ChessMood Open 2022 kicked off in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia

The “ChessMood” International Open Chess Tournament kicked off today and takes place from September 29 to October 09 at the 5 star Tsaghkadzor Marriott Hotel in Armenia. The event is played in 9 rounds, swiss system, within two groups: A (2000+) and B (U2000), with the total prize fund of 10.250.000 Armenian drams (around 21.000 euros).  Time control for the A tournament is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes till the end of the game with 30 seconds increment starting from move one.

84 players from 17 countries, including 17 grandmasters and 12 international masters compete in the A category. GM Shant Sargsyan, GM Maxime Lagarde and GM Manuel Petrosyan headline the field. Scroll down for starting rank list of players

ChessMood International Open 2022 – Live games

The opening ceremony was attended by the first deputy president of the Armenian Chess Federation- Smbat Lputyan, the general sponsor and founder of Royal Signature Armen Unanyan, the founder of “ChessMood” Avetik Grigoryan, the director of the Trade Union of Electrical Networks of Armenia Artyom Muradyan, and the mayor of Tsaghkadzor Narek Harutyunyan. They welcomed all the players, wishing them spectacular games, emphasizing the significance of the tournament being held during such a tough period, and adding that such events foster the massification of chess and the multidimensional development of future generations.

Starting rank list of players – ChessMood Open 2022:

No.		Name	FED	RtgI	sex	Typ
1	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2661		U20
2	GM	Lagarde Maxime	FRA	2613
3	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	2609
4	GM	Pashikian Arman	ARM	2595
5	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2585
6	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	UKR	2569
7	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2568
8	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	ARM	2549
9	GM	Harutyunyan Tigran K.	ARM	2541
10	GM	Lobanov Sergei	RUS	2535
11	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2527
12	GM	Sankalp Gupta	IND	2502		U20
13	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	IRI	2481
14	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2476
15	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2476		U18
16	GM	Sochacki Christophe	FRA	2463
17	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2458		U16
18		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	IRI	2449		U18
19	FM	Daghli Arash	IRI	2446		U20
20	IM	Galchenko Matvey	RUS	2440
21	IM	Gholami Orimi Mahdi	IRI	2428		U20
22	IM	Pogosyan Stefan	FID	2411		U18
23	FM	Nazari Arad	IRI	2410		U18
24	IM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian	IRI	2404		U18
25	IM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	ARM	2402		U20
26	GM	Babujian Levon	ARM	2396
27	IM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2395		U16
28	IM	Remizov Yaroslav	RUS	2390		U20
29	IM	Garifullina Leya	RUS	2375	w	U18
30	FM	Atakhan Abtin	IRI	2371		U18
31		Tyurin Artem	RUS	2367		U16
32	FM	Pingin Artem	RUS	2358		U14
33	IM	Derbenev Andrey	FID	2350
34	FM	Hakemi Arman	IRI	2345		U20
35	FM	Wagh Suyog	IND	2335
36	FM	Piliposyan Robert	ARM	2332		U16
37	FM	Davtyan Arsen	ARM	2327		U16
38	WGM	Obolentseva Alexandra	RUS	2310	w
39		Ritviz Parab	IND	2309
40	FM	Bhambure Shantanu	IND	2302
41	FM	Chaqryan Erik	ARM	2285		U18
42	IM	Danielyan Vahe	ARM	2284
43	FM	Kuzmin Roman	RUS	2284		U16
44		Hakobyan Erik	ARM	2274		U16
45	GM	Baghdasaryan Vahe	ARM	2270
46	FM	Dilanyan Grigor	ARM	2247
47		Gasparyan Erik R.	ARM	2246		U16
48		Rostami Hossein	IRI	2232		U18
49	FM	Yeritsyan Hayk	ARM	2231
50		Kutsanyan Andranik	UKR	2215
51		Yadegar Radin	IRI	2215		U12
52	FM	Yeremyan Alen	ARM	2210		U20
53		Ronce Nathan	FRA	2195
54		Shams Mohammad Matin	IRI	2167		U14
55		Juknis Paulius	LTU	2147
56	CM	Manukyan Artyom	ARM	2126
57		Baradaran Tamadon Arian	IRI	2120		U18
58	CM	Rostomyan Mikayel	ARM	2118		U16
59		Rostami Mohsen	IRI	2105		U18
60		Devnani Kush	IND	2095		U20
61		Morvekar Kedar	IND	2093
62		Hakobyan Astghik	ARM	2091	w	U18
63	FM	Manukyan Sargis A.	ARM	2083
64		Vardanyan Aram	ARM	2082		U18
65		Ebrahimi Herab Hamidreza	IRI	2056		U16
66		Gharagyozyan Artur	ARM	2054
67	WIM	Priyanka K	IND	2052	w
68		Danesharaste Arvin	IRI	2047		U14
69		Sukiasyan Vahe A.	ARM	2044		U14
70		Yeganegi Barad	IRI	2044		U12
71	CM	Agasarov Benik	ARM	2037		U14
72		Alizadeh Mohammad Mahdi	IRI	2027		U18
73		Manukyan Sevak N.	ARM	2024		U18
74		Gotziridze Irakly	RUS	2020
75		Mohammadi Melika	IRI	2020	w	U12
76		Sahakyan Arman K.	ARM	2019		U18
77		Hayrapetyan Edgar	ARM	2012		U16
78		Sahakyan Aleks	ARM	2002		U16
79		Pashikyan Rudolf	ARM	1993		U14
80		Alikhanyan Artak	ARM	1990		U18
81		Patil Harshal	IND	1987
82	CM	Harish Neeraj	USA	1963		U14
83		Ghevondyan Arman	ARM	1949		U20
84	CM	Jaivardhan Raj	IND	1915		U12