Participants of the Stepan Avagyan Memorial Tournament

From May 28 to June 6, Armenia will once again host some of the world’s strongest chess grandmasters, becoming a center of top-level competition, intellectual battles, and beautiful games.

The participants of this year’s tournament are:

GM Nihal Sarin – 2723 (IND)
GM Samuel Sevian – 2696 (USA)
GM Aravindh Chithambaram – 2692 (IND)
GM Ray Robson – 2653 (USA)
GM Alexander Donchenko – 2645 (GER)
GM Shant Sargsyan – 2644 (ARM)
GM Vladislav Artemiev – 2641 (RUS)
GM Aram Hakobyan – 2635 (ARM)
GM Robert Hovhannisyan – 2629 (ARM)
GM Szymon Gumularz – 2613 (POL)

The tournament promises to be intense, unpredictable, and truly spectacular, with high-level chess and real battles expected at every board.