5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Babayan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Erik Babayan drew with Aram Vardevanyan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Erik Babayan 3 wins (R7–R9)Aram Vardevanyan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Erik Babayan*
½
½
½
2Aram Vardevanyan
½
*
1
½
3Alex Muradyan
½
0
*
1
4Gagik Ananyan
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Babayan, Erik1849ARM+6N=4B+7N=2N+5B=3B+15N+14B+8N7.543.547.036.751914+14.2
2Vardevanyan, Aram1716ARM+10N+14B+11N=1B+3N=4B+5N=7B+12N7.542.546.036.751867+50.8
3Muradyan, Alex1618ARM+8N=7B+4N+15B−2B=1N+14N=5B+10N6.543.547.030.751821+74.8
4Ananyan, Gagik1588ARM+16B=1N−3B+12N+11B=2N+9B=6N+7N6.543.546.029.501710+39.6
5Bayramyan, Arsen1660ARM+17B−11N+10B+8N−1N+7B−2B=3N+13B5.542.544.522.251605-19.6
6Andriasyan, Mane1496ARM−1B=16N+13B−14B+18N=9N=8B=4B+15N5.036.538.018.001679+40.8
7Ananyan, Aren1739ARM+9B=3N−1B=11B+10N−5N+13B=2N−4B4.546.050.021.501538-76.0
8Hovhannisyan, Vladimir0ARM−3B+13N+16B−5B=15N=10B=6N+9N−1B4.540.543.017.2515670.0
9Petrosyan, Erik0ARM−7N+12B−15N+18B+14N=6B−4N−8B+16N4.534.035.514.0015130.0
10Khachatryan, Valiko0ARM−2B+18N−5N+16B−7B=8N=12B+17N−3B4.037.038.510.258830.0
11Vanyan, Sergey1499ARM+15N+5B−2B=7N−4N−14B=17N=16B=18N4.035.537.014.251627+34.0
12Petrosyan, Manvel0ARM+13B−9N=14N−4B+17N−15B=10N+18B−2B4.035.537.011.2515190.0
13Petrosyan, Aren1552ARM−12N−8B−6N+17B+16N+18B−7N+15B−5N4.031.533.09.501519-10.8
14Bayramyan, Alex1505ARM+18B−2N=12B+6N−9B+11N−3B−1N−17B3.541.042.512.501563+11.2
15Kharatyan, Roman1978ARM−11B+17N+9B−3N=8B+12N−1B−13N−6B3.540.042.012.75840-86.6
16Mailyan, Yuri0ARM−4N=6B−8N−10N−13B=17B+18N=11N−9B2.534.536.07.0013410.0
17Asulyan, Sevada0ARM−5N−15B−18N−13N−12B=16N=11B−10B+14N2.031.032.56.7514900.0
18FIDE 133262600—−14N−10B+17B−9N−6B−13N−16B−12N=11B1.531.533.54.0011910.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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