The 6th Andranik Margaryan Memorial was organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia from 8th to 16th January, 2016, in Armenian capital Yerevan.
The event was a 10-player single round-robin tournament, valid for GM norms.
The 18-year-old Russian player IM David Paravyan emerged a convincing winner with 6.5/9 points. He finished 1.5 points ahead of the nearest followers and fulfilled a GM norm.
The second place was shared in a three-way tie by IM Maksim Chigaev (Russia), FM Haik Martirosyan (Armenia) and GM Olexandr Bortnyk (Ukraine), after the whole group finished the event with 5 points.
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Final standings:
1 IM Paravyan David 2509 RUS 6.5
2 IM Chigaev Maksim 2526 RUS 5
3 FM Martirosyan Haik M. 2411 ARM 5
4 GM Bortnyk Olexandr 2552 UKR 5
5 GM Kotanjian Tigran 2489 ARM 4.5
6 IM Petrosyan Tigran S. 2461 ARM 4.5
7 FM Shahinyan David 2443 ARM 4
8 GM Harutjunyan Gevorg 2436 ARM 3.5
9 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2448 ARM 3.5
10 IM Tabatabaei M.amin 2470 IRI 3.5