The Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2026 was the 7th edition of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial held in Jermuk, Armenia. It was a 10 player round-robin tournament from 28 May to 6 June 2026. The time control was 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.
Aravindh Chithambaram was the defending champion. Both Samuel Sevian and Vladislav Artemiev scored 5.5 points in 9 rounds. Sevian won the tournament by tie-break scores.
Prize money Total FundWinnerSecond placeThird placeFourth place10,500,000 AMD3,200,000 AMD2,200,000 AMD1,700,000 AMD950,000 AMD
Standings +7th Stepan Avagyan Memorial, 28 May – 6 June 2026, Jermuk, Armenia, Category XVII (2657.1)PlayerRating12345678910Pts.SB1 2696½½1½½½½1½5½24.002 2641½½½½½½½115½23.253 2723½½½½½½1½½522.004 26530½½½1½011521.005 2644½½½½½½½014½20.006 2635½½½0½½½½14½19.507 2629½½½½½½½½0418.758 2645½½01½½½0½418.759 269200½01½½103½15.2510 2613½0½0001½13½14.75
Results by round
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" |- |colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 1 – 29 May 2026 |- | Ray Robson || align="center"| || Robert Hovhannisyan |- | Alexander Donchenko || align="center"| || Szymon Gumularz |- | Aravindh Chithambaram || align="center"| || Shant Sargsyan |- | Nihal Sarin || align="center"| || Sam Sevian |- | Aram Hakobyan || align="center"| || Vladislav Artemiev
|colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 2 – 30 May 2026 |- | Robert Hovhannisyan || align="center"| || Vladislav Artemiev |- | Sam Sevian || align="center"| || Aram Hakobyan |- | Shant Sargsyan || align="center"| || Nihal Sarin |- | Szymon Gumularz || align="center"| || Aravindh Chithambaram |- | Ray Robson || align="center"| || Alexander Donchenko
|colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 3 – 31 May 2026 |- | Alexander Donchenko || align="center"| || Robert Hovhannisyan |- | Aravindh Chithambaram || align="center"| || Ray Robson |- | Nihal Sarin || align="center"| || Szymon Gumularz |- | Aram Hakobyan || align="center"| || Shant Sargsyan |- | Vladislav Artemiev || align="center"| || Sam Sevian
|colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 4 – 1 Jun 2026 |- | Robert Hovhannisyan || align="center"| || Sam Sevian |- | Shant Sargsyan || align="center"| || Vladislav Artemiev |- | Szymon Gumularz || align="center"| || Aram Hakobyan |- | Ray Robson || align="center"| || Nihal Sarin |- | Alexander Donchenko || align="center"| || Aravindh Chithambaram
|colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 5 – 2 Jun 2026 |- | Aravindh Chithambaram || align="center"| || Robert Hovhannisyan |- | Nihal Sarin || align="center"| || Alexander Donchenko |- | Aram Hakobyan || align="center"| || Ray Robson |- | Vladislav Artemiev || align="center"| || Szymon Gumularz |- | Sam Sevian || align="center"| || Shant Sargsyan
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" |- |colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 6 – 3 Jun 2026 |- | Robert Hovhannisyan || align="center"| || Shant Sargsyan |- | Szymon Gumularz || align="center"| || Sam Sevian |- | Ray Robson || align="center"| || Vladislav Artemiev |- | Alexander Donchenko || align="center"| || Aram Hakobyan |- | Aravindh Chithambaram || align="center"| || Nihal Sarin
|colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 7 – 4 Jun 2026 |- | Nihal Sarin || align="center"| || Robert Hovhannisyan |- | Aram Hakobyan || align="center"| || Aravindh Chithambaram |- | Vladislav Artemiev || align="center"| || Alexander Donchenko |- | Sam Sevian || align="center"| || Ray Robson |- | Shant Sargsyan || align="center"| || Szymon Gumularz
|colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 8 – 5 Jun 2026 |- | Robert Hovhannisyan || align="center"| || Szymon Gumularz |- | Ray Robson || align="center"| || Shant Sargsyan |- | Alexander Donchenko || align="center"| || Sam Sevian |- | Aravindh Chithambaram || align="center"| || Vladislav Artemiev |- | Nihal Sarin || align="center"| || Aram Hakobyan
|colspan=7 style="background:#cccccc;" | Round 9 – 6 Jun 2026 |- | Aram Hakobyan || align="center"| || Robert Hovhannisyan |- | Vladislav Artemiev || align="center"| || Nihal Sarin |- | Sam Sevian || align="center"| || Aravindh Chithambaram |- | Shant Sargsyan || align="center"| || Alexander Donchenko |- | Szymon Gumularz || align="center"| || Ray Robson
See also
Stepan Avagyan Memorial Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025
References