Stepan Avagyan Memorial “Jermuk-2023” International Chess Tournament

Stepan Avagyan Memorial
“Jermuk-2023” International Chess Tournament
REGULATION
The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing an International Chess Tournament Stepan Avagyan
Memorial from 2-12 of May, 2023 in Jermuk, Armenia. The tournament is held in a 10-player GM
norm round-robin format, in 9 rounds and is a FIDE category 16 event.
Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game (with 30
seconds increment starting from move one).
The total prize fund is 4 000 000 AMD (≈ 10 000 USD).
1
st place – 1 600 000
2
nd place – 1 200 000
3
rd place – 800 000
4
th place – 500 000
Our partner “Chessify” company has established special prizes for tournament participants:
1
st
place – bundle /400$/
2
nd place – bundle /300$/
3
rd place – bundle /200$/
4
th place – bundle /100$/
Tie breaks will be carried out according to the following rules.
a) Sonneborn Berger,
b) colour,
c) personal game,
d) number of victories,
In case of a tie the monetary prizes are distributed equally.
Schedule:
2 May – Opening Ceremony 19:00
3 May – Round 1 15:00
4 May – Round 2 15:00
5 May – Round 3 15:00
6 May – Round 4 15:00
7 May – Round 5 15:00
8 May – Round 6 15:00
9 May – Round 7 15:00
10 May – Round 8 15:00
11 May – Round 9 11:00
11 May – Closing Ceremony 17:00

Tournament venue: Republic of Armenia, Vayots Dzor region, “Jermuk Ashkarh” Health Center,
Jermuk, Armenia
Tournament Coordinator։ Mery Tashchyan
E-mail: tournaments@chessacademy.am
Tel.: +374 10-448473, +374 55 630640

Stepan Avagyan Memorial “Jermuk-2023” International Chess Tournament

Place:Jermuk, Armenia

  Start:02-May-2023

End:12-May-2023