Registration

Andranik Margaryan 15th Memorial with GM norm

2024-11-13

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 GM 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).

The total prize fund of the tournament is 3700 USD.  (387 AMD ≈ 1 USD).

 

1st place -  $ 1500

2nd place - $ 1000

3rd place - $ 700

4th place - $ 500

 

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

1st place - bundle /$200/

2nd place - bundle /100$/

3rd place - bundle /$100/

4th place - bundle /100$/

 

In case of a tie the monetary prizes are distributed equally. Tiebreaks 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, Republic of Armenia).

 

Participation fee. /for International Masters/

Chess players with rating 2501 and above - 100 USD

Chess players with rating 2450 - 2500 - 150 USD

Chess players with rating 2400 - 2450 - 250 USD

Chess players with rating 2350 - 2400 - 300 USD

Chess players with rating 2300 - 2350 - 400 USD

 

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

*Accommodation with full board for GMs’ is free of charge.

 

Tournament coordinator։ Mery Tashchyan

E-mail: tournaments@chessacademy.am

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




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