Torrid action continued at the 11th Andranik Margaryan Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, with Round 3 seeing four decisions and a fighting draw that left GM Hovik Hayrapetyan still on the lead.
Hayrapetyan smashed IM Bardiya Daneshvar for his third straight win; GM Levon Babujian crushed IM Mamikon Gharibyan; IM Rudik Makaryan handed FM Armen Barseghyan his third straight loss in the event; and WGM Anna Sargisyan upset GM Arman Mikaelyan. The only draw was fought between IM Sergei Lobanov and FM Denis Lazavik.
So far, the seven teenage masters, with the exception of the luckless Barseghyan, are holding their own against the three older grandmasters in the event.
Standings after Round 3: 1. Hayrapetyan, 3; 2. Makaryan, 2½; 3-4. Lobanov, Babujian, 2; 5-6. Mikaelyan, Lazavik, 1½; 7-8. Sargsyan, Daneshvar, 1; Gharibyan, ½; 10. Barseghyan, 0.
Makaryan, R (2461)-Barseghyan, A (2362) [A70]
Yerevan (3.1) 2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 0-0 9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 Nc5 13.Re1 Nfd7 14.Bf4 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Qd4 Qh4 18.Re3 Rg5 19.Kf1 Qf4 20.Rf3 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Rxe5 22.Rf6 Kf8 23.f4 Rxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Ke7 26.Rxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rc1 b6 28.Kf2 Ba6 29.Ke3 Rc8 30.Kd4 Rc5 31.Rc3 Ra5 32.Ra3 Rc5 33.g4 Rc8 34.h4 Re8 35.g5 Kg7 36.h5 gxh5 37.Rh3 h6 38.Rxh5 Rh8 39.f5 Bc8 40.f6+ Kf7 41.Rxh6 Rxh6 42.gxh6 Kxf6 43.Kxc4 Bd7 44.a5 bxa5 45.Kd4 Bb5 46.Ke3 Bd7 47.Kf4 Bb5 48.h7 Kg7 49.Kg5 Ba4 50.h8Q+ Kxh8 51.Kf6 Kg8 52.Ke7 Kg7 53.Bg2 Bd1 54.Kxd6 Kf6 55.Kc7 Ke5 56.d6 Bg4 57.Bc6 Kd4 58.Bd7 Be2 59.Ba4 Bg4 60.b3 Kc5 61.d7 Bxd7 62.Bxd7 Kb4 63.Ba4 1-0
Lazavik, D (2436)-Lobanov, S (2510) [D55]
Yerevan (3.2) 2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.0-0 a6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qe7 15.Ne4 Be5 16.a3 Nf6 17.Ba2 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 e5 19.Rc4 Bd7 20.Rc7 Rac8 21.Bb1 g6 22.Qd1 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 Rc8 25.Qc2 Qd8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Qxc8+ Bxc8 28.f4 exf4 29.exf4 Kf8 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.b4 b6 33.Kd4 Bd7 34.h4 Be8 35.g4 f6 36.g5 fxg5 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.hxg5 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Bd5 Bd7 41.Ke4 ½-½
Babujian, L (2440)-Gharibyan, M (2432) [C28]
Yerevan (3.3) 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.Ng3 Nxc4 8.dxc4 Be6 9.Qd3 Nd7 10.b3 g6 11.Be3 0-0 12.Rad1 a6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Qh4 16.Be3 e4 17.Qd2 Bb4 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.a3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Ne5 21.h3 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Re5 23.Rd5 Rae8 24.Rfd1 g5 25.c5 g4 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Rxd6 Ng5 28.Bf4 Nxh3 29.gxh3 e3 30.Bxe5 Qxf2 31.Rg6+ fxg6 32.Qc4+ Kh7 33.Qc7+ Kh6 34.Bf4+ 1-0
Sargsyan, A (2402)-Mikaelyan, A (2485) [A40]
Yerevan (3.4) 2021
1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.c3 Qa5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 Nf6 7.Ne2 0-0 8.0-0 Qa6 9.h3 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nf4 Bc8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.g4 Ne5 14.g5 Ne8 15.Bf1 c4 16.b3 Nc7 17.a4 f6 18.Na3 fxg5 19.Nxc4 gxf4 20.Nxe5 Qa5 21.Nf3 Be6 22.Bb2 Qh5 23.Nd4 Qg5+ 24.Kh1 Bf7 25.Qg4 Qf6 26.c4 h5 27.Qf3 Rae8 28.Rad1 g5 29.Bc3 Qg6 30.Nf5 g4 31.Qd3 Bxc3 32.Qxc3 d5 33.cxd5 Nxd5 34.Qc5 b6 35.Qd4 Ne7 36.Nd6 Rd8 37.e5 Bd5+ 38.Kg1 Be6 39.Bd3 Qg7 40.h4 Ng6 41.Bc4 Qd7 42.Nf5 Qc8 43.Nd6 Nxh4 44.Qe4 Rxd6 45.exd6 Bxc4 46.d7 Qd8 47.Qxc4+ Kg7 48.Qd4+ Kh7 49.Qe4+ Kh8 50.Qe5+ Kg8 51.Qe6+ Kh8 52.Qh6+ Kg8 53.Re8 Rxe8 54.dxe8Q+ Qxe8 55.Qg5+ Ng6 56.Rd8 1-0
Hayrapetyan, H (2488)-Daneshvar, B (2399) [D11]
Yerevan (3.5) 2021
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Bb4 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qd1 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 12.c5 Bc7 13.f4 b6 14.b4 bxc5 15.bxc5 e5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Rf2 d4 19.exd4 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Bg3 21.Rxf6 Qh1+ 22.Ke2 Qxg2+ 23.Ke3 Rfe8+ 24.Be4 gxf6 25.Qg4+ Kf8 26.Kd3 Qf1+ 27.Qe2 Qxh3 28.Qg2 Qh4 29.Qh1 Bh2 30.Qf3 Rad8 31.Be3 f5 32.Bxc6 Be5 33.Rh1 Rxd4+ 34.Kc2 Qg4 35.Bxd4 Qxf3 36.Bxf3 Bxd4 37.c6 1-0
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE,
MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.e4!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…Re7 2.Rxe7#; 1…Sxg6 2.Bd5#; 1…Se5 2.Sd4#; 1…Sb4/b2/f2/c1/e1 2.Rf6#./PN
