Abovyan Spring 2026

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Abovyan, Armenia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1834, and top seed was Aram Grigoryan (🇦🇲 ARM, 2142).

Vazgen Karakhanyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1891) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Sergo G. Gasparov (7.5) and Aram Grigoryan (7.0). Karakhanyan won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Samvel Chobanyan (1611) beat Davit S. Grigoryan (1951), a +340-point gap.

Location

🇦🇲Abovyan, Armenia

Dates

11 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇲Aram Grigoryan2142

Avg top 10

1,834

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇲Armenia×30

🇷🇺Russia×2

Top 3

🥇
Vazgen Karakhanyan
🇦🇲ARM·1891
8.0pts·2137perf+94.4
🥈
Sergo G. Gasparov
🇦🇲ARM·1891
7.5pts·2039perf+64.4
🥉
Aram Grigoryan
🇦🇲ARM·2142
7.0pts·2122perf-2.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vazgen Karakhanyan led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Karakhanyan8Gasparov7.5Grigoryan7Babaian6Aghekyan5.5Seviyan5.5

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

Vazgen Karakhanyan held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vazgen Karakhanyan drew with Sergo G. Gasparov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Vazgen Karakhanyan 4 wins (R1–R4)Sergo G. Gasparov 3 wins (R1–R3)Aram Grigoryan 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vazgen Karakhanyan	*	½	½	1
2Sergo G. Gasparov	½	*	0	1
3Aram Grigoryan	½	1	*	1
4Eduard Babaian	0	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Karakhanyan, Vazgen	1891	ARM	+16B	+22N	+4B	+6N	=3N	+9B	=2B	+5N	+11N	8.0	46.0	50.0	42.75	2137	+94.4
2	Gasparov, Sergo G.	1891	ARM	+25N	+10B	+21N	−3B	+13N	+5B	=1N	+9B	+4N	7.5	45.0	49.0	38.00	2039	+64.4
3	Grigoryan, Aram	2142	ARM	+26B	+15N	+9B	+2N	=1B	+4N	F	=11B	+10B	7.0	45.5	48.5	37.50	2122	-2.2
4	Babaian, Eduard	1742	RUS	+23N	+14B	−1N	+24B	+11N	−3B	+13N	+21B	−2B	6.0	44.5	48.5	26.00	1860	+26.2
5	Aghekyan, Mark	1800	ARM	+27B	+11N	=6B	−9N	+15B	−2N	+18B	−1B	+13N	5.5	44.5	47.5	24.25	1823	+12.8
6	Grigoryan, Davit S.	1951	ARM	+17N	+13B	=5N	−1B	−21N	+20B	−11N	+23B	+9N	5.5	41.0	45.0	25.25	1744	-73.2
7	Asatryan, Tigran	1607	ARM	+34N	−21B	+8N	−10B	+25N	−13B	=23N	+15B	+20N	5.5	36.0	36.0	20.50	1591	-5.2
8	Seviyan, Tigran	1432	ARM	=18B	=16N	−7B	−26N	=22B	+32N	+30B	+24N	+17B	5.5	32.5	34.0	19.00	1618	+77.6
9	Mkrtchyan, Narek	1788	ARM	+19N	+24B	−3N	+5B	+10N	−1N	+17B	−2N	−6B	5.0	47.5	51.5	23.50	1816	+11.6
10	Diloyan, Angelina	1613	ARM	+12B	−2N	+19B	+7N	−9B	−17N	+16B	+14B	−3N	5.0	43.5	48.0	24.00	1685	+22.4
11	Chobanyan, Samvel	1611	ARM	+32N	−5B	+23N	+21B	−4B	=26N	+6B	=3N	−1B	5.0	43.0	44.5	20.00	1780	+71.6
12	Arshakyan, Abraham	0	ARM	−10N	=25B	=27N	−23B	+33N	−30B	+28B	+26N	+22B	5.0	28.5	28.5	13.50	1551	0.0
13	Ter-Mkrtchyan, Sargis A.	1661	ARM	+33B	−6N	+26N	+20B	−2B	+7N	−4B	=17N	−5B	4.5	42.0	42.0	15.25	1629	-8.4
14	Petrosyan, Sargis	1604	ARM	+29B	−4N	=15B	=16N	+19B	+21B	F	−10N	=18N	4.5	40.0	43.0	18.25	1644	+15.2
15	Khachyan, Alen	1719	ARM	+28B	−3B	=14N	+17B	−5N	=16N	=19B	−7N	+30N	4.5	39.0	41.5	16.75	1601	-54.0
16	Ohanyan, Ara	1528	ARM	−1N	=8B	+32N	=14B	=24N	=15B	−10N	+31B	=19N	4.5	38.5	40.0	15.50	1587	+26.0
17	Grigoryan, Garnik	1551	ARM	−6B	+33N	+22B	−15N	+28B	+10B	−9N	=13B	−8N	4.5	37.0	37.0	14.25	1612	+18.4
18	Sargsyan, David Ar.	1664	ARM	=8N	−26B	−20N	+32B	+23N	+24B	−5N	=19N	=14B	4.5	35.5	37.0	16.75	1597	-24.8
19	Sargsyan, Rafayel E.	1479	ARM	−9B	+29N	−10N	+30B	−14N	+22B	=15N	=18B	=16B	4.5	35.0	37.5	16.25	1546	+15.2
20	Parsyan, Hayk	0	ARM	−22B	+27N	+18B	−13N	=26B	−6N	+31N	+25B	−7B	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.50	1614	0.0
21	Tarposhyan, Vardan	1747	ARM	+31B	+7N	−2B	−11N	+6B	−14N	+26B	−4N	F	4.0	39.5	39.5	16.50	1679	-27.2
22	Darbinyan, Davit	1617	ARM	+20N	−1B	−17N	=25B	=8N	−19N	+29B	+27B	−12N	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.25	1439	-59.6
23	Ghukasyan, Vahagn	1462	ARM	−4B	+30N	−11B	+12N	−18B	+27N	=7B	−6N	=24B	4.0	38.5	41.0	15.25	1499	+6.8
24	Grigoryan, Aleksey	1607	ARM	+30B	−9N	+28B	−4N	=16B	−18N	+25N	−8B	=23N	4.0	36.5	39.0	13.75	1483	-54.8
25	Qosyan, Gor	1509	ARM	−2B	=12N	+31B	=22N	−7B	+28N	−24B	−20N	+32B	4.0	36.0	37.5	11.50	1583	+28.8
26	Torosyan, Garik	1566	ARM	−3N	+18N	−13B	+8B	=20N	=11B	−21N	−12B	−29N	3.0	40.0	43.0	14.75	1624	+12.4
27	Hovhannisyan, Vahe Z.	1509	ARM	−5N	−20B	=12B	=31N	+29N	−23B	F	−22N	+28B	3.0	31.5	31.5	9.75	1409	-29.2
28	Petrosyan, Tigran Sh.	1444	ARM	−15N	+34B	−24N	+29B	−17N	−25B	−12N	+33B	−27N	3.0	28.0	28.0	3.00	776	-66.0
29	Prokhorova, Adelaida	0	RUS	−14N	−19B	F	−28N	−27B	+33B	−22N	+32N	+26B	3.0	23.5	23.5	4.50	1370	0.0
30	Petrosyan, Vlad	0	ARM	−24N	−23B	+33B	−19N	=31B	+12N	−8N	F	−15B	2.5	30.0	30.0	6.25	1128	0.0
31	Hakobyan, Anzhelika	1473	ARM	−21N	=32B	−25N	=27B	=30N	F	−20B	−16N	+33B	2.5	24.0	24.0	3.50	1307	-37.6
32	Karapetyan, Martin	0	ARM	−11B	=31N	−16B	−18N	F	−8B	+33N	−29B	−25N	1.5	29.0	29.0	1.25	1130	-77.2
33	FIDE 13331035	0	—	−13N	−17B	−30N	F	−12B	−29N	−32B	−28N	−31N	0.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	715	0.0
34	FIDE 13331582	0	—	−7B	−28N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	727	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Karakhanyan, VazgenARM
+94.4
8.0 pts · #1
2Seviyan, TigranARM
+77.6
5.5 pts · #10
3Chobanyan, SamvelARM
+71.6
5.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Karapetyan, MartinARM
-77.2
1.5 pts · #30
2Grigoryan, Davit S.ARM
-73.2
5.5 pts · #11
3Petrosyan, Tigran Sh.ARM
-66.0
3.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R7+340 Elo gap
Chobanyan, Samvel1611 beat Grigoryan, Davit S.1951
R5+204 Elo gap
Tarposhyan, Vardan1747 beat Grigoryan, Davit S.1951
R8+175 Elo gap
Seviyan, Tigran1432 beat Grigoryan, Aleksey1607