The 7th Yerevan Open Tournament 2025 will take place from December 05 to December 11 in Yerevan, Armenia. It is a 9-round Swiss system with a 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 Sergei Lobanov (2526), GM Giga Quparadze (2509), GM Vitaly Sivuk (2501), GM Karen H. Grigoryan (2481), GM Tigran Kotanjian (2453), GM Nikita Matinian (2414), GM Hovik Hayrapetyan (2408), IM Norayr Torosyan (2383), FM Aleksandr E. Usov (2376), FM Jain Rosh (2363), FM Erik Chaqryan (2354), IM Gaioz Nigalidze (2348), IM Vahe Danielyan (2308), FM Gevorg Alaverdyan (2303), IM Krishnan P. Saravana (2293). Scroll down for the tull participants list.
More: Asian Schools Chess Championships 2025 / Asian Seniors Championships 2025 – 65+ / Asian Seniors Championships 2025 – 50+ / 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2025
7th Yerevan Open Tournament 2025 Group A Participants
Rk.
SNo
Name
FED
Rtg
1
1
GM
Lobanov, Sergei
FID
2526
2
2
GM
Quparadze, Giga
GEO
2509
3
3
GM
Sivuk, Vitaly
SWE
2501
4
4
GM
Grigoryan, Karen H.
ARM
2481
5
5
GM
Kotanjian, Tigran
ARM
2453
6
6
GM
Matinian, Nikita
FID
2414
7
7
GM
Hayrapetyan, Hovik
ARM
2408
8
8
IM
Torosyan, Norayr
ARM
2383
9
9
FM
Usov, Aleksandr E.
RUS
2376
10
10
FM
Rosh, Jain
IND
2363
11
11
FM
Chaqryan, Erik
ARM
2354
12
12
IM
Nigalidze, Gaioz
GEO
2348
13
13
IM
Danielyan, Vahe
ARM
2308
14
14
FM
Alaverdyan, Gevorg
ARM
2303
15
15
IM
Saravana, Krishnan P.
IND
2293
16
16
FM
Hovakimyan, Vache
ARM
2281
17
17
FM
Chubakov, Sultan
KGZ
2252
18
18
FM
Mkrtchyan, Simon
ARM
2246
19
19
IM
Zakaryan, David
RUS
2245
20
20
CM
Gadzhiev, Ruslan
FID
2242
21
21
CM
Pimpalkhare, Vedant
IND
2242
22
22
GM
Djuric, Stefan
SRB
2228
23
23
CM
Sudarshan, Bhat
IND
2215
24
24
CM
Afineevskij, Ilya
RUS
2204
25
25
CM
Suslov, Dmitrii
FID
2196
26
26
WFM
Deodhar, Vrushali Umesh
IND
2188
27
27
CM
Plotnikov, Boris
RUS
2170
28
28
FM
Patil, Priyanshu
IND
2169
29
29
Sanjay, Narayanan P S
IND
2156
30
30
WIM
Smirnova, Ekaterina
FID
2153
31
31
WGM
Gu, Xiaobing
CHN
2148
32
32
Phatak, Aanjaneya
IND
2129
33
33
Borshch, Alexei
FID
2126
34
34
Morvekar, Kedar
IND
2124
35
35
Ghayourifar, Ali
IRI
2115
36
36
Tanish, Ragavan S
IND
2108
37
37
Mahish, S A
IND
2102
38
38
Rakhmatullaev, Muhammadsolih
UZB
2084
39
39
WFM
Rindhiya, V
IND
2075
40
40
Manukian, Artak
ARM
2069
41
41
WCM
Kamenskaya, Marina
RUS
2050
42
42
Gusev, Kirill
FID
2047
43
43
Petukhov, Dmitriy
RUS
2034
44
44
Mamikonyan, Artem T
ARM
2016