Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024

Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024

Tournament information
Location	Jermuk, Armenia
Format	9-round round-robin tournament
Final positions
Champion	Arjun Erigaisi
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The Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 was the 5th edition of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial held in Jermuk, Armenia. ^[1] It was a 10 player round-robin tournament held from 10 June to 18 June 2024.

Sam Sevian was the defending champion, but he finished 2nd in this edition. Arjun Erigaisi won the tournament with 6.5 points. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Results by round

Round 1 – 10 Jun 2024 Amin Tabatabaei ½–½ Haik Martirosyan Sam Sevian ½–½ Shant Sargsyan Arjun Erigaisi 1–0 Robert Hovhannisyan Matthias Bluebaum ½–½ Manuel Petrosyan Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1–0 Volodar Murzin Round 2 – 11 Jun 2024 Haik Martirosyan 1-0 Volodar Murzin Manuel Petrosyan ½–½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Matthias Bluebaum Shant Sargsyan 0-1 Arjun Erigaisi Amin Tabatabaei ½–½ Sam Sevian Round 3 – 12 Jun 2024 Sam Sevian 1–0 Haik Martirosyan Arjun Erigaisi ½–½ Amin Tabatabaei Matthias Bluebaum ½–½ Shant Sargsyan Bogdan-Daniel Deac ½–½ Robert Hovhannisyan Volodar Murzin ½–½ Manuel Petrosyan Round 4 – 13 Jun 2024 Haik Martirosyan 1–0 Manuel Petrosyan Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Volodar Murzin Shant Sargsyan ½–½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac Amin Tabatabaei 1-0 Matthias Bluebaum Sam Sevian ½–½ Arjun Erigaisi Round 5 – 14 Jun 2024 Arjun Erigaisi ½–½ Haik Martirosyan Matthias Bluebaum ½–½ Sam Sevian Bogdan-Daniel Deac ½–½ Amin Tabatabaei Volodar Murzin ½–½ Shant Sargsyan Manuel Petrosyan ½–½ Robert Hovhannisyan

Round 6 – 15 Jun 2024 Haik Martirosyan 0-1 Robert Hovhannisyan Shant Sargsyan ½–½ Manuel Petrosyan Amin Tabatabaei ½–½ Volodar Murzin Sam Sevian ½–½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac Arjun Erigaisi 1-0 Matthias Bluebaum Round 7 – 16 Jun 2024 Matthias Bluebaum ½–½ Haik Martirosyan Bogdan-Daniel Deac ½–½ Arjun Erigaisi Volodar Murzin ½–½ Sam Sevian Manuel Petrosyan ½–½ Amin Tabatabaei Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Shant Sargsyan Round 8 – 17 Jun 2024 Haik Martirosyan ½–½ Shant Sargsyan Amin Tabatabaei ½–½ Robert Hovhannisyan Sam Sevian ½–½ Manuel Petrosyan Arjun Erigaisi 1-0 Volodar Murzin Matthias Bluebaum ½–½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac Round 9 – 18 Jun 2024 Bogdan-Daniel Deac ½–½ Haik Martirosyan Volodar Murzin ½–½ Matthias Bluebaum Manuel Petrosyan ½–½ Arjun Erigaisi Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Sam Sevian Shant Sargsyan ½–½ Amin Tabatabaei

Standings

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	Arjun Erigaisi  (India)	2761	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6.5
2	Sam Sevian  (USA)	2687	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	5
3	Amin Tabatabaei  (Iran)	2713	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	5
4	Bogdan-Daniel Deac  (Romania)	2680	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	5
5	Robert Hovhannisyan  (Armenia)	2611	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	4.5
6	Haik Martirosyan  (Armenia)	2662	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	4.5
7	Manuel Petrosyan  (Armenia)	2625	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	4
8	Shant Sargsyan  (Armenia)	2639	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	4
9	Matthias Bluebaum  (Germany)	2647	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	3.5
10	Volodar Murzin  (Russia)	2650	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	3

References

1. "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024". chess.com. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
2. "'Caring Less' Helps Arjun Erigaisi Continue Rise With Win In Armenia". chess.com. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
3. "Arjun Erigaisi wins Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 with a round to spare; Achieves 2779.9 live rating". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
4. "Arjun triumphs in Armenia". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
5. "Arjun Erigaisi convincingly clinches 5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial with a round to spare". www.chessbase.in. Retrieved 18 June 2024.