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Armenian Youth Chess Championship - U16 (2026)

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2081, and top seed was Manvel Arakelyan (🇦🇲 ARM, FM, 2302).

Tigran Soghomonyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 2093) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Manvel Arakelyan (6.0) and Hayk Maghakyan (5.0). Soghomonyan took the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mikael Hovhannisyan (1960) beat Manvel Arakelyan (FM, 2302), a +342-point gap.

Location
🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia
Dates
13 Apr 2026 → 20 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇲FMManvel Arakelyan2302
Avg top 10
2,081
Participants
10
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇲Armenia×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

3 leader changes shaped the tournament; Soghomonyan pulled away in R8. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Soghomonyan takes leadArakelyan takes leadSoghomonyan takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE17 Apr

Tigran Soghomonyan takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tigran Soghomonyan beat FM Manvel Arakelyan (White).

R4–R7 · WIN STREAK

FM Manvel Arakelyan won 4 in a row (R4–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇦🇲Soghomonyan, Tigran2093*10½½1½½116.025.2539.0+52.82205
2🇦🇲FMArakelyan, Manvel23020*011101116.024.0039.0-23.22182
4🇦🇲Maghakyan, Hayk199711*½½0½01½5.023.5040.0+63.22133
3🇦🇲Harutyunyan, Arman G.2110½0½*110½½15.020.7540.0+4.82121
5🇦🇲Isakhanyan, Avik1965½0½0*011½14.517.7540.5+57.62094
6🇦🇲CMTorosyan, Volodya218100101*10½14.517.7540.5-52.42070
8🇦🇲Hovhannisyan, Mikael1960½1½100*0104.020.0041.0+40.82051
7🇦🇲Gasparyan, Beniamin2081½01½011*004.019.0041.0-20.82038
9🇦🇲Askanazyan, Gor1965000½½½01*13.513.5041.5+18.42014
10🇦🇲CMGhazaryan, Narek E.215400½000110*2.510.5042.5-118.01907

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets