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5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R3: Arjun Erigaisi maintains his sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/06/2024

Arjun Erigaisi drew against M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) in the third round of 5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024. The defending champion, Samuel Sevian (USA) scored the sole victory of the round against the Armenia no.1 - Haik Martiosyan. Sevian's beautiful creative attack on Haik's kingside made things increasingly difficult for him. It was not easy for him to find a computer-like defense and eventually he succumbed. Sevian and Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) are the two players at 2/3 each. Arjun will face Sevian in the fourth round. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Sevian wins the sole game of the round

Samuel Sevian scored a very nice victory over the Armenia no.1 - Haik Martirosyan | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Stepan Avagyan Memorial will take place from 9th to 18th June 2024 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Stepan Avagyan Memorial Official logo | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Sevian - Haik: 1-0

The defending champion, Samuel Sevian (USA, 2687) launched a beautiful attack on Haik Martirosyan's (ARM, 2662) kingside.

Position after 23.Rh4!

23.Rh4! is a beautiful move. Black cannot take the b2-bishop as 23...Bxb2 runs into 24.Qh6+. The game continued 23...Rh8 24.Ba1 Kf8 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Bg4 if Black captures the queen 26...fxg5 27.Rxh8+ Qg8 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8 would have given him better fighting chances. 26...Rxh4 27.Qxh4 and White went on to win the game eventually.

Samuel Sevian (USA) scored his first win of the event against Haik Martirosyan | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Arjun Erigaisi - M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Matthias Bluebaum (GER) - Shant Sargsyan (ARM): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) - Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Replay Round 3 live stream | Video: Chess Academy of Armenia

Replay Round 3 games

Round 3 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
122687
GMSevian Samuel1 - 0GMMartirosyan Haik M.
266210
232761
GMErigaisi Arjun½ - ½GMTabatabaei M. Amin
27131
342647
GMBluebaum Matthias½ - ½GMSargsyan Shant
26399
452680
GMDeac Bogdan-Daniel½ - ½GMHovhannisyan Robert
26118
562650
GMMurzin Volodar½ - ½GMPetrosyan Manuel
26257

Details

Standings after Round 3

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
13
GMErigaisi ArjunIND27612,52,7501105,6
22
GMSevian SamuelUSA268722,7501104,4
35
GMDeac Bogdan-DanielROU268021,7501102,8
41
GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI27131,53,000110-0,4
57
GMPetrosyan ManuelARM26251,52,0002101,4
64
GMBluebaum MatthiasGER26471,51,750110-0,9
710
GMMartirosyan Haik M.ARM26621,51,2502100,8
88
GMHovhannisyan RobertARM261111,750210-1,5
9
GMSargsyan ShantARM263911,750210-2,5
106
GMMurzin VolodarFID26500,50,750210-9,7

Details

Round 4 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
1102662
GMMartirosyan Haik M.GMPetrosyan Manuel
26257
282611
GMHovhannisyan RobertGMMurzin Volodar
26506
392639
GMSargsyan ShantGMDeac Bogdan-Daniel
26805
412713
GMTabatabaei M. AminGMBluebaum Matthias
26474
522687
GMSevian SamuelGMErigaisi Arjun
27613

Details

Time Control

90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game (with 30 seconds increment starting from move one).

Prizes

The total prize fund is 7450000 AMD (≈ US$ 18400). The top three prizes are 3100000 AMD (≈ US$ 7976), 1 850 000 AMD (≈ US$ 4760) and 1500000 (≈ US$ 3859). There are also Chessify prizes for all ten participants. The top three Chessify prizes are - bundles worth $350, $300 and $250 each.

Schedule

Sunday 9 June at 19:00 Opening Ceremony
Monday 10 June at 15:00 Round 1
Tuesday 11 June at 15:00 Round 2
Wednesday 12 June at 15:00 Round 3
Thursday 13 June at 15:00 Round 4
Friday 14 June at 15:00 Round 5
Saturday 15 June at 15:00 Round 6
Sunday 16 June at 15:00 Round 7
Monday 17 June at 15:00 Round 8
Tuesday 18 June at 11:00 Round 9
Tuesday 18 June at 17:00 Closing Ceremony

Links

Official site

Tournament details


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