Stepan Avagyan Memorial is taking place in Jermuk from May 28 to June 6, 2025. The tournament is a 10 player round robin with the participation of two 2700+ players – Praggnanandhaa Ramesh Babu and Aravindh Chithambaram VR.
Samuel Sevian is also back to Armenia, after being winning the event in 2023 and silver medalist in 2024.
Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 participants
1
GM
Praggnanandhaa Ramesh Babu
IND
2760
2
GM
Aravindh Chithambaram VR.
IND
2726
3
GM
Samuel Sevian
USA
2692
4
GM
Benjamin Gledura
HUN
2661
5
GM
Nodirbek Yakubboev
UZB
2659
6
GM
Jonas Buhl Bjerre
DEN
2640
7
GM
Aram Hakobyan
ARM
2634
8
GM
Robert Hovhannisyan
ARM
2630
9
GM
Dmitrij Kollars
GER
2643
10
GM
Xu Xiangyu
CHN
2623
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This is the 6th edition of the tournament. Here is a list of the winners so far:
1st Stepan Avagyan Memorial: Manuel Petrosian
2nd Stepan Avagyan Memorial: Manuel Petrosian
3rd Stepan Avagyan Memorial: Amin Tabatabaei
4th Stepan Avagyan Memorial: Samuel Sevian
5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial: Arjun Erigaisi