The 84th Armenian Chess Championship and the 79th Armenian Women’s Chess Championship concluded yesterday in Yerevan, Armenia, and the closing ceremony of the events was held this afternoon. The events were played simultaneously, from 12-20 January, as 10-player round-robin tournaments.
GM Robert Hovhannisyan won the Open tournament and clinched his second National Championship title after a thrilling last round. Hohannisyan prevailed against IM Artur Davtyan in a drawish endgame to score 6 points and to emerge as the sole Winner of the event as the 8th-round leader and the top-seeded GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan lost against GM Tigran Harutyunyan, finishing the event on 5.5 points. Scoring 5.5 points each, three players tied for the second place, but GM Manuel Petrosyan had the best tiebreaks and won silver medal, GM Zaven Andriasian clinched bronze, and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan finished the event in fourth place. (All games can be replayed here)
WIM Susanna Gaboyan won the Armenian Women’s Chess Championship for the third time in her career after triumphing in the event in 2015 and 2021. Gaboyan successfully maintained the sole lead in the event until the end, and triumphed in the Championship with the score of 7.5 points. WFM Mariam Avetisyan claimed bronze with 7 points, and Milena Gasparyan came third with 5.5 points.
Photos and detailed information can be found on the Facebook page of the Armenian Chess Federation Facebook page.
Final rankings can be seen below.
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | GM | Hovhannisyan, Robert | ARM | 2611 | 6 |
| 2 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | ARM | 2627 | 5.5 |
| 3 | GM | Andriasian, Zaven | ARM | 2581 | 5.5 |
| 4 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ARM | 2649 | 5.5 |
| 5 | GM | Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | ARM | 2523 | 5 |
| 6 | GM | Gharibyan, Mamikon | ARM | 2504 | 5 |
| 7 | IM | Davtyan, Artur | ARM | 2477 | 4 |
| 8 | FM | Piliposyan, Robert | ARM | 2367 | 3 |
| 9 | FM | Chaqryan, Erik | ARM | 2308 | 3 |
| 10 | Tiraturyan, David | ARM | 2258 | 2.5 |
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | WIM | Gaboyan, Susanna | ARM | 2179 | 7.5 |
| 2 | WFM | Avetisyan, Mariam | ARM | 2043 | 7 |
| 3 | Gasparyan, Milena | ARM | 1802 | 5.5 | |
| 4 | WFM | Khachatryan, Anna | ARM | 2022 | 5 |
| 5 | WFM | Grigoryan, Arpine | ARM | 2025 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Stepanyan, Alvard | ARM | 1514 | 4 | |
| 7 | Kobak, Polina | ARM | 2120 | 4 | |
| 8 | Harutyunyan, Meline | ARM | 1536 | 3.5 | |
| 9 | WGM | Gevorgyan, Maria | ARM | 2272 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Khachatryan, Mariam | ARM | 1567 | 1.5 |
