Niemann, Martirosyan and Tabatabaei top seeds at Jermuk youth event

by Klaus Besenthal
6/25/2022 – In the small Armenian town of Jermuk, a round-robin tournament with a strong field of ten young participants is currently taking place. Among them are Hans Moke Niemann (photo), Nihal Sarin and Alexander Donchenko. After five rounds, these three players are only among the chasers with 2½/5 points each. At the top of the standings is a quartet with 3/5 points each: Armenians Haik Martirosyan, Shant Sargsyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and the Iranian Amin Tabatabaei. Daily rounds will be played until Tuesday. | Photos: Official website
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Stepan Avagyan Memorial

The 19-year-old US grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann has been touring European and Asian countries for some time now, as his name appears in the participant lists of important tournaments almost every week. On his travels, Niemann has achieved great successes: for example, he won the TePe Sigeman in Malmö, while at the Challengers in Prague a few days ago, he only lost to tournament winner Vincent Keymer in a blitz tiebreaker.

On a trip like this, you can probably develop quickly: the experience gained should have a long-term effect. And a few extra Elo points are of course also likely to boost your career. On the other hand, you should not underestimate the stress: after all, you don’t just sit down at the chess table every day — you have to take care of visas, flights and hotels, laundry, a proper diet and health insurance. All this and much more is involved in living out of a suitcase.

You can’t win every game on such a trip: in round 4 of the tournament in Jermuk, Niemann did not show his best side against the Armenian Samvel Ter-Sahakyan.

 
Niemann, Hans Moke26560–1Ter Sahakyan, Samvel2640
3rd Avagyan Memorial 2022
Jermuk23.06.2022[Besenthal,Klaus-Günther]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nd3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nf4 c6 7.f3 Nf6 8.d4 h5 9.Nc3 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 d5 11.Kf2 Bd6 12.Bd3 b6 13.Re1+ Kf8 14.Nce2 Ba6 15.h4 Bxd3 16.Nxd3 Nbd7 17.Bf4 Be7 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.c4 dxc4 20.Rxc4 Nd5 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bd2 Kf7 23.Rec1 c5 24.R4c2 Rcd8 25.f4 Rhe8 26.Kf3 cxd4
In this position, Niemann, playing white, has not achieved much - he should have been satisfied with approximate equality. 27.b4? But White is playing for a win, and he makes this serious tactical error. After 27.Nxd4 Nc5 28.Nf2 Black only has a slightly better piece arrangement. 27...Bxb4! 28.Nxb4 Nxb4 29.Bxb4 d3 30.Rc7 dxe2 31.Re1 a5 32.Ba3
The move 27.b4? had devastating consequences for White. 32...b5?! Stronger was 32...Kg6! 33.Rxe2 Rxe2 34.Kxe2 Nf8 35.Rc6 Kf5 The attack against White's kingside with all three pieces looks very promising! 33.Ra7? But now 33.Rxe2 and after Rxe2 34.Kxe2 b4 35.Bc1 the difference to the above variation is obvious. 33...Kg6 34.Rxe2 Rxe2 35.Kxe2 Nb6
Here Black is clearly winning. Seen in this light, 32...b5 was connected with a creative idea: the clearing of b6 for the knight. 36.Bc1 Rc8 37.Kd1 Nc4 38.Rd7 Rc5 39.a3 Rc6 40.Rb7 Nd6 41.Rb8 Rc5 42.Bd2 Nf5 Now White's kingside is suffering after all. 43.Bxa5 Ne3+ 44.Ke2 Nxg2 45.Bd2 Nxh4 46.Rb7 Nf5 47.Bb4 Rd5 48.Kf3 h4 49.Rb8 Rd3+ 0–1

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan is now 28 years old — in 2011, he won the U18 World Championship

German grandmaster Alexander Donchenko also travelled to Armenia. He managed a beautiful attacking win against the Armenian Mamikon Gharibyan in round 5. Donchenko calmly prepared his forthcoming attack — but his opponent failed to notice what was about to come his way.

 
Donchenko, Alexander25991–0Gharibyan, Mamikon2487
3rd Avagyan Memorial 2022
Jermuk24.06.2022[Besenthal,Klaus-Günther]
1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.d4 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rc1 Ba7 14.Ne2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 d4 16.Rxc6 bxc6 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Qd5 19.f4 Rfd8 20.Kh2!
White is an exchange down, but all his pieces are in fantastic positions. With his last move he has cleared the g-file for the rook. The immediate 20.Bxf6?! gxf6 21.Qg4+? would have been premature: Kh8 22.Bc4 Qe4 23.Bxf7 Rg8-+ So the move 20.Kh2 was also important for another reason. 20...c5? Black overlooks the fact that his opponent has completed his preparations to start an attack. 20...Qd6 21.Qb1 c5 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Bxh7+ Kf8= 21.Bxf6 Now that is strong. gxf6 21...Qxd3 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.Qxd3 Rxd3 24.Rc1 Rd2 25.Rxc5 g6 26.Ra5 is good for White. 22.Qg4+ Kf8 22...Kh8? 23.Rg1 Rg8 24.Qh4 Rg7 25.Bxh7+- 23.Bc4 Qc6 24.Rg1 Ke7 25.Qh5 Rd2 26.Qxf7+ Kd6 27.Rg7 with mate coming soon. 1–0

Alexander Donchenko

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1.d4 3:30 Nf6 19 2.c4 38 e6 24 3.g3 6 d5 58 4.Nf3 27 Bb4+ 43 5.Bd2 10 Be7 9 6.Bg2 7 0-0 15 7.0-0 10 Nbd7 8 8.Qc2 20 c6 10 9.Bf4 13 b6 9 E11: Bogo-Indian. 10.Nbd2 6 Nh5 11 11.Be5 11 11.e3 is setting a new trend. Bb7 5:38 The position is equal. 12.cxd5 7
12...Nxe5N 6:22 Predecessor: 12...cxd5 13.Bc7 Qe8 14.Rfc1 Rc8 15.Qd1 Nc5 16.Be5 Nd7 17.e3 Nhf6 18.Bf1 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 1-0 (57) Istratescu,A (2645)-Hammer,J (2610) Eretria 2011 13.dxe5 2:29
d6 is the strong threat. 13...cxd5 32 14.Rfc1 3:44 Qd7 1:30 15.Qc7 9:12 Rfd8 18 16.e3 1:29 And now g4 would win. g6 16 17.Bf1 1:22       Threatens to win with Qxd7. Kf8 12:21 18.Qxd7 3:33 Rxd7 10 19.Bb5 9 Rdd8 7 20.Rc7 11 Rab8 5 21.Nd4 15:57 Rdc8 1:08 22.Rac1 1:02 0x0.001b695847a8dp-1022s more active pieces. The black rooks are badly placed. a6 1:49 23.Be2 7:13 23.Bd7!? Rxc7 24.Rxc7 23...Rxc7 42 24.Rxc7 2 Bd8 10 25.Rc3 1:36 Rc8 2:10 26.Rxc8 2:31 Bxc8 20 27.Bxh5 1:26 gxh5 11 28.f4 2:29 a5 55 29.Kf2 4:32 Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless) ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Sargsyan,S2641Niemann,H2656½–½2022E113rd Avagyan Memorial 20221.1
Gharibyan,M2487Martirosyan,H2652½–½2022E153rd Avagyan Memorial 20221.2
Nihal Sarin2646Petrosyan,M26381–02022D023rd Avagyan Memorial 20221.3
Donchenko,A2599Ter-Sahakyan,S26401–02022A213rd Avagyan Memorial 20221.4
Nguyen,T2612Tabatabaei,M2650½–½2022B303rd Avagyan Memorial 20221.5
Niemann,H2656Tabatabaei,M2650½–½2022C673rd Avagyan Memorial 20222.1
Ter-Sahakyan,S2640Nguyen,T2612½–½2022C843rd Avagyan Memorial 20222.2
Petrosyan,M2638Donchenko,A25991–02022D383rd Avagyan Memorial 20222.3
Martirosyan,H2652Nihal Sarin26461–020223rd Avagyan Memorial 20222.4
Sargsyan,S2641Gharibyan,M2487½–½2022C823rd Avagyan Memorial 20222.5
Gharibyan,M2487Niemann,H26560–12022E943rd Avagyan Memorial 20223.1
Nihal Sarin2646Sargsyan,S2641½–½2022C473rd Avagyan Memorial 20223.2
Donchenko,A2599Martirosyan,H2652½–½2022A063rd Avagyan Memorial 20223.3
Nguyen,T2612Petrosyan,M2638½–½2022E053rd Avagyan Memorial 20223.4
Tabatabaei,M2650Ter-Sahakyan,S2640½–½2022A203rd Avagyan Memorial 20223.5
Niemann,H2656Ter-Sahakyan,S26400–12022C423rd Avagyan Memorial 20224.1
Petrosyan,M2638Tabatabaei,M26500–12022D353rd Avagyan Memorial 20224.2
Martirosyan,H2652Nguyen,T2612½–½2022D413rd Avagyan Memorial 20224.3
Sargsyan,S2641Donchenko,A25991–02022B133rd Avagyan Memorial 20224.4
Gharibyan,M2487Nihal Sarin2646½–½2022E153rd Avagyan Memorial 20224.5
Nihal Sarin2646Niemann,H2656½–½2022B133rd Avagyan Memorial 20225.1
Donchenko,A2599Gharibyan,M24871–02022D323rd Avagyan Memorial 20225.2
Nguyen,T2612Sargsyan,S2641½–½2022E113rd Avagyan Memorial 20225.3
Tabatabaei,M2650Martirosyan,H2652½–½2022C503rd Avagyan Memorial 20225.4
Ter-Sahakyan,S2640Petrosyan,M26381–02022E493rd Avagyan Memorial 20225.5
Niemann,H2656Petrosyan,M2638½–½2022C553rd Avagyan Memorial 20226.1
Martirosyan,H2652Ter-Sahakyan,S26401–02022E003rd Avagyan Memorial 20226.2
Sargsyan,S2641Tabatabaei,M2650½–½20223rd Avagyan Memorial 20226.3
Gharibyan,M2487Nguyen,T2612½–½2022D123rd Avagyan Memorial 20226.4
Nihal Sarin2646Donchenko,A2599½–½2022D123rd Avagyan Memorial 20226.5
Donchenko,A2599Niemann,H26561–02022E113rd Avagyan Memorial 20227.1
Nguyen,T2612Nihal Sarin2646½–½2022E043rd Avagyan Memorial 20227.2
Tabatabaei,M2650Gharibyan,M24871–02022B303rd Avagyan Memorial 20227.3
Ter-Sahakyan,S2640Sargsyan,S2641½–½2022E163rd Avagyan Memorial 20227.4
Petrosyan,M2638Martirosyan,H2652½–½2022C113rd Avagyan Memorial 20227.5
Niemann,H2656Martirosyan,H26521–02022C543rd Avagyan Memorial 20228.1
Sargsyan,S2641Petrosyan,M26381–02022E203rd Avagyan Memorial 20228.2
Gharibyan,M2487Ter-Sahakyan,S26401–02022E523rd Avagyan Memorial 20228.3
Nihal Sarin2646Tabatabaei,M2650½–½2022C673rd Avagyan Memorial 20228.4
Donchenko,A2599Nguyen,T2612½–½2022D453rd Avagyan Memorial 20228.5
Nguyen,T2612Niemann,H2656½–½2022E733rd Avagyan Memorial 20229.1
Tabatabaei,M2650Donchenko,A25991–02022B233rd Avagyan Memorial 20229.2
Ter-Sahakyan,S2640Nihal Sarin2646½–½2022E053rd Avagyan Memorial 20229.3
Petrosyan,M2638Gharibyan,M2487½–½2022D023rd Avagyan Memorial 20229.4
Martirosyan,H2652Sargsyan,S26411–02022B453rd Avagyan Memorial 20229.5

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.
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