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5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R6: Arjun Erigaisi hunts Bluebaum's king, increases his sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/06/2024

Arjun Erigaisi defeated Matthias Bluebaum (GER) to increase his sole lead by a full point at 5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024. Arjun gobbled up two pawns in the middlegame and he managed to protect them. When the German declined the trade of queens, the World no.4 in live ratings, went for his opponent's king. Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) scored the only other victory of the round. It was also his first win of the event and his opponent, Haik Martirosyan's (ARM) second loss. Haik misplayed in the sharp major piece endgame. It allowed his opponent to gain full control and liquidate into a favorable queen endgame. Arjun is at 4.5/6, followed by Samuel Sevian (USA), M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) and Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) at 3.5/6 each. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Hovhannisyan scores his first win of the event

Arjun Erigaisi's last three opponent at this event are - Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU), Volodar Murzin and Manuel Petrosyan (ARM).

Arjun Erigaisi scored his third win of the event to increase his sole lead by a full point | 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

Arjun - Bluebaum: 1-0

Arjun Erigaisi (2761) gained a couple of pawns in the middlegame against Matthias Bluebaum (GER, 2647). He used them to his advantage and eventually hunted his opponent's king after a queen exchange was declined. Trading the queens would not have changed the outcome of the game.

Position after 38.Qc5

38...Qb2 allowed White to finish things early 39.Qf8+ Kf6 40.Qh8+ Kg5 41.f4+ Kf4 42.Qf6+ Rh5 43.Qh4+ and White won.

Arjun Erigaisi scored his third win of the event | Photo: Chess School of Armenia

Haik - Hovhannisyan: 0-1

Haik Martirosyan (ARM, 2662) went wrong in the major piece endgame against Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM, 2611).

Position after 51...Rg7

52.Qf3 was the best way to continue. The reason is it not only defends the g3-pawn but also threatens checkmate via Qf5. Instead, 52.Ra3? gave up the control on the back rank which means Black could move his queen freely Qh6 53.Ra7 Qg6 54.Ra3 Rh7 55.Ra1 Qf5 now Black has gained complete control 56.Rh1 Rxh1 57.Kxh1 Qh3+ 58.Kg1 Qxg3+ 59.Kf1 Ke7 and Black went on to win the game.

Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) scored his first win of the event and Haik Martirosyan (ARM) lost his second | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Shant Sargsyan (ARM) - Manuel Petrosyan (ARM): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) - Volodar Murzin: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Samuel Sevian (USA) - Bogdan Daniel-Deac (ROU): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Replay Round 6 live stream | Video: Chess Academy of Armenia

Replay Round 6 games

Round 6 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
1102662
GMMartirosyan Haik M.0 - 1GMHovhannisyan Robert
26118
292639
GMSargsyan Shant½ - ½GMPetrosyan Manuel
26257
312713
GMTabatabaei M. Amin½ - ½GMMurzin Volodar
26506
422687
GMSevian Samuel½ - ½GMDeac Bogdan-Daniel
26805
532761
GMErigaisi Arjun1 - 0GMBluebaum Matthias
26474

Details

Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
13
GMErigaisi ArjunIND27614,512,5002106,6
22
GMSevian SamuelUSA26873,511,0002104,7
31
GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI27133,510,2502102,3
45
GMDeac Bogdan-DanielROU26803,59,5003102,8
510
GMMartirosyan Haik M.ARM266238,5003101
68
GMHovhannisyan RobertARM261138,0004104,9
79
GMSargsyan ShantARM26392,56,750310-1,9
87
GMPetrosyan ManuelARM26252,56,500410-3,1
96
GMMurzin VolodarFID265025,750410-9,5
104
GMBluebaum MatthiasGER264725,750310-7,8

Details

Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
142647
GMBluebaum MatthiasGMMartirosyan Haik M.
266210
252680
GMDeac Bogdan-DanielGMErigaisi Arjun
27613
362650
GMMurzin VolodarGMSevian Samuel
26872
472625
GMPetrosyan ManuelGMTabatabaei M. Amin
27131
582611
GMHovhannisyan RobertGMSargsyan Shant
26399

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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