IM Arsen Davtyan has emerged as the winner “Tsaghkadzor Open” International Chess Tournament

One week of intense competition, hundreds of games, countless memorable moments and, of course, prize winners!

The Tsaghkadzor Open 2026 International Chess Tournament has come to an end, bringing together more than 200 chess players from 10 countries. After nine rounds of competition across two tournament groups, the event reached its conclusion with the closing ceremony held on October 30.

The ceremony was attended by Arsenya Elchyan, Business Development Manager at Mastercard Armenia; Liana Yepremyan, Head of Card Products at AraratBank; Agasi Inants, Board Member of the Chess Federation of Armenia; and GM Smbat Lputian, First Vice-President of the Chess Federation of Armenia and Founder and General Director of the Chess Academy of Armenia.

Before the awards ceremony, participants and guests watched a highlight video, revisiting some of the most memorable moments from the past week.

And now, let's meet the prize winners!

Group B — Special Prizes

Best result among participants under 12: Hakob Bagmanyan

Best result among participants under 14: Hakob Petrosyan

1st place among women: Nelli Jalalyan

Main Prizes

7th place: Gor Dabaghyan

6th place: Roman Shanoyan

5th place: Mariam Khachatryan

4th place: Vahan Demurchyan

3rd place: Hamayak Stepanyan

2nd place: Samvel Mesropyan

1st place: Narek Mkrtchyan

Group A — Special Prizes

Best result among participants under 12: Davit Melkonyan

Best result among participants with an international rating under 2000: Hamlet Sahakyan

Best result among girls under 16: Sona Krkyasharyan

1st place among women: Anahit Mkrtchyan

Best result among participants from Kotayk Province: Suren Poghosyan

Best result among participants under 16: Makar Beevdashkevich

Best result among Chess Academy students: Davit Davtyan

Best result among participants with an international rating under 2200: Hayk Maghakyan

Main Prizes

10th place: IM Benik Agasarov

9th place: IM Armen Barseghyan

8th place: FM Erik Chakryan

7th place: IM Seyed Kian Pourmousavi

6th place: GM Levon Babujian

5th place: WIM Dmitry Petukhov

4th place: FM Volodya Torosyan

3rd place: IM Erik Gasparyan

2nd place: Valery Sviridov

1st place: IM Arsen Davtyan

The prize winners also received special gifts prepared by our partners AraratBank, ChessMood and Chessify.

Congratulations to all the winners and prize recipients! And a big thank you to every participant for the exciting competition, beautiful games and for being part of Tsaghkadzor Open 2026.

Until our next chess encounter!