6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 - Games and Results

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The 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial took place Thu 29th May to Fri 6th Jun 2025 in Jermuk, Armenia. The event has gradually grown in strength, starting at Category 10, then 15, then 16 twice, now 17 this year and last. Players: R Praggnanandhaa, Aravindh Chithambaram V, Samuel Sevian, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Benjamin Gledura, Buhl Bjerre Jonas, Robert Hovhannisyan, Dmitrij Kollars, Xu Xiangyu and Hakobyan Aram. Aravindh Chithambaram won the tournament on tie-break from Praggnanandhaa, both scored 6.5/9 and both won in the final round. Aravindh won about $8000 and moves to 9 in the world. This is his third tournament win in a row after the Chennai GMs. and Prague Masters (great stats from ChessBase India). Praggnanandhaa scores some Grand Prix points in his quest for qualification for the next Candidates tournament via the FIDE circuit 2025 (Caruana took the place for 2024).

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... orial-2025