Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2026 - Youth Swiss Tournament Under-14

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42 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 May 2026 to 03 Jun 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1757, and top seed was Ashot Ayvazyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1903).

Movses Militonyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1733) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ashot Ayvazyan (7.0) and Samvel Shahvaladyan (6.0). Militonyan took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Hakob Darmanjyan (1660) beat Ashot Ayvazyan (1903), a +243-point gap.

Location

🇦🇲Yerevan, Armenia

Dates

27 May 2026 → 03 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇲Ashot Ayvazyan1903

Avg top 10

1,757

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇲Armenia×41

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Movses Militonyan
🇦🇲ARM·1733
8.0pts·2037perf+117.6
🥈
Ashot Ayvazyan
🇦🇲ARM·1903
7.0pts·1904perf+4.4
🥉
Samvel Shahvaladyan
🇦🇲ARM·1592
6.0pts·1770perf+82.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Movses Militonyan led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Militonyan8Ayvazyan7Shahvaladyan6Arakelyan6Barseghyan6Yenokyan6

R5 · LEADER CHANGE30 May

Movses Militonyan takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Movses Militonyan beat Ashot Ayvazyan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Movses Militonyan 6 wins (R3–R8)Ashot Ayvazyan 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)Samvel Shahvaladyan 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Movses Militonyan	*	1	1	1
2Ashot Ayvazyan	0	*	1	—
3Samvel Shahvaladyan	0	0	*	—
4Feliks Arakelyan	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Militonyan, Movses	1733	ARM	+19B	=12N	+26B	+20N	+2B	+3N	+11N	+5B	=4N	8.0	44.0	48.0	42.50	2037	+117.6
2	Ayvazyan, Ashot	1903	ARM	+28N	+3B	+7N	+6B	−1N	−11B	+9N	+20B	+14N	7.0	46.0	50.0	37.00	1904	+4.4
3	Shahvaladyan, Samvel	1592	ARM	+32B	−2N	+17B	+27B	+14N	−1B	+6N	+11N	−7B	6.0	46.0	49.5	28.50	1770	+82.8
4	Barseghyan, Angel	1780	ARM	+31B	−5N	+12B	=13N	+26B	=6B	=7N	+9N	=1B	6.0	45.5	49.0	30.50	1803	+12.8
5	Arakelyan, Feliks	1613	ARM	+40N	+4B	−6N	=21B	=7N	+14B	+13N	−1N	+12B	6.0	45.5	48.0	28.75	1790	+85.6
6	Yenokyan, Henri	1737	ARM	+23B	+13N	+5B	−2N	=11B	=4N	−3B	+22N	+16B	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.50	1778	+20.8
7	Karapetyan, Suren	1690	ARM	+33N	+22B	−2B	=26N	=5B	+19N	=4B	=12N	+3N	6.0	43.0	46.5	29.00	1764	+35.6
8	Drmeyan, Gor	1511	ARM	−12B	−19N	+41B	=32N	+34B	+30N	=16B	+21N	+11B	6.0	34.5	37.0	23.25	1727	+102.8
9	Arzumanyan, Avetik	1864	ARM	+24N	=15B	+10N	=11N	=20B	+13N	−2B	−4B	+28N	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.25	1732	-51.6
10	Simonyan, Aramo	1596	ARM	=30B	+37N	−9B	=25N	+31B	=21B	−15N	+27B	+20N	5.5	35.0	38.0	21.25	1672	+36.8
11	Darmanjyan, Hakob	1660	ARM	+34N	+14B	+27N	=9B	=6N	+2N	−1B	−3B	−8N	5.0	47.5	51.0	25.25	1703	+19.2
12	Muradyan, Alex	1751	ARM	+8N	=1B	−4N	−14B	+32N	+24B	+21N	=7B	−5N	5.0	46.0	49.5	25.50	1672	-37.6
13	Grigoryan, Gor G.	1596	ARM	+18N	−6B	+39N	=4B	+15N	−9B	−5B	+30N	=17B	5.0	42.0	44.5	21.50	1667	+31.6
14	Melkonyan, Mark	1609	ARM	+17B	−11N	+30B	+12N	−3B	−5N	+31B	+26N	−2B	5.0	41.5	45.0	21.00	1682	+33.2
15	Sargsyan, Narek D.	1515	ARM	+36B	=9N	−20B	+23N	−13B	=29N	+10B	=17N	=22B	5.0	38.5	41.5	22.50	1620	+46.0
16	Adamyan, Raffi	1720	ARM	=35N	=39B	=22N	+24B	=21N	=27B	=8N	+18B	−6N	5.0	37.5	40.0	21.75	1588	-59.6
17	Manasyan, Mikayel	1464	ARM	−14N	+34B	−3N	+38B	−19N	+39B	+23N	=15B	=13N	5.0	36.5	39.0	18.50	1584	+57.6
18	Qosyan, Gor	1524	ARM	−13B	=23N	−31B	=28B	+38N	+25N	+19B	−16N	+26B	5.0	35.0	38.0	20.25	1605	+38.4
19	Baloyan, Gabriela	1517	ARM	−1N	+8B	−21N	+29N	+17B	−7B	−18N	+24B	=27N	4.5	43.0	47.0	21.50	1571	+25.6
20	Petrosyan, Hrant	1733	ARM	=39N	+35B	+15N	−1B	=9N	=22B	+27N	−2N	−10B	4.5	42.5	45.0	18.25	1615	-52.0
21	Danielyan, Rostom	1659	ARM	+25B	−26N	+19B	=5N	=16B	=10N	−12B	−8B	+32N	4.5	40.5	44.0	20.75	1593	-31.6
22	Sargsyan, Gevorg	1505	ARM	+29B	−7N	=16B	=31N	+25B	=20N	=26B	−6B	=15N	4.5	39.0	42.5	19.50	1612	+49.2
23	Hovhannisyan, Gegham	1507	ARM	−6N	=18B	+35N	−15B	=30B	+36N	−17B	+29N	=25B	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.50	1528	+9.2
24	Grigoryan, Aleksey	1550	ARM	−9B	=36N	+32B	−16N	+37B	−12N	+29B	−19N	+30B	4.5	34.0	37.0	15.50	1596	+18.8
25	Mkrtchyan, Armo	1490	ARM	−21N	=42B	+40N	=10B	−22N	−18B	+35N	+33B	=23N	4.5	33.0	35.5	15.25	1513	+10.4
26	Khachatryan, Aleks V.	1623	ARM	+42N	+21B	−1N	=7B	−4N	+28B	=22N	−14B	−18N	4.0	43.0	45.5	16.25	1570	-25.6
27	Manasyan, Areg	1498	ARM	+41N	+38B	−11B	−3N	+36B	=16N	−20B	−10N	=19B	4.0	36.5	39.0	13.25	1542	+20.4
28	Khurshudyan, Mher	1538	ARM	−2B	=30N	−29B	=18N	+40B	−26N	+37B	+31N	−9B	4.0	35.5	38.0	13.25	1559	+4.4
29	Mkrtchyan, Ashkhen	1509	ARM	−22N	=33B	+28N	−19B	+39N	=15B	−24N	−23B	+35N	4.0	33.5	36.0	13.75	1459	-23.2
30	Simonyan, David A	1649	RUS	=10N	=28B	−14N	+33B	=23N	−8B	+32N	−13B	−24N	3.5	38.0	41.5	14.00	1463	-91.6
31	Shlepchyan, Gevorg	1492	ARM	−4N	=40B	+18N	=22B	−10N	+33B	−14N	−28B	=38N	3.5	36.5	39.0	13.50	1478	-9.6
32	Kudryasheva, Tatyana	1514	ARM	−3N	+41B	−24N	=8B	−12B	+34N	−30B	+36N	−21B	3.5	36.0	38.5	12.00	1484	-16.4
33	Hayrapetyan, Artyom N.	1469	ARM	−7B	=29N	=37B	−30N	+42B	−31N	=36B	−25N	+41B	3.5	30.0	32.5	10.00	1432	-19.6
34	Vardikyan, Harutyun	1491	ARM	−11B	−17N	=42N	+35B	−8N	−32B	−41N	+39B	+40N	3.5	30.0	32.5	9.25	1413	-39.6
35	Abelyan, Meri	1448	ARM	=16B	−20N	−23B	−34N	+41B	=37N	−25B	+40N	−29B	3.0	31.5	34.0	9.00	1404	-23.2
36	Avetisyan, Davit V.	1416	ARM	−15N	=24B	=38N	+42B	−27N	−23B	=33N	−32B	=37N	3.0	31.0	33.5	9.50	1378	-18.0
37	Asatryan, Angelina	1424	ARM	=38N	−10B	=33N	=39B	−24N	=35B	−28N	=42N	=36B	3.0	29.0	31.5	8.75	1379	-20.8
38	Vardanyan, Davit	1572	ARM	=37B	−27N	=36B	−17N	−18B	=40N	=42B	=41N	=31B	3.0	28.5	31.0	8.50	1340	-112.4
39	Toroyan, Tamara	1473	ARM	=20B	=16N	−13B	=37N	−29B	−17N	−40B	−34N	+42B	2.5	32.5	35.0	8.75	1372	-50.0
40	Margaryan, Nikita	1431	ARM	−5B	=31N	−25B	=41N	−28N	=38B	+39N	−35B	−34B	2.5	30.0	32.5	7.00	1343	-42.4
41	Balayan, Grisha	1460	ARM	−27B	−32N	−8N	=40B	−35N	=42N	+34B	=38B	−33N	2.5	29.0	31.5	7.50	1324	-65.6
42	Hovhannisyan, Eliza	1477	ARM	−26B	=25N	=34B	−36N	−33N	=41B	=38N	=37B	−39N	2.5	27.0	29.5	8.25	1325	-72.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Militonyan, MovsesARM
+117.6
8.0 pts · #1
2Drmeyan, GorARM
+102.8
6.0 pts · #7
3Arakelyan, FeliksARM
+85.6
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Vardanyan, DavitARM
-112.4
3.0 pts · #37
2Simonyan, David ARUS
-91.6
3.5 pts · #34
3Hovhannisyan, ElizaARM
-72.8
2.5 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R6+243 Elo gap
Darmanjyan, Hakob1660 beat Ayvazyan, Ashot1903
R5+170 Elo gap
Militonyan, Movses1733 beat Ayvazyan, Ashot1903
R2+167 Elo gap
Arakelyan, Feliks1613 beat Barseghyan, Angel1780