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Tigran Nalbandyan Memorial (IM-norm)

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 24 Jan 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia. 10 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2318, and top seed was Erik Hakobyan (🇦🇲 ARM, IM, 2427).

Aleks Sahakyan (🇦🇲 ARM, IM, 2401) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Mikayel Manvelyan (6.0) and Arshia Mohammadian sechani (6.0). Sahakyan won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Dmitriy Petukhov (CM, 2214) beat Erik Hakobyan (IM, 2427), a +213-point gap.

Location
🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia
Dates
18 Jan 2026 → 24 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇲IMErik Hakobyan2427
Avg top 10
2,318
Participants
10
Titled players · 10
IM×3
FM×6
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇲Armenia×6
🇷🇺Russia×2
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

IM Aleks Sahakyan led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
5
3
4
2
2
1
2
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Aleks Sahakyan held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aleks Sahakyan drew with FM Arshia Mohammadian sechani (Black).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

IM Aleks Sahakyan went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇦🇲IMSahakyan, Aleks2401*0½½11111½6.526.0038.5+9.22474
3🇦🇲FMManvelyan, Mikayel23771*½01½½½116.025.7539.0+14.22436
2🇮🇷FMMohammadian sechani, Arshia2303½½*1½1½½1½6.025.5039.0+34.42444
5🇷🇺IMOkara, Andrey2329½10*10½0½14.520.0040.5-1.42316
4🇦🇲IMHakobyan, Erik242700½0*111014.517.0040.5-14.32306
6🇮🇳FMAarit Kapil21330½010*110½4.016.2541.0+65.92295
7🇦🇲FMHakobyan, Menua23130½½½00*½114.016.0041.0-8.62275
8🇦🇲FMPashikyan, Rudolf23300½½100½*013.515.0041.5-22.82236
9🇷🇺CMPetukhov, Dmitriy2214000½1101*03.514.2541.5+14.42249
10🇦🇲FMDavtyan, Davit M.2350½0½00½001*2.511.7542.5-48.42148

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
Tigran Nalbandyan Memorial (IM-norm) (2026) — Yerevan, Armenia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats