The Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 will take place from September 21 to September 28 in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Armenia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Mamikon Gharibyan (2495), GM Emin Ohanyan (2491), GM Karen H. Grigoryan (2485), IM Artur Davtyan (2484), FM Vahe A. Sukiasyan (2451), IM Noe Tutisani (2422), IM Benik Agasarov (2416), IM Erik Hakobyan (2404), IM Aleks Sahakyan (2401), IM Anton Sitnikov (2389), Menua Hakobyan (2387), IM Erik R. Gasparyan (2380), FM Mikayel Manvelyan (2376), IM Sunle Gong (2363), FM Sergey Sklokin (2357), IM Armen Ar. Barseghyan (2348), FM Aleksandr E. Usov (2341), FM Vache Hovakimyan (2312), IM Samir Lejlic (2308), WIM Zala Urh (2306). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More Asian events: Dasman Classical Chess Championship 2025 / Sukanun Chess 2025 / 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship / Bangladesh 49th National ‘B’ Chess Championship 2025 / 38th National U13 Goa Chess Championship 2025 – Open / 38th National U13 Goa Chess Championship 2025 – Girls / Mongolian National Chess Championship 2025 Men / Mongolian National Chess Championship 2025 Women
Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Gharibyan Mamikon
ARM
2495
2
GM
Ohanyan Emin
ARM
2491
3
GM
Grigoryan Karen H.
ARM
2485
4
IM
Davtyan Artur
ARM
2484
5
FM
Sukiasyan Vahe A.
ARM
2451
6
IM
Tutisani Noe
GEO
2422
7
IM
Agasarov Benik
ARM
2416
8
IM
Hakobyan Erik
ARM
2404
9
IM
Sahakyan Aleks
ARM
2401
10
IM
Sitnikov Anton
UKR
2389
11
Hakobyan Menua
ARM
2387
12
IM
Gasparyan Erik R.
ARM
2380
13
FM
Manvelyan Mikayel
ARM
2376
14
IM
Gong Sunle
CHN
2363
15
FM
Sklokin Sergey
FID
2357
16
IM
Barseghyan Armen Ar.
ARM
2348
17
FM
Usov Aleksandr E.
RUS
2341
18
FM
Hovakimyan Vache
ARM
2312
19
IM
Lejlic Samir
SWE
2308
20
WIM
Urh Zala
SLO
2306
21
IM
Danielyan Vahe
ARM
2305
22
CM
Gadzhiev Ruslan
FID
2292
23
CM
Ghimoyan Narek
ARM
2273
24
CM
Karpenko Anton
FID
2233
25
FM
Hayrapetyan Edgar
ARM
2230
26
Manukyan Aleks
ARM
2224
27
WIM
Gaboyan Susanna
ARM
2217
28
Strokin Danil
RUS
2197
29
WFM
Sneha Halder
IND
2190
30
Avanesian Artem
RUS
2186
31
Zhidelev Nikolay
RUS
2185
32
FM
Moazaz Dhahir Habeeb
IRQ
2171
33
Chanturia Giorgi Mal
GEO
2171
34
Manukyan Sevak N.
ARM
2171
35
CM
Torosyan Volodya
ARM
2161
36
Alikhanyan Artak
ARM
2159
37
WIM
Vidic Teja
SLO
2156
38
Nazarian Arash
IRI
2154
39
CM
Gyurjinyan Valter
ARM
2147
40
Azimi Amir Mohammad
IRI
2143
41
Harutyunyan Arman G.
ARM
2127
42
Baghdasaryan Davit
ARM
2119
43
FM
Rabeea Sabah Nori
IRQ
2112
44
FM
Zahmati Sobhan
IRI
2105
45
WFM
Kobak Polina
ARM
2081
46
CM
Navoyan Gagik
ARM
2076
47
Avetisyan Ani
ARM
2068
48
Stepanyan Ararat
ARM
2064
49
Hayrapetyan Nvard
ARM
2055
50
Avadhoot Lokesh Bhakti Brahme
IND
2044
51
Sahakyan Arman K.
ARM
2041
52
WFM
Maslova Anastasiya Yar
FID
2039
53
Antonyan Hamlet
ARM
2037
54
Petrosyan Tigran Agh.
ARM
2033
55
Avagyan Artush
ARM
2019
56
Naumov Petr
RUS
2016
57
Sobirov Afruzbek
UZB
2015
58
Maghakyan Hayk
ARM
2000
59
Krkyasharyan Sona
ARM
1997
60
Zakharova Evgeniya
FID
1974
61
Avetisyan Ashot
ARM
1969
62
Aghazaryan Albert
ARM
1950
63
Arakelyan Narek A.
ARM
1941
64
Zhdanov Petr
FID
1936
65
Sharajyan Garik
ARM
1922
66
Isakhanyan Avik
ARM
1913
67
Hakobyan Allen
ARM
1911
68
Khachatryan Mariam
ARM
1911
69
Sargsyan Karo B.
ARM
1908
70
Mero Aghiad.
SYR
1877
71
Nadanyan Kiti
ARM
1851
72
Nahapetyan Ani
ARM
1825
73
Mkrtchyan Anahit H.
ARM
1788
74
Vardanyan Armen Art.
ARM
1783
75
Yenokyan Sergey
ARM
1782
76
Avetisyan Ashot A.
ARM
1713