Ashot Nadanian became the winner of the tournament

From November 6 to 10, the "Rafael Vaganian Cup" tournament organized by the Yerevan Municipality and the Yerevan Chess Federation was held at the "Ani" Hotel in Yerevan.

The participants of the tournament competed in the round-robin format, in rapid and blitz.

IM Ashot Nadanian became the winner of both tournaments, who went through the tournament undefeated, scoring 21 points out of 28.

Swedish GM Ulf Andersson took the second place with 16.5 points.

GM Rafael Vaganian took the third place with 16 points.

Here is the final ranking:
1st place: IM Ashot Nadanian 
2nd place: GM Ulf Andersson
3rd place: GM Rafael Vaganian
4th place: GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
5th place: GM Zoltan Ribli
6th place: IM Norayr Kalantaryan
7th place: GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez
8th place: FM Hovik Khalikian

Details can be found here.

We would like to thank everyone and express our gratitude for their participation in this event.