Founder Cup 2025
22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Dec 2025 to 19 Dec 2025 in Abovyan, Armenia. Top 10 Elo average was 1835, and top seed was Aram Grigoryan (🇦🇲 ARM, 2139).
Artur Gharagyozyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1990) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Karen Tovmasyan (7.5) and Tigran Dadasyan (7.0). Gharagyozyan shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Yura Harutyunyan (1597) beat Angelina Diloyan (1708), a +111-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Artur Gharagyozyan takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Gharagyozyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).
Artur Gharagyozyan drew with Karen Tovmasyan (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Artur Gharagyozyan | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Karen Tovmasyan | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Tigran Dadasyan | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Eduard Mkrtchyan | ½ | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gharagyozyan, Artur | 1990 | ARM | +20B | =6N | +9B | +3B | =2N | =4N | +5B | +10N | +8N | 7.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 37.50 | 2045 | +16.2 |
| 2 | Tovmasyan, Karen | 2015 | ARM | +19N | +14B | −17N | +8B | =1B | +6N | +3N | +4B | +5N | 7.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 38.75 | 2105 | +23.4 |
| 3 | Dadasyan, Tigran | 2048 | ARM | +12B | +5N | +4B | −1N | +6B | +17N | −2B | +13N | +9B | 7.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 33.00 | 2058 | +19.4 |
| 4 | Mkrtchyan, Eduard | 2080 | ARM | +7N | +10B | −3N | +17B | +5N | =1B | +13N | −2N | +14B | 6.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 29.75 | 2018 | -4.6 |
| 5 | Tarposhyan, Vardan | 1730 | ARM | +11N | −3B | +13N | +14B | −4B | +8N | −1N | +6B | −2B | 5.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 22.00 | 1785 | +17.2 |
| 6 | Harutyunyan, Yura | 1597 | ARM | +22N | =1B | =8N | +10B | −3N | −2B | +18B | −5N | +15B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 17.50 | 1697 | +19.2 |
| 7 | Abgaryan, Gnel | 1500 | ARM | −4B | +15N | −11B | =9N | =12B | −10N | +19B | +18N | +13B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 18.50 | 1548 | +6.8 |
| 8 | Ghanadyan, Armen | 1516 | ARM | =17N | +16B | =6B | −2N | +9B | −5B | =14N | +12N | −1B | 4.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 19.25 | 1665 | +57.6 |
| 9 | Ohanyan, Ara | 1519 | ARM | =16N | +13B | −1N | =7B | −8N | +19N | =12B | +14B | −3N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 17.75 | 1554 | +2.0 |
| 10 | Diloyan, Angelina | 1708 | ARM | +15B | −4N | +21B | −6N | −17N | +7B | +16N | −1B | =11N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 17.25 | 1656 | -17.4 |
| 11 | Hakobyan, Anzhelika | 0 | ARM | −5B | =18N | +7N | =16B | =14N | −13B | =15B | +22N | =10B | 4.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 14.75 | 1508 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Seviyan, Tigran | 1447 | ARM | −3N | −17B | +22N | =15B | =7N | +20B | =9N | −8B | +21N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 11.25 | 1410 | -17.2 |
| 13 | Aghekyan, Noy | 1517 | ARM | +18B | −9N | −5B | +20N | +16B | +11N | −4B | −3B | −7N | 4.0 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 14.00 | 1394 | -41.6 |
| 14 | Sargsyan, Rafayel E. | 1524 | ARM | +21B | −2N | +20B | −5N | =11B | +15N | =8B | −9N | −4N | 4.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 13.00 | 1356 | -36.0 |
| 15 | Karapetyan, Martin | 0 | ARM | −10N | −7B | +19N | =12N | +20B | −14B | =11N | +16B | −6N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 14.00 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Petrosyan, Vlad | 0 | ARM | =9B | −8N | +18B | =11N | −13N | +21B | −10B | −15N | +22B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 9.50 | 1244 | -28.8 |
| 17 | Grigoryan, Aram | 2139 | ARM | =8B | +12N | +2B | −4N | +10B | −3B | F | F | F | 3.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 18.75 | 1950 | -22.8 |
| 18 | FIDE 13331051 | 0 | — | −13N | =11B | −16N | +21N | −19B | +22B | −6N | −7B | =20N | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 5.50 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 13331035 | 0 | — | −2B | −21N | −15B | +22N | +18N | −9B | −7N | +20B | F | 3.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 5.50 | 880 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Danielyan, David A. | 0 | ARM | −1N | +22B | −14N | −13B | −15N | −12N | +21B | −19N | =18B | 2.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 3.50 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Parsyan, Hayk | 0 | ARM | −14N | +19B | −10N | −18B | +22B | −16N | −20N | F | −12B | 2.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.00 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 13327100 | 0 | — | −6B | −20N | −12B | −19B | −21N | −18N | F | −11B | −16N | 0.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 0.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ghanadyan, ArmenARM+57.64.5 pts · #5
- 2Tovmasyan, KarenARM+23.47.5 pts · #4
- 3Dadasyan, TigranARM+19.47.0 pts · #1
- 1Aghekyan, NoyARM-41.64.0 pts · #15
- 2Sargsyan, Rafayel E.ARM-36.04.0 pts · #16
- 3Petrosyan, VladARM-28.84.0 pts · #17
- R4+111 Elo gap