Andranik Margaryan 15th Memorial with IM norm

The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing an International Chess Tournament “Andranik Margaryan 15th Memorial” from 8th to 16th of January, 2025. The tournament is a 10-player IM norm Round Robin event held in 9 rounds.

Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 15 minutes for the whole game (with 30 seconds increment starting from move one).

Our partner "Chessify" company has established special prizes for the participants of the tournament.

1st place - bundle /$150/

2nd place - bundle /100$/

3rd place - bundle /$50/

Tie breaks will be carried out according to the following rules:

a) Sonneborn-Berger,

b) number of games played with the black pieces,

c) personal games,

d) number of victories.

Schedule:

Opening Ceremony - 8 January, 13:00

1st round - 8 January, 15:00

2nd round - 9 January, 15:00

3rd round - 10 January, 15:00

4th round - 11 January, 15:00

5th round - 12 January, 15:00

6th round- 13 January, 15:00

7th round - 14 January, 15:00

8th round - 15 January, 15:00

9th round - 16 January, 11:00

Closing ceremony - 16 January, 17:00

Tournament venue: Chess Academy of Armenia (34 Shevchenko Str., Yerevan, Armenia).

Entry fees:

Chess players with rating 2300 - 2400 – 200 USD

Chess players with rating 2250 - 2300 – 300 USD

Chess players with rating 2200 - 2250 - 400 USD

Chess players with rating 2100 - 2200 - 500 USD

Accommodation with full board in Academy Guest House: per person per day - 40 USD

Tournament coordinator։ Mery Tashchyan

E-mail: tournaments@chessacademy.am

Tel.: +374 10-448473, +374 55 630640