Armenian Youth Chess Championship - U16 (2026)
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 rounds3 leader changes shaped the tournament; Soghomonyan pulled away in R8. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Tigran Soghomonyan takes the sole lead (4.5/6).
Tigran Soghomonyan beat FM Manvel Arakelyan (White).
FM Manvel Arakelyan won 4 in a row (R4–R7).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇦🇲Soghomonyan, Tigran | 2093 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 25.25 | 39.0 | +52.8 | 2205 |
| 2 | 🇦🇲FMArakelyan, Manvel | 2302 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 24.00 | 39.0 | -23.2 | 2182 |
| 4 | 🇦🇲Maghakyan, Hayk | 1997 | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 23.50 | 40.0 | +63.2 | 2133 |
| 3 | 🇦🇲Harutyunyan, Arman G. | 2110 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 20.75 | 40.0 | +4.8 | 2121 |
| 5 | 🇦🇲Isakhanyan, Avik | 1965 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 17.75 | 40.5 | +57.6 | 2094 |
| 6 | 🇦🇲CMTorosyan, Volodya | 2181 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 17.75 | 40.5 | -52.4 | 2070 |
| 8 | 🇦🇲Hovhannisyan, Mikael | 1960 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 20.00 | 41.0 | +40.8 | 2051 |
| 7 | 🇦🇲Gasparyan, Beniamin | 2081 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 19.00 | 41.0 | -20.8 | 2038 |
| 9 | 🇦🇲Askanazyan, Gor | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 3.5 | 13.50 | 41.5 | +18.4 | 2014 |
| 10 | 🇦🇲CMGhazaryan, Narek E. | 2154 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 2.5 | 10.50 | 42.5 | -118.0 | 1907 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Maghakyan, HaykARM+63.25.0 pts · #4
- 2Isakhanyan, AvikARM+57.64.5 pts · #5
- 3Soghomonyan, TigranARM+52.86.0 pts · #1
- 1Ghazaryan, Narek E.CMARM-118.02.5 pts · #10
- 2Torosyan, VolodyaCMARM-52.44.5 pts · #6
- 3Arakelyan, ManvelFMARM-23.26.0 pts · #2
- R1+342 Elo gap
- R3+305 Elo gap
- R8+209 Elo gap