Jermuk, Armenia
May 28 - June 6
2026
Swiss
Tournament
ChessAcademy.am

GM Nihal Sarin 
Birth year – 2004
Current rating- 2716

2014: World U10 Champion
2019: Silver medalist of the World Cup.
2020: Winner of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad.
2020: Winner of the World Youth Online Championship U-18.
2021: Winner of the Silver Lake Open in Serbia.
2022: Winner of 
Tata Steel Rapid Champioship 
2025: Vice-Champion of Asian Individual Chess Championship
2026: Winner of Tata Steel Chess India Rapid  


GM Awonder Liang 
Birth year – 2003
Current rating- 2714

2011: World U8 Champion.
2013: World U10 Champion.
2017: Became one of the youngest Grandmasters in US history(14y/o).
2018: US Junior Champion.
2024: Winner of the American Continental Championship.
Multiple participant of the World Cup.

 


GM Aravindh Chithambaram 
Birth year – 1999
Current rating- 2689
 
                                                                                              

2013: World U14 Champion.
2018, 2019: Indian National Champion.
2024: Winner of Chennai Grand Masters.
2025: Winner of Prague Chess Festival (Masters).
2025: Winner of Stepan Avagyan Memorial.

 


GM Sevian Samuel 
Birth year – 2000
Current rating- 
2688

Samuel Sevian became the world’s youngest Grandmaster at the age of 13 years 10 months and 27 days. He is the first International Master and the first Grandmaster born in 2000 or later. He was also the youngest ever US International Master (12 years 10 months 15 days) and the youngest ever  Grandmaster in US History beating previous record by more than a year.​
2012, 2013: World Champion in the U12 category.

2012: Winner of the 23rd Metropolitan FIDE Invitational Round-Robin Tournament.

2014: Second place in the 12th Annual Foxwoods Open in Connecticut.

2014:  Winner of the Saint Louis Invitational Grandmaster Tournament.

2015: Shared 5th and 6th places in the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament.

Multiple participant of the World Chess Cup.


GM Shant Sargsyan 
Birth year -  2002
Current Rating - 2643

Five-time Armenian Youth Champion.
2010: Champion of the European Junior U8 Chess Championship.
2012: Champion of the World Youth U10 Chess Championship.
2015: Winner of the Yerevan Men’s Championship.
2016: Bronze medalist of the World Youth Chess Olympiad.
2018: Champion of the World Youth U16 Chess Championship.
2019: Vice-champion of the World Youth U18 and U20 Chess Championships.
2019,2022: Winner of the Karen Asryan Memorial International Chess Tournament
One of Armenia’s leading young grandmasters.


GM Donchenko Alexander 
Birth year – 1998
Current rating- 2643


2017: Winner of the Barcelona Open
2018: winner of the Purtichju Open.
2019: winner of Barcelona Open.
2021: winner of the RTU Open.
2021: Silver medalist of European Rapid Chess Championship.
2022: Winner of the German Championship
2023: Winner of the European Team Chess Championship.
Regular participant in the FIDE Grand Swiss and other elite events.


GArtemiev Vladislav   
Birth year – 1998
Current rating- 2641


Vice President of the Chess Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan

2018: Winner of the Chess Olympiad with Russia.
2019: European Individual Champion.
2019: Winner of Gibraltar Masters.

2019: World Team Chess Champion.
2023: Russian Champion.


GSalem, A.R. Saleh​  
Birth year – 1993
Current rating- 2640


2008: Asian Continental Champion.
2017: Winner of Sharjah Masters.
Multiple-time UAE Champion.
Winner of the Asian Team Championship with UAE.
Multiple participant of the World Cup.


 


GM Aram Hakobyan 
Birth year -  2001
Current Rating - 2627

2017: European U16 Champion.
Medalist of the Armenian Championship.
Member of the Armenian national team.
Winner and prize-winner of multiple international tournaments.

 


 


GM Robert Hovhannisyan 
Birth year -  1991
Current Rating - 2621

2008 and 2009 winner of the National Under-18 Championship.
2009: World U18 Champion.
2011: Armenian Champion.
2011: Winner of the European Team Championship with Armenia.
2013: Winner of the 6th International Karen Asryan Memorial Tournament.
2022: Silver medalist in the Armenian national team at the FIDE Olympics.
Participant of numerous international elite tournaments.

 

 




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