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5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R1: Arjun Erigaisi starts with a win

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/06/2024

Arjun Erigaisi makes a great start at 5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024. He played a nice positional game against Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM). Arjun maneuvered his knight beautifully after his opponent created holes in his dark squares. The knight played a key role in Arjun getting the advantage and converting it into a full point. The only other victor of the round is, Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU). The Romania no.2 crushed Volodar Murzin in a 21-move miniature. The total prize fund of the tournament is 7450000 AMD (≈ US$ 18400). The top three prizes are 3100000 AMD (≈ US$ 7976), 1 850 000 AMD (≈ US$ 4760) and 1500000 (≈ US$ 3859). Arjun will face Shant Sargsyan (ARM) in Round 2. It starts at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Bogdan-Daniel Deac crushes Murzin in 21 moves

Arjun Erigaisi won his first round game against Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) | 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 - Hovhannisyan

Position after 25.c5

24...c6 created a hole on d6-square 25.c5 seized control of it. White's idea is to put a knight on d6 and completely dominate the position. That is exactly what Arjun Erigaisi did against Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM, 2611). 25...Bf6 26.Rd1 Qc8 27.Ng2 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Re8 29.Ne3 Rd8 30.Nc4 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qe6 32.Nd6 and White has achieved his goal. 32...Qd7 33.Qh5 Qe7 34.h4 White is asserting his dominance further. 34...Qe6 Black lets go of the b7-pawn to gain some activity 35.Nxb7 Qb3 36.Qf3 Ne6 37.Kg2 and White won the game in another ten moves.

Arjun Erigaisi is unstoppable - Analysis by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun Erigaisi during Round 1 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Arjun Erigaisi is World no.4 again, this time with a live rating of 2773.9 | Source: 2700chess.com

Deac - Murzin

Position after 16...Rc6?

Volodar Murzin (2650) made a big mistake 16...Rc6? Find out the winning continuation for White which Bogan-Daniel Deac (ROU, 2680) played in the game.

Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) scored the only other victory of the round | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Photo Gallery

GM FST Smbat Lputian, Vice-President of Armenian Chess Federation, delivering his inaugural speech | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Inauguration ceremony | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Players, officials and others were seen sitting around a giant chess board | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

L to R: Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU), Volodar Murzin, Arjun Erigaisi and Matthias Bluebaum (GER) | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia

Round 1 in progress | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia and Armenian Chess Federation
Replay Round 1 live stream | Video: Chess Academy of Armenia

Replay Round 1 games

Round 1 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
112713
GMTabatabaei M. Amin½ - ½GMMartirosyan Haik M.
266210
222687
GMSevian Samuel½ - ½GMSargsyan Shant
26399
332761
GMErigaisi Arjun1 - 0GMHovhannisyan Robert
26118
442647
GMBluebaum Matthias½ - ½GMPetrosyan Manuel
26257
552680
GMDeac Bogdan-Daniel1 - 0GMMurzin Volodar
26506

Details

Standings after Round 1

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
13
GMErigaisi ArjunIND276110,0000
5
GMDeac Bogdan-DanielROU268010,0000
37
GMPetrosyan ManuelARM26250,50,2501
9
GMSargsyan ShantARM26390,50,2501
10
GMMartirosyan Haik M.ARM26620,50,2501
61
GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI27130,50,2500
2
GMSevian SamuelUSA26870,50,2500
4
GMBluebaum MatthiasGER26470,50,2500
96
GMMurzin VolodarFID265000,0001
8
GMHovhannisyan RobertARM261100,0001

Details

Round 2 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
1102662
GMMartirosyan Haik M.GMMurzin Volodar
26506
272625
GMPetrosyan ManuelGMDeac Bogdan-Daniel
26805
382611
GMHovhannisyan RobertGMBluebaum Matthias
26474
492639
GMSargsyan ShantGMErigaisi Arjun
27613
512713
GMTabatabaei M. AminGMSevian Samuel
26872

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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