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The XVI international youth open tournament "Jermuk-2022" dedicated to Stepan Avagyan concluded on July 14. The ceremony was held at the "Jermuk Ashkhar" sanatorium. Harutyun Sargsyan, President of the Vayots Dzor Chess Federation, Stepan Avagyan's family, and Smbat Lputyan, founder-president of the Chess Academy of Armenia, were all present. A movie descr...
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Blitz chess tournament took place on July 10 in Jermuk. The places were distributed as follows: 1st place- FM Erik Chaqryan 2nd place - Vardan Melkonyan 3rd place - FM Arsen Davtyan 4th place - Tigran Hambardzumyan  5th place - Vardan Khojayan                                           Special prizes:  best performance among girls - Violeta Esayan ...
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Today Jermuk resort town hosted the participants of Stepan Avagyan Memorial: Jermuk-2022 XVI International Open Youth Chess Tournament.  This year over 190 young players from Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, Turkey, USA and Germany will take part in the Memorial. During the opening ceremony of the event, the President of Vayos Dzor Chess Federation Harutyun Sargsya...
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Chess Academy of Armenia in cooperation with “Jermuk Ashkharh” Health Center is organizing “Stepan Avagyan Memorial”: Jermuk-2022 International Youth Open Chess Tournament which will take place from July 7 to 15, 2022.  The tournament is in a 9 round Swiss Tournament which will be held in different age groups. The total prize fund of the tournament is 2 500 000 ...
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Here you can find the participants who have completed the rank in the Stepan Avagyan memorial: "Jermuk-2021'' XV International Open Youth Chess Tournament. Under 8 Yenokyan Sergey - 2nd rank Under 10 Nahapetyan Tigran - 2nd rank Under 10 Aghazaryan Albert - 555 Under 10 Ghazaryan Aram - 3rd rank Under 12 Kazaz Emmanuel Emil - 3rd rank ...
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The closing ceremony of Stepan Avagyan memorial: "Jermuk-2021'' XV International Open Youth Chess Tournament was held on 18 of July at "Jermuk Ashkhar''. The President of the Vayots Dzor Chess Federation Harutyun Sargsyan, the mayor of Jermuk Vardan Hovhannisyan and the Vice-president of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Founder-President of the Chess Academy of A...
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Blitz chess tournament took place on July 16 in Jermuk. The places were distributed as follows: 1st place - FM Gevorg Alaverdyan 2nd place - GM Tigran Harutyunyan 3rd place - GM Vahe Baghdasaryan 4th place - FM Suren Poghosyan 5th place - Arsen Davtyan Special prizes:  best performance among girls - WFM Mariam Mkrtchyan best performance among those wh...
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Blitz chess tournament took place on July 13 in Jermuk. The places were distributed as follows: 1st place - Arshak Melkonyan 2nd place - Aleks Manukyan 3rd place - GM Tigran Harutyunyan 4th place - WFM Mariam Mkrtchyan 5th place - GM Hovik Hayrapetyan Special prizes:  best performance among girls - Veronika Khachatryan best performance among those who...
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Dear participants, to nominate for the "Best Game" prize established by us, you have to: 1. Send your game in “pgn” to the following email address: hello@chessmood.com 2. Indicate your first and last name 3. Indicate the results of the game, who played it and in which group 4. Indicate the prize type (for example, “Best Game”) 5. Provide a contact phon...
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Today Jermuk resort town hosted the participants of Stepan Avagyan Memorial: “Jermuk-2021” XV International Open Youth Chess Tournament.  The “Jermuk-2021” XV International Open Youth Chess Tournament is an annual tournament for youth chess players from different countries of the world. This year over 150 young players from Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, Czech, Belarus, U...
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The bus will leave for Jermuk on July 10th at 10:30 from the Chess Academy yard. Those who wish to go by bus should reserve seats in advance. For registration and other matters, please call us on the following number +374 43 44 84 73. ...
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Jermuk resort town invites you to participate in “Jermuk-2021” XV International Open Youth Chess Tournament dedicated to the memory of Stepan Avagyan which is organized under the auspices of Chess Academy of Armenia. The tournament is to take place on 10 - 18 July, 2021. The tournament is a 9 round Swiss Tournament which will be held in 2 age groups / A Tournament ...
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Thus, let's summarize Stepan Avagyan Memorial. Jermuk 2021, where 10 of the strongest young Armenian chess players took part and showed beautiful and interesting games. After 9 days Manuel Petrosyan celebrated a confident victory, respectively Shant Sargsyan, Aram Hakobyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Tigran Harutyunyan took the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places. Chess A...
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The second round of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial took place in Jermuk Ashkharh. 4 of 5 games ended in a draw.  President of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan and Vice President Smbat Lputyan come to Jermuk to follow the games and wish good luck to all chess players. ...
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The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing an International Chess Tournament Stepan Avagyan Memorial from the 4th to the 14th of June, 2021 in Jermuk, Armenia. The tournament is held in a 10-player round-robin format and is a FIDE category 15 event with an average Elo of 2603.   Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the gam...
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The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing “Jermuk – 2021” Chess Tournament dedicated to the memory of Stepan Avagyan. The tournament will be held on 4-14 July, 2021, in Jermuk resort town. It is held in a 10-player Round-Robin system with 9 rounds. The tournament is a FIDE 15th category event with the average rating of 2602.4. Time control: 90 minutes for the firs...
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Thus, let's summarize Stepan Avagyan Memorial. Jermuk 2020. Despite all the difficulties, we successfully organized such a strong tournament, where 10 of the strongest young Armenian chess players took part and showed beautiful and interesting games. After 9 days Manuel Petrosyan celebrated a confident victory, respectively Hayk Martirosyan, Shant Sargsyan, and Tigran...
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The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing “Jermuk – 2020” Chess Tournament dedicated to the memory of Stepan Avagyan. The tournament will be held on 7-15 July, 2020, in Jermuk resort town. It is held in a 10-player round-robin system with 9 rounds. The tournament is a FIDE 10th category event with the average rating of 2499.4. Time control: 90 minutes for the firs...
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Here you can find the participants who have completed the rank in the Stepan Avagyan Memorial: Under 8 Grigoryan Davit 4.5 points- 4th rank Under 8 Yenoqyan Argam 4 points- 4th rank Under 8 Yeghiazaryan Tigran 4.5 points- 3rd rank Under 8 Iboyan Miqayel 8 points- 1st rank 1*   Under 10 Balayan Artur 3.5 points- 4th rank Undr 10 Hovakimyan Khachik 3 p...
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The closing ceremony of Stepan Avagyan memorial: “Jermuk-2019” XIV International Open Youth Chess Tournament was held on 10 of July at "Jermuk Ashkhar''.​ The Governor of Vayots Dzor Trdat Sargsyan, President of the Vayots Dzor Chess Federation Harutyun Sargsyan attended the event. In addition to the main prize fund, gifts were prepared by Jermuk Community Municipa...
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The bus will leave for Yerevan on July 11 at 11:00  from  "Jermuk Ashkhar" hotel (where the games are holding). Those who wish to go by bus should reserve seats in advance. For registration and other matters, please apply to staff or call us on the following number +374 43 44 84 73. ...
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Yesterday, Blitz tournament was held at “Jermuk Ashkhar” health center. 110 titled and not titled chess players, trainers and chess lovers were participating in the tournament. After 9 rounds the following participants took places: 1st place –  Shahinyan Davit 2nd place – Alaverdyan Gevorg 3rd place – Botoyan Smbat 4th place – Azaryan Tigran 5th place – Sheg...
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The first round of Stepan Avagyan Memorial Tournament was started at Jermuk Ashxarh. The governor of Vayots Dzor Trdat Sargsyan and the mayor of Jermuk Vardan Hovhannisyan visited to see the games. The first step of the tournament was entrusted to Stepan Avagyan's grandson, little Stepan.   ...
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Today Jermuk resort town hosted the participants of Stepan Avagyan Memorial: “Jermuk-2019” XIV International Open Youth Chess Tournament.  The “Jermuk-2019” XIV International Open Youth Chess Tournament is an annual tournament for youth chess players from different countries of the world. This year over 220 young players from Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, India and Germa...
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Jermuk resort town invites you to participate in “Jermuk-2019” XIV International Open Youth Chess Tournament dedicated to the memory of Stepan Avagyan. Registration deadline is June 22 at 18:00. For further information or if you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to contact us: Add.: Shevchenko 34, Yerevan, 0050, RA Tel.: +374 10 44 84 76 (73)  E-m...
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The bus will leave for Jermuk on July 1st at 10:30 from the Chess Academy yard. Those who wish to go by bus should reserve seats in advance. For registration and other matters, please call us on the following number +374 43 44 84 73. ...
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Jermuk resort town invites you to participate in “Jermuk-2019” XIV International Open Youth Chess Tournament dedicated to the memory of Stepan Avagyan which is organized under the auspices of Chess Academy of Armenia. The tournament is to take place on 1 - 11 July, 2019. The tournament will be held in different age groups (under 8, 10, 12 and 18) as 9-round Swiss t...
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The closing ceremony of Stepan Avagyan memorial: “Jermuk-2018” XIII International Open Youth Chess Tournament was held on 11 of July at "Jermuk Ashkhar''.​ The Vice-president of the Armenian Chess Federation, the Founder-President of the Chess Academy of Armenia Smbat Lputian congratulated all the participants and trainers for their interesting games, and then he t...
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Yesterday, 2nd  Blitz tournament was held at “Jermuk Ashkhar” health center. 113 titled and not titled chess players, trainers and chess lovers were participating in the tournament. After 9 rounds the following participants took places: 1st place – FM Vahe Danielyan 2nd place – Melqonyan Vardan 3rd place – GM Hayrapetyan Hovik  4th place – FM Alaverdyan Gevorg ...
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Yesterday, Blitz tournament was held at “Jermuk Ashkhar” health center. 110 titled and not titled chess players, trainers and chess lovers were participating in the tournament. After 9 rounds the following participants took places: 1st place – GM Hayrapetyan Hovik 2nd place – Hakobyan Hakob V. 3rd place – IM Harutyunyan Tigran 4th place – FM Vahe Daniel...
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Today, Jermuk resort town hosted Stepan Avagyan Memorial: “Jermuk-2018” XIII International Open Youth Chess Tournament.  The “Jermuk-2018” XIII International Open Youth Chess Tournament is an annual tournament for youth chess players from different countries of the world.  This year over 325 young players from Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, Germany, Latvia and Belarus wi...
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The bus will leave for Jermuk on July 1st at 10:00 from the Chess Academy yard. Those who want to go by bus should reserve seats in advance. For registration and other matters, please call us on the following number +374 43 44 84 79. ...
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The closing ceremony of the Stepan Avagyan memorial: “Jermuk-2017” XII International Open Youth Chess Tournament was held on 10 of July in Jermuk City.​ The participants were congratulated and awarded with prizes by the governor of Vayots Dzor, the Mayor of Jermuk, the chief organizer of the tournament, president of Chess Academy of Armenia, vice-president of Chess F...
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The opening ceremony of the “Jermuk-2017” XII International Open Youth Chess Tournament took place at "Jermuk Ashkhar" health center complex, in Jermuk city. Participants and guests were welcomed by the president of the Academy, vice-president of the Chess Federation of Armenia Smbat Lputian, directr of "Jermuk Ashkhar" health center complex Karen Avagyan and mayor o...
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In the framework of Stepan Avagyan memorial, Chess Academy of Armenia has allocated special prizes (netbooks), which will be granted to the trainers, whose students will make a major success in the tournament. The prizes will be awarded in the following 4 nominations:  1. A trainer, whose students will achieve maximum number of best results,  2. A trainer of re...
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  Schedule       Saturday 1 July at 18:00 Opening Ceremony   Sunday 2 July at 10:30 Round 1   Monday 3 July at 10:30 Round 2   Tuesday 4 July at 10:30 Round 3 Blitz chess tournament Wednesday 5 July at 10:30 Round 4 Excursi...
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The bus will leave for Jermuk on July 1st at 10:00 from the Chess Academy yard. Those who wish to go by bus should reserve seats in advance. For registration and other matters, please call us on the following number +374 43 44 84 73. ...
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Stepan Avagyan Memorial - "Jermuk-2017" XII International Open Youth Chess Tournament will take place from July 1 (arrival) to July 11 (departure) in different age groups (under 10, 12 and 18) as 9-round Swiss tournament. The tournament is being held according to FIDE Laws of Chess. Only the tournament under 18 will be sent to international calculation. Time contro...
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The closing ceremony of the Stepan Avagyan memorial: “Jermuk-2016” XI International Open Youth Chess Tournament was held on 4 of July in Jermuk City.​ The participants were congratulated and awarded with prizes by the governor of Vayots Dzor, president of Vayots Dzor chess federation Mr. Sargsyan, the Mayor of Jermuk Mr. Hovhannisyan, the representatives of the onl...
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On June 29, 2016 the Blitz Chess Tournament was held at the big hall of "Jermuk Ashkhar" Health Center. Chess players from different age groups were participating in the tournament. After the intense competition Tiraturyan David took 1st place, Hovhannisjan Karen - 2nd, Movsisyan Vardan - 3rd, and Danielyan Vahe 4th place. The 1st place of U12 and the 1st place of ...
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Today, on  29 June, at 19:30 will be held Blitz Chess Tournament at the big hall of "Jermuk Ashkhar" Health Center. In the tournament can participate anyone who is interested in it.  Photos of the tournament you can find on our facebook. The results of the tournament will be announced after the game. Registration deadline is 2 pm on June 29.   ...
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Today, the opening ceremony of the “Jermuk-2016” XI International Open Youth Chess Tournament took place at "Jermuk Ashkhar" health center complex, in Jermuk city. Participants and guests were welcomed by the mayor of Jermuk Vardan Hovhannisyan, directr of "Jermuk Ashkhar" health center complex Karen Avagyan and president of the Academy, vice-president of the Chess F...
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The bus will leave for Jermuk on June 25th at 10:00 from the Chess Academy yard. One direction (Yerevan-Jermuk) costs 3 500 AMD per person. Those who wish to go by bus should reserve seats in advance. For registration and other matters, please call us on the following number +374 43 44 84 73. ...
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Chess Academy of Armenia has been organizing “Jermuk” International Open Youth Chess Tournament for 11th year in a row. The last three tournaments are dedicated to the memory of Stepan Avagyan. This year “Jermuk-2016” XI International Open Youth Chess Tournament will be held from June 25 to July 5, 2016 in Jermuk resort town. U18 boys and girls from different regions ...
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The closing ceremony of  “Jermuk-2015” International Open Youth Chess Tournament will take place on July 5, at 19:00 at "Jermuk Ashkhar" Health Center. ...
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Chess Academy of Armenia has been organizing “Jermuk-2015” International Open Youth Chess Tournament 10 years in a row. This year the tournament will be held from June 26 to July 6, 2015 in Jermuk resort town. U18 boys and girls from different regions of Armenia, as well as abroad can participate in this traditional tournament. The tournament will be played in differe...
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