Aleksey Goganov: Winner of ChessMood Open International Tournament
2021-10-12“ChessMood” Open International tournament came to an end. During the tournament, all the chess-players tried to do their best. Many of the participants received prizes, awards, as well as gifts established by sponsors.
As a result of the Group A tournament, the first place was taken by the representative of Russia GM Aleksey Goganov.
Group A tournament top 10 results are as follows:
1. GM Goganov Aleksey
2. GM Narayanan.S.L
3. GM Pantsulaia Levan
4. GM Petrosian Tigran L.
5. GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel
6. GM Praggnanandhaa R
7. GM Hakobyan Aram
8. GM Puranik Abhimanyu
9. GM Mosadeghpour Masoud
10. GM Karthik Venkataraman
Special Prizes established for group A:
Best performance among chess players with rating under 2400 international rating: FM Grigor Dilanyan
Best performance among chess players with rating under 2200 international rating: Erik Chaqryan
Best performance among seniors | 50+: GM Artashes Minasyan
2nd place among women: WFM Mariam Mkrtchyan
1st place among women: WGM Vaishali R
Best performance among boys in the category under 18: IM Mamikon Gharibyan
As a result of the Group B tournament, the first place was taken by the representative of Armenia Rudolf Pashikyan.
Group B tournament top 8 results are as follows:
1. Petrosyants Argishti
2. Alikhanyan Artak
3. Pashikyan Rudolf
4. Sahakyan Aleks
5. Stepanyan Hamayak
6. Ghevondyan Arman
7. Navoyan Gagik
8. Hovakimyan Vache
Special Prizes established for group B:
Best performance among boys in the category under 14: Menua Hakobyan
Best performance among boys in the category under 10: Mark Aghekyan
Best performance among seniors | 50+: Gevorg Tadevosyan
1st place among women: Agnesa Tev-Avetisyana
The tournament was crucial and groundbreaking in turn since 4 Armenian chess players met the international master norms and 1 player woman international master norms.
FM Ohanyan Emin – IM
FM Barseghyan Armen Ar. – IM
FM Dilanyan Grigor – IM
Chaqryan Erik – IM
WFM Mkrtchyan Mariam – WIM
