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5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R4: Arjun Erigaisi stays on top, Haik bounces back

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/06/2024

Arjun Erigaisi drew his fourth round game against the defending champion - Samuel Sevian (USA) at 5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024. Haik Martirosyan won the All-Armenian clash against Manuel Petrosyan. The latter made an incorrect decision in the seemingly balanced rook and knight endgame. It allowed Haik to liquidate into a favorable rook and few pawns endgame. He had no trouble converting his extra pawn advantage. M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) scored the only other victory of the round against Matthias Bluebaum (GER). Arjun's next opponent will be Haik who had the maximum decisive games of the event so far. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

White wins two

Arjun Erigaisi drew with the defending champion - Samuel Sevian (USA) | 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

Haik - Manuel: 1-0

Manuel Petrosyan (ARM, 2625) blundered against Haik Martirosyan (ARM, 2662) in a relatively balanced rook, knight and pawn down endgame.

Position after 43...b5?

Since Black has a pawn less, the thing which he should not do is exchange pieces in a hurry. 43...b5? not only allows White to trade the knights but also get into a favorable rook and pawn endgame. 44.Rxe5 Rxd2 45.a4 b4?? worsened things further 46.a5 Kg7 47.Rc5 Ra2 48.Rxc6 and White won the game in the next few moves.

Haik Martirosyan (ARM) bounced back with a win over his compatriot Manuel Petryosyan (ARM)  | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) - Volodar Murzin : 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Shant Sargsyan (ARM) - Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Tabatabaei - Bluebaum: 1-0

Matthias Bluebaum (GER, 2647) sacrificed an exchange in the middlegame, for which he initially did not get any compensation against M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI, 2713). However, later in the endgame he managed to equalize.

Position after 39.a5

39...Nd7 40.Rc7 Nb8 precise defense would have kept the game going. However, 39...Nd3? gave White a decisive advantage 40.Rc7 Ng4 41.a6 Nf4 42.Kg1 Ne6 43.Rc4 Nd4 44.Rxd4! exd4 45.Nb1 and White won the game soon.

M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) - Matthias Bluebaum (GER): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Replay Round 4 live stream | Video: Chess Academy of Armenia

Replay Round 4 games

Round 4 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
1102662
GMMartirosyan Haik M.1 - 0GMPetrosyan Manuel
26257
282611
GMHovhannisyan Robert½ - ½GMMurzin Volodar
26506
392639
GMSargsyan Shant½ - ½GMDeac Bogdan-Daniel
26805
412713
GMTabatabaei M. Amin1 - 0GMBluebaum Matthias
26474
522687
GMSevian Samuel½ - ½GMErigaisi Arjun
27613

Details

Standings after Round 4

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
13
GMErigaisi ArjunIND276135,5002104,6
22
GMSevian SamuelUSA26872,56,0001105,4
31
GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI27132,55,5001103,7
410
GMMartirosyan Haik M.ARM26622,53,7502105,3
55
GMDeac Bogdan-DanielROU26802,53,2502102,2
69
GMSargsyan ShantARM26391,53,250210-1,9
77
GMPetrosyan ManuelARM26251,52,500310-3,1
88
GMHovhannisyan RobertARM26111,52,500210-1
94
GMBluebaum MatthiasGER26471,52,250210-5
106
GMMurzin VolodarFID265011,500310-10,2

Details

Round 5 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
132761
GMErigaisi ArjunGMMartirosyan Haik M.
266210
242647
GMBluebaum MatthiasGMSevian Samuel
26872
352680
GMDeac Bogdan-DanielGMTabatabaei M. Amin
27131
462650
GMMurzin VolodarGMSargsyan Shant
26399
572625
GMPetrosyan ManuelGMHovhannisyan Robert
26118

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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