Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025

Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025

Tournament information
Location	Jermuk, Armenia
Dates	29 May–6 June
Format	9-round round-robin tournament
Purse	AMD 7,450,000
Final positions
Champion	Aravindh Chithambaram
←  2024

The Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 was the 6th edition of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial happening in Jermuk, Armenia. ^{[1] [2]} It was a 10 player round-robin tournament from 29 May to 6 June 2025. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-sec increment from move one.

Arjun Erigaisi was the defending champion, but he did not participate this year. Both Aravindh Chithambaram and Praggnanandhaa R scored 6.5 points in 9 rounds. Aravindh won the tournament by tie-break scores. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Prize money

Total Fund	Winner	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
7,450,000 AMD	3,100,000 AMD	1,850,000 AMD	1,500,000 AMD	1,000,000 AMD

Results by round

Round 1 – 29 May 2025 Robert Hovhamisyan 0–1 Xu Xiangyu Aravindh Chithambaram ½–½ Praggnanandhaa R Jonas Buhl Bjerre ½–½ Aram Hakobyan Sam Sevian ½–½ Benjamin Gledura Nodirbek Yakubboev ½–½ Dmitrij Kollars Round 2 – 30 May 2025 Xu Xiangyu ½–½ Dmitrij Kollars Benjamin Gledura ½–½ Nodirbek Yakubboev Aram Hakobyan ½–½ Sam Sevian Praggnanandhaa R ½–½ Jonas Buhl Bjerre Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Aravindh Chithambaram Round 3 – 31 May 2025 Aravindh Chithambaram 1–0 Xu Xiangyu Jonas Buhl Bjerre ½–½ Robert Hovhannisyan Sam Sevian ½–½ Praggnanandhaa R Nodirbek Yakubboev 0–1 Aram Hakobyan Dmitrij Kollars 1–0 Benjamin Gledura Round 4 – 1 Jun 2025 Xu Xiangyu ½–½ Benjamin Gledura Aram Hakobyan ½–½ Dmitrij Kollars Praggnanandhaa R 1–0 Nodirbek Yakubboev Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Sam Sevian Aravindh Chithambaram 1–0 Jonas Buhl Bjerre Round 5 – 2 Jun 2025 [6] Jonas Buhl Bjerre 1–0 Xu Xiangyu Sam Sevian ½–½ Aravindh Chithambaram Nodirbek Yakubboev 1–0 Robert Hovhannisyan Dmitrij Kollars ½–½ Praggnanandhaa R Benjamin Gledura ½–½ Aram Hakobyan

Round 6 – 3 Jun 2025 Xu Xiangyu ½–½ Aram Hakobyan Praggnanandhaa R 1-0 Benjamin Gledura Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Dmitrij Kollars Aravindh Chithambaram ½–½ Nodirbek Yakubboev Jonas Buhl Bjerre ½–½ Sam Sevian Round 7 – 4 Jun 2025 Sam Sevian ½–½ Xu Xiangyu Nodirbek Yakubboev ½–½ Jonas Buhl Bjerre Dmitrij Kollars ½–½ Aravindh Chithambaram Benjamin Gledura 0-1 Robert Hovhannisyan Aram Hakobyan 0-1 Praggnanandhaa R Round 8 – 5 Jun 2025 [7] Xu Xiangyu ½–½ Praggnanandhaa R Robert Hovhannisyan ½–½ Aram Hakobyan Aravindh Chithambaram 1-0 Benjamin Gledura Jonas Buhl Bjerre ½–½ Dmitrij Kollars Sam Sevian ½–½ Nodirbek Yakubboev Round 9 – 6 Jun 2025 Nodirbek Yakubboev ½-½ Xu Xiangyu Dmitrij Kollars ½-½ Sam Sevian Benjamin Gledura ½-½ Jonas Buhl Bjerre Aram Hakobyan 0-1 Aravindh Chithambaram Praggnanandhaa R 1-0 Robert Hovhannisyan

Standings

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	Aravindh Chithambaram  (India)	2749	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	6.5
2	R Praggnanandhaa  (India)	2758	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6.5
3	Dmitrij Kollars  (Germany)	2625	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5
4	Samuel Sevian  (United States)	2694	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	4.5
5	Jonas Buhl Bjerre  (Denmark)	2641	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	4.5
6	Nodirbek Yakubboev  (Uzbekistan)	2665	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	4
7	Xu Xiangyu  (China)	2623	0	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	4
8	Aram Hakobyan (chess player)  (Armenia)	2620	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	4
9	Robert Hovhannisyan  (Armenia)	2635	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	3.5
10	Benjamin Gledura  (Hungary)	2663	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	2.5

References

1. "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025". chess.com. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
2. "FIDE Calendar". fide.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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4. "Aravindh Breaks Into World Top 10 After Victory In Armenia". chess.com. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
5. "Aravindh Chithambaram wins 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial, Praggnanandhaa second". chessbase.in. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
6. "Aravindh maintains his sole lead, now World no.10". chess.com. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
7. "Praggnanandhaa or Aravindh - Who will win 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial?". chess.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.