Karen H Grigoryan wins 5th Yerevan Open 2023, Adhiban second and Abhimanyu Puranik third

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/10/2023

GM Karen H Grigoryan (ARM) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 5th Yerevan Open A (≥2100) 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. GM Adhiban B, GM Abhimanyu Puranik and GM Sergei Lobanov scored 7/9 each. They were placed second, third and fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. Both Karen and Adhiban remained undefeated. The total prize fund of all three tournaments was 15000000 AMD. The top three prizes in Open A were AMD 2600000 + trophy, 1800000 and 1350000 each. There were Chessify prizes (Chessify coins) also worth US$ 3000. The top three prizes were $500, $400 and $300. That's not all. There were 20 Chessmood prizes. Top three won 1 year, 6 months and 3 months memberships. GM Zaven Andriasian (ARM), GM Karthik Venkataraman and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) scored 7.5/9 each in the Blitz. They were placed first, second and third respectively. Photos: IM IA Norayr Kalantaryan/Yerevan Chess Federation

Karthik Venkataraman second in Blitz

GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) and GM Pranesh M were the coleaders 6.5/8 heading into the final round. Karen defeated Pranesh to become a clear champion. GM Mitrabha Guha and GM Iniyan P lost to GM Adhiban Baskaran and GM Abhimanyu Puranik respectively. Thus, Adhiban and Abhimanyu were placed second and third respectively. GM Pranesh M, GM Karthik Venkataraman and GM Bharath Subramaniyam H scored 6.5/9 each. They were placed sixth, seventh and ninth respectively.

Champion - GM Karen H Grigoryan (ARM) 7.5/9

Runner-up - GM Adhiban Baskaran 7/9

Second Runner-up - GM Abhimanyu Puranik 7/9

Top 3 in Open A (L to R): 2nd GM Adhiban Baskaran 7/9, 1st GM Karen H Grigoryan (ARM) 7.5/9 and 3rd GM Abhimanyu Puranik 7/9

Yerevan Open 2023 tournament banner

Best Woman 1st - WIM Amina Kairbekova (KAZ) 5.5/9

Best Woman 2nd - WGM Varshini V 5/9

Blitz

GM Zaven Andriasian (ARM), GM Karthik Venkataraman and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM), all three scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 each. They were placed first, second and third respectively. The top three prizes in the Blitz were AMD 320000, 220000 and 150000 each.

Champion - GM Zaven Andriasian (ARM) 7.5/9 | Photo: Harry Gielen

Runner-up - GM Karthik Venkataraman 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) 7.5/9 | Photo: Chessmood Open

The trophies for the prize winners

The tournament hall at Meridian Expo Center in Yerevan, Armenia

A total of 124 players including 20 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and 3 WIMs took part in Open A (from nine countries across the world in this nine-day nine round Rating tournament. It was organized Yerevan Chess Federation at Meridian Expo Center in Yerevan, Armenia from 29th September and 7th October 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes till the end of the game with 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move no.1.

Replay Open A games

Final standings in Open A

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Grigoryan Karen H.			ARM	2643	7,5	46	50,5	0	4	6	10	2,7
2	4	GM	Adhiban B.			IND	2562	7	45,5	49,5	0	4	5	10	2,9
3	2	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu			IND	2611	7	44,5	49	0	5	6	10	3,8
4	5	GM	Lobanov Sergei			FID	2520	7	41,5	45,5	0	4	6	10	-0,7
5	25	IM	Gholami Orimi Mahdi			IRI	2429	6,5	48,5	52,5	0	4	4	10	18,9
6	9	GM	Pranesh M	U18		IND	2505	6,5	47,5	51	0	5	5	10	11,8
7	3	GM	Karthik Venkataraman			IND	2563	6,5	47	51,5	0	4	4	10	5,6
8	15	GM	Sivuk Vitaly			SWE	2461	6,5	43,5	47	0	4	5	10	2,2
9	10	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U16		IND	2496	6,5	42	46	0	4	5	10	2,3
10	28	GM	Matinian Nikita			FID	2421	6,5	39,5	42,5	0	4	6	10	-2,6
11	49	FM	Mahdavi Reza	U16		IRI	2302	6	47	51	0	3	3	20	42,6
12	11	GM	Quparadze Giga			GEO	2494	6	46,5	51	0	5	3	10	1,4
13	45	FM	Agasarov Benik	U14		ARM	2321	6	46,5	48,5	0	4	4	20	42
14	13	IM	Davtyan Artur			ARM	2481	6	45	49	0	4	4	10	4,2
15	7	GM	Iniyan P			IND	2516	6	43	47,5	0	4	4	10	-6,3
16	44	FM	Zverev Lev	U14		FID	2322	6	43	45	0	4	4	20	39
17	30	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V			IND	2416	6	42	45,5	0	4	4	10	0,7
18	16	IM	Agmanov Zhandos			KAZ	2453	6	42	45	0	4	5	10	-4
19	24	FM	Davtyan Arsen	U18		ARM	2430	6	42	44,5	0	5	5	10	-5,1
20	8	GM	Mitrabha Guha			IND	2515	6	39,5	42	0	4	5	10	-8,5

Details

A total of 118 players including 16 GMs, 9 IMs, a WGM and a WIMs took part from six countries across the world in the Blitz Rating tournament. It was organized Yerevan Chess Federation at Meridian Expo Center in Yerevan, Armenia on 3rd October 2023. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Andriasian Zaven		ARM	2617	7,5	51	56	0	4	6
2	12	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2423	7,5	49,5	53	0	5	6
3	4	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel		ARM	2545	7,5	48,5	52,5	0	5	6
4	1	GM	Grigoryan Karen H.		ARM	2704	7	50,5	54,5	0	4	6
5	7	GM	Pranesh M	U18	IND	2451	7	47,5	52	0	4	6
6	16	GM	Matinian Nikita		FID	2407	7	46	49	0	4	7
7	56	FM	Goutham Krishna H	U14	IND	2045	6,5	51,5	55,5	0	4	6
8	2	GM	Sargsyan Shant		ARM	2638	6,5	50,5	55,5	0	5	5
9	29	FM	Chaqryan Erik	U18	ARM	2280	6,5	47,5	51	0	4	6
10	11	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U16	IND	2426	6,5	46	50,5	0	5	6

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