The 14th edition of the Andranik Margaryan Memorial Chess Tournament took place from 8-16 January in the premises of the Chess Academy of Armenia with two 10-player round-robin tournaments for GM and IM norms.
18-year-old International master Aleksey Grebnev won the event scoring unbeaten 6.5 points. As many as four players tied for second with the score of 6 points, each: FM Benik Agasarov, FM Sina Movahed, IM Arsen Davtyan and GM Emin Ohanyan.
Two 17-year-old players tied for the top of the IM tournament scoring 6.5 points each: FM Erik Gasparyan and Edgar Hayrapetyan. Having better tiebreaks, Gasparyan finished first and Hayrapetyan finished the event in the second place.
Final standings GM tournament (left) and IM tournament (right):
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | IM | Grebnev, Aleksey | FID | 2535 | 6.5 |
| 2 | FM | Agasarov, Benik | ARM | 2340 | 6 |
| 3 | FM | Movahed, Sina | IRI | 2450 | 6 |
| 4 | IM | Davtyan, Arsen | ARM | 2392 | 6 |
| 5 | GM | Ohanyan, Emin | ARM | 2456 | 6 |
| 6 | IM | Shahinyan, David | ARM | 2436 | 5 |
| 7 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | RUS | 2475 | 3 |
| 8 | GM | Ivanov, Sergey | RUS | 2462 | 2.5 |
| 9 | IM | Sorensen, Hampus | SWE | 2458 | 2 |
| 10 | GM | Babujian, Levon | ARM | 2346 | 2 |
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | FM | Gasparyan, Erik R. | ARM | 2340 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Hayrapetyan, Edgar | ARM | 2233 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | FM | Putrenko, Kirill | FID | 2353 | 6 |
| 4 | FM | Sahakyan, Aleks | ARM | 2288 | 6 |
| 5 | IM | Zakaryan, David | RUS | 2299 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Pashikyan, Rudolf | ARM | 2287 | 4.5 | |
| 7 | CM | Rostomyan, Mikayel | ARM | 2294 | 4 |
| 8 | GM | Lomsadze, Davit | GEO | 2253 | 3 |
| 9 | Ambartsumian, Tyhran | ARM | 2224 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | IM | Kaiyrbekov, Rustam | KAZ | 2295 | 1.5 |
Official website of the event with daily reports: http://amargaryan-round.chessacademy.am/
Photos by Chess Academy of Armenia
