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Sunday, 22 Jan 2023 11:37
Ter-Sahakyan and Gevorgyan win Armenian championship

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and WGM Maria Gevorgyan are the new champions of Armenia, winning their second and fifth (!) national titles, respectively.

The 83rd Armenian Championship and the 78th Women’s Armenian Сhampionship were held simultaneously in the Tigran Petrosian Chess House in Yerevan from January 13-21. Both events were 10-player round robins with classical time control.

As expected, the open championship (a part of the FIDE Circuit) was a very close contest that came down to the wire. Although Manuel Petrosyan led for the most part of the event Samvel Ter-Sahakayn caught up with him, heading into the decisive final round. Both leaders played with the white pieces, but only Samvel pulled off a victory over Robert Hovhannisyan, while Manuel managed only a draw vs Zaven Andriasian.

As a result, Ter-Sahakyan (pictured below) leapfrogged his main rival by a half-point and clinched the title. Petrosyan finished second; Robert Hovhannisyan tied for third place with Tigran Harutyunyan but took bronze thanks to a better Sonneborn-Berger.

Final standings:

1

GM

Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel

2605

2

GM

Petrosyan, Manuel

2632

6

3

GM

Hovhannisyan, Robert

2597

4

GM

Harutyunyan, Tigran

2511

5

GM

Hakobyan, Aram

2626

5

6

GM

Andriasian, Zaven

2580

5

7

GM

Petrosian, Tigran

2551

8

IM

Gharibyan, Mamikon

2490

9

IM

Barseghyan, Armen

2403

2

10

FM

Sargsyan, Sargis

2314


The top six finishers of the 83rd Armenian Сhampionship earned FIDE Circuit race points:

1. 7,40 
 2. 5,92
 3. 5,0
 4. 4,63
 5. 2,78
 6. 0,93

In the women’s event, the rating favourite WGM Maria Gevorgyan (pictured below) suffered an unexpected defeat at the hands of Polina Kobak in Round 2. It was a wake-up call for Maria, who scored three straight victories (including one over her main competitor, second-rated WIM Susanna Gaboyan), grabbed the lead and held it to the very end.

Gaboyan finished a half-point behind the champion and earned silver; Arpine Grigoryan came clear third.

Final standings:

1

WGM

Gevorgyan, Maria

2269

7

2

WIM

Gaboyan, Susanna

2158

3

WFM

Grigoryan, Arpine

2010

4

 

Hakobyan Astghik

2074

5

5

WFM

Khachatryan, Anna

2031

6

 

Kobak, Polina

1733

4

7

 

Yedigaryan, Asya

1859

4

8

WIM

Gasparian, Narine

2022

9

 

Khachatryan, Veronika

2023

3

10

 

Hayrapetyan, Nvard

1543

2


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Photo: Armenian Chess Federation Facebook page