5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial R5: Five draws
Arjun Erigaisi drew his fifth round game against Haik Martirosyan (ARM) at 5th Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024. Haik sacrificed an exchange to regain a lost pawn. Despite having an exchange up, Arjun did not have any practical chances to win the game. The remaining four games also ended in draws. Thus, there is no change in the leaderboard. Arjun is at 3.5/5. Four players - M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), Samuel Sevian (USA), Haik and Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) are at 3/5 each. They are followed by four players at 2/5. Arjun will face Matthias Bluebaum (GER) in the sixth round. Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
No changes in the leaderboard
Arjun - Haik: 0.5-0.5
Haik Martirosyan (ARM, 2662) sacrificed an exchange to regain a pawn against Arjun Erigasi (2761). There was no practical winning chances for Arjun despite having a slight material advantage. The game eventually ended in a draw.
Replay Round 5 games
Round 5 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2761 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | ½ - ½ | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2662 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2647 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | ½ - ½ | GM | Sevian Samuel | 2687 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2680 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2713 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2650 | GM | Murzin Volodar | ½ - ½ | GM | Sargsyan Shant | 2639 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 7 | 2625 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | ½ - ½ | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2611 | 8 |
Standings after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2761 | 3,5 | 8,50 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3,2 | |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | IRI | 2713 | 3 | 8,25 | 0,5 | 2 | 10 | 3,2 | |
| 2 | GM | Sevian Samuel | USA | 2687 | 3 | 8,25 | 0,5 | 2 | 10 | 4,8 | ||
| 4 | 10 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2662 | 3 | 6,75 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6,7 | |
| 5 | 5 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2680 | 3 | 6,00 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2,7 | |
| 6 | 9 | GM | Sargsyan Shant | ARM | 2639 | 2 | 4,75 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -1,7 | |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | GER | 2647 | 2 | 4,50 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -4,4 | |
| 8 | 7 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | ARM | 2625 | 2 | 4,25 | 0,5 | 3 | 10 | -3,3 | |
| 8 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2611 | 2 | 4,25 | 0,5 | 3 | 10 | -0,8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | GM | Murzin Volodar | FID | 2650 | 1,5 | 3,00 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -10,4 |
Round 6 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 2662 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2611 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | 2639 | GM | Sargsyan Shant | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2625 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 2713 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | GM | Murzin Volodar | 2650 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 2687 | GM | Sevian Samuel | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | 2680 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 2761 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2647 | 4 |
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 |
