19-year-old Armenian grandmaster Emin Ohanyan has gone undefeated to win the Atyrau Open 2026 international chess tournament in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, reports Zartonk Sports.
Ohanyan scored 7 points from 9 games to share first and second place and take first on tiebreaks at a tournament that brought together 109 players from 19 countries, including 30 grandmasters, according to the Armenian Chess Federation.
Ohanyan earned the grandmaster title in 2023 at age 17 and won silver at the U20 World Junior Chess Championship in 2024.
Three other Armenian players competed. International master Sergey Sklokin-Bagiyan, aged 13, finished seventh with 6 points and completed his second grandmaster norm at the tournament. Grandmaster Mamikon Gharibyan scored 6 points and international master Erik Gasparyan scored 5.5.
