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Hovhannes Danielyan Memorial 2026 - Round Robin Tournament with IM norm

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 May 2026 to 15 May 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2301, and top seed was Erik Hakobyan (🇦🇲 ARM, IM, 2415).

Manvel Arakelyan (🇦🇲 ARM, FM, 2279) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Erik Hakobyan (6.0) and Seyed Kian Poormosavi (5.5). Arakelyan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Seyed Kanan Poormosavi (CM, 2128) beat Erik Hakobyan (IM, 2415), a +287-point gap.

Location
🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia
Dates
09 May 2026 → 15 May 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 Hakobyan2415
Avg top 10
2,301
Participants
10
Titled players · 9
IM×3
FM×4
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇲Armenia×6
🇮🇷Iran×2
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
2
1
4
2
3
4
2
1
2
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Erik Hakobyan drew with FM Manvel Arakelyan (Black).

R3–R7 · UNBEATEN

IM Erik Hakobyan went unbeaten across 5 games (R3–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇦🇲FMArakelyan, Manvel2279*½0111½½½16.025.2539.0+36.22428
1🇦🇲IMHakobyan, Erik2415½*01101½116.024.5039.0+0.12413
3🇮🇷IMPoormosavi, Seyed Kian237311*01½½½105.526.0039.5+0.62372
4🇬🇪FMkiladze, Luka2386001*½½½11½5.019.7540.0-12.62334
5🇦🇲Manukyan, Aleks2257000½*1½1115.017.7540.0+22.02348
7🇮🇷CMPoormosavi, Seyed Kanan212801½½0*½½1½4.519.2540.5+87.62320
6🇦🇲FMHovakimyan, Vache2334½0½½½½*½½14.518.5040.5-9.02297
8🇷🇺IMOkara, Andrey2328½½½00½½*0½3.014.5042.0-18.72172
9🇦🇲CMMamikonyan, Artem T2236½00000½1*13.010.7542.0-25.62183
10🇦🇲FMHakobyan, Menua2269001½0½0½0*2.511.7542.5-31.62138

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets