Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2026 - Youth Swiss Tournament Under-18

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 May 2026 to 03 Jun 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1990, and top seed was Volodya Torosyan (🇦🇲 ARM, CM, 2129).

Davit Stepanyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 2028) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Volodya Torosyan (7.0) and Gor Askanazyan (6.5). Stepanyan shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Angelina Diloyan (1639) beat Sergo G. Gasparov (1956), a +317-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

🇦🇲CMVolodya Torosyan2129

Avg top 10

1,990

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇦🇲Armenia×38

Top 3

🥇
Davit Stepanyan
🇦🇲ARM·2028
7.5pts·2136perf+44.8
🥈
CMVolodya Torosyan
🇦🇲ARM·2129
7.0pts·2129perf+5.6
🥉
Gor Askanazyan
🇦🇲ARM·1983
6.5pts·2062perf+39.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Davit Stepanyan led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Stepanyan7.5Torosyan7Askanazyan6.5Ghazaryan6.5Hovhannisyan6Vardanyan6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE01 Jun

CM Volodya Torosyan takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Davit Stepanyan 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)CM Volodya Torosyan 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Davit Stepanyan	*	—	½	1
2CMVolodya Torosyan	—	*	1	0
3Gor Askanazyan	½	0	*	½
4Armen Ghazaryan	0	1	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Stepanyan, Davit	2028	ARM	+18B	−11N	+29B	+14N	+19B	=3N	+5B	+7N	+4B	7.5	43.5	47.0	38.75	2136	+44.8
2	Torosyan, VolodyaCM	2129	ARM	+16N	−6B	+8B	+20N	+7B	+5N	+3B	−4N	+13B	7.0	46.0	50.5	38.00	2129	+5.6
3	Askanazyan, Gor	1983	ARM	+34N	+24B	=6N	=4B	+9N	=1B	−2N	+10B	+12N	6.5	47.0	49.5	32.50	2062	+39.2
4	Ghazaryan, Armen	1839	ARM	+27B	+25N	+20B	=3N	−5B	+12N	+6B	+2B	−1N	6.5	46.5	50.5	33.75	2032	+94.4
5	Hovhannisyan, Mikael	2002	ARM	+29B	+32N	+7B	+9B	+4N	−2B	−1N	=8N	=6B	6.0	47.0	50.0	29.75	2069	+32.4
6	Vardanyan, Arman M.	1932	ARM	+14B	+2N	=3B	=19N	=8B	+18N	−4N	+11B	=5N	6.0	46.0	50.5	32.75	2050	+56.4
7	Mesropyan, Samvel	1939	ARM	+26N	+36B	−5N	+24B	−2N	+19B	+9N	−1B	=8B	5.5	44.0	45.5	22.25	1964	+20.0
8	Harutyunyan, Arman G.	2115	ARM	+15N	=19B	−2N	+21B	=6N	=24B	+23N	=5B	=7N	5.5	43.0	47.0	27.00	1956	-60.0
9	Grigoryan, Davit S.	1879	ARM	+21N	+31B	+11B	−5N	−3B	+15N	−7B	=16N	+20B	5.5	42.0	45.0	24.50	1890	+10.0
10	Mirakyan, Karen	1763	ARM	=13B	−12N	+23B	+32N	−18B	+17B	+19N	−3N	+21B	5.5	39.5	42.5	24.00	1902	+68.0
11	Aghazaryan, Albert	1929	ARM	+37B	+1B	−9N	=18N	−12B	+29N	=15B	−6N	+27B	5.0	41.0	42.0	20.75	1854	-34.0
12	Margaryan, Mark	1856	ARM	−31N	+10B	+36N	=15B	+11N	−4B	=18N	+24B	−3B	5.0	40.0	41.5	20.75	1817	-14.0
13	Sahakyan, Hamlet	1883	ARM	=10N	+17B	−19N	+33B	−15N	+28B	=24N	+18B	−2N	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.25	1832	-23.2
14	Zhamkochyan, Mane	1745	ARM	−6N	+16B	+22N	−1B	−17N	+32N	−20B	+34B	+24N	5.0	39.5	42.0	19.00	1899	+71.6
15	Tarzyan, Harutyun	1758	ARM	−8B	+37N	+25B	=12N	+13B	−9B	=11N	=20N	=17B	5.0	39.5	40.5	19.75	1850	+42.0
16	Galstyan, Ghukas	1761	ARM	−2B	−14N	+34N	+31B	−24N	+27B	+28N	=9B	=18N	5.0	37.0	39.5	18.50	1835	+32.0
17	Movsisyan, Samvel	1792	ARM	−25B	−13N	+38B	=26N	+14B	−10N	+34B	+23B	=15N	5.0	35.5	35.5	16.50	1754	-16.4
18	Yesayan, Vahagn	1797	ARM	−1N	+26B	+31N	=11B	+10N	−6B	=12B	−13N	=16B	4.5	43.0	46.0	20.00	1818	+10.0
19	Sargsyan, Mikayel Sh.	1785	ARM	+33B	=8N	+13B	=6B	−1N	−7N	−10B	=30N	+29B	4.5	42.0	45.0	19.00	1820	+17.6
20	Hakobyan, Mane	1708	ARM	+35N	+22B	−4N	−2B	−28N	+31B	+14N	=15B	−9N	4.5	40.5	42.0	16.50	1778	+29.2
21	Diloyan, Angelina	1639	ARM	−9B	+30N	=32B	−8N	−29B	+33N	+26N	+22B	−10N	4.5	35.0	38.0	16.50	1764	+52.4
22	Gasparov, Sergo G.	1956	ARM	+28B	−20N	−14B	=25N	+26B	−23N	+29B	−21N	+30B	4.5	34.0	37.5	17.00	1674	-119.2
23	Hayrapetyan, Hakob	1779	ARM	−36N	=27B	−10N	+34B	+35N	+22B	−8B	−17N	+28N	4.5	32.5	34.0	14.50	1750	-13.2
24	Harutyunyan, Hamlet A.	1841	ARM	+30B	−3N	+28B	−7N	+16B	=8N	=13B	−12N	−14B	4.0	41.5	45.0	17.75	1781	-25.2
25	Hovhannisyan, Vahe Z.	1480	ARM	+17N	−4B	−15N	=22B	−27N	=26B	−30N	+35N	+33B	4.0	35.5	37.0	13.75	1626	+58.4
26	Samvelyan, Tagvor	1640	ARM	−7B	−18N	+30B	=17B	−22N	=25N	−21B	+32N	+31B	4.0	34.5	37.5	14.00	1677	+14.0
27	Hovakimyan, Khachik	1678	ARM	−4N	=23N	−33B	=37N	+25B	−16N	+32B	+31B	−11N	4.0	34.0	35.0	12.75	1669	-5.6
28	Baghmanyan, Hakob	1690	ARM	−22N	+35B	−24N	+36B	+20B	−13N	−16B	+33N	−23B	4.0	32.0	33.5	10.50	1671	-8.8
29	Mkhitaryan, Emma	1749	ARM	−5N	+38B	−1N	=35B	+21N	−11B	−22N	+37B	−19N	3.5	34.5	34.5	6.25	1695	-28.4
30	Karapetyan, Maria	1425	ARM	−24N	−21B	−26N	+38N	=37B	=36N	+25B	=19B	−22N	3.5	28.0	28.0	7.50	1571	+54.8
31	Mkrtchyan, Sargis M.	1567	ARM	+12B	−9N	−18B	−16N	+36B	−20N	+35B	−27N	−26N	3.0	34.0	35.5	8.00	1572	-2.4
32	Dabaghyan, Gor	1884	ARM	+38N	−5B	=21N	−10B	=33N	−14B	−27N	−26B	+35N	3.0	33.5	33.5	5.25	1547	-149.2
33	Bondarenko, Viktoria B.	1545	ARM	−19N	=34B	+27N	−13N	=32B	−21B	+37N	−28B	−25N	3.0	31.5	32.5	7.75	1593	+15.2
34	Gevorgyan, Nrane	1801	ARM	−3B	=33N	−16B	−23N	F	+35B	−17N	−14N	+37B	2.5	31.5	31.5	4.00	1570	-94.8
35	Hakobyan, Milena A.	1461	ARM	−20B	−28N	+37B	=29N	−23B	−34N	−31N	−25B	−32B	1.5	29.0	30.0	2.75	1422	-20.4
36	Markosyan, Mariam	1492	ARM	+23B	−7N	−12B	−28N	−31N	=30B	F	F	F	1.5	25.5	25.5	6.25	1509	-2.8
37	Hakobyan, Liana	1621	ARM	−11N	−15B	−35N	=27B	=30N	F	−33B	−29N	−34N	1.0	28.0	28.0	3.75	1346	-101.2
38	Asatridis, Vardges	1551	ARM	−32B	−29N	−17N	−30B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	913	-49.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ghazaryan, ArmenARM
+94.4
6.5 pts · #4
2Zhamkochyan, ManeARM
+71.6
5.0 pts · #15
3Mirakyan, KarenARM
+68.0
5.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Dabaghyan, GorARM
-149.2
3.0 pts · #31
2Gasparov, Sergo G.ARM
-119.2
4.5 pts · #18
3Hakobyan, LianaARM
-101.2
1.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R8+317 Elo gap
Diloyan, Angelina1639 beat Gasparov, Sergo G.1956
R1+312 Elo gap
Hovhannisyan, Vahe Z.1480 beat Movsisyan, Samvel1792
R8+290 Elo gap
Ghazaryan, Armen1839 beat CMTorosyan, Volodya2129