Armenia

In numbers

place of 189 after round 11

match points from 11 matches

28½

game points; TB1 369, TB3 154

2279

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±
1	IM Lilit Mkrtchian	2353	10	6	2458	+14
2	WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan	2374	11	9	2543	+47
3	GM Elina Danielian	2382	10	7	2371	+3
4	WIM Susanna Gaboyan	2179	10	4½	2131	−7
5	Anahit H. Mkrtchyan	2106	3	2	2010	−12

Boards follow the order the players have appeared in, as the team list keeps it; board 5 is the reserve. Games and scores count played games only. Performance and rating change come from Lichess. A name opens the player’s page.

Who carries the team

Each board from the player’s rating (hollow) to the performance so far (filled); red, the largest lift, grey, a board below its rating. The grey line is the team’s average rating, the score closes the row. A performance on few games moves a long way.

Matches

Round 1 v Hong Kong, China HKG

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Sigappi Kannappan 19550WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 23741 2GM Elina Danielian 2382½WCM Tian Yi Liu 1799½ 3WCM Hoi Ting Leung 16360WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21791 4Anahit H. Mkrtchyan 21061Chloe Hailey Lau 17530

Round 2 v Singapore SGP

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23531WGM Qianyun Gong 21820 2WIM Sreekarthika Velmurugan 20880WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 23741 3WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21791WFM Kun Fang 20030 4WFM Leah Rice 18841Anahit H. Mkrtchyan 21060

Round 3 v Croatia CRO

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Ena Cvitan 22710IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23531 2WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 23741WFM Tihana Ivekovic 21690 3WIM Ana Berke 20970GM Elina Danielian 23821 4WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21791WFM Lara Zagorac 21780

Round 4 v Kazakhstan KAZ

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23530GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 25361 2IM Alua Nurman 2455½WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 2374½ 3GM Elina Danielian 2382½IM Meruert Kamalidenova 2413½ 4WIM Elnaz Kaliakhmet 23471WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21790

Round 5 v Peru PER

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Deysi Cori T. 2316½IM Lilit Mkrtchian 2353½ 2WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 23741WIM Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas 21840 3FM Fiorella Contreras Huaman 2168½GM Elina Danielian 2382½ 4Anahit H. Mkrtchyan 21061Flor De Maria Zarate Oyague 20190

Round 6 v Latvia LAT

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Laura Rogule 22560IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23531 2WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 23741FM Marija Kuznecova 22570 3WIM Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana 21930GM Elina Danielian 23821 4WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21790WGM Ilze Berzina 21771

Round 7 v Azerbaijan AZE

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23531IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 24020 2WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 2392½WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 2374½ 3GM Elina Danielian 23821IM Khanim Balajayeva 23560 4IM Gulnar Mammadova 23111WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21790

Round 8 v United States of America USA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Lilit Mkrtchian 2353½IM Carissa Yip 2468½ 2IM Alice Lee 2453½WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 2374½ 3GM Elina Danielian 23821GM Irina Krush 23930 4IM Tatev Abrahamyan 2347½WIM Susanna Gaboyan 2179½

Round 9 v China CHN

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jiner Zhu 25501IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23530 2WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 2374½IM Yuxin Song 2457½ 3IM Miaoyi Lu 23711GM Elina Danielian 23820 4WIM Susanna Gaboyan 2179½WGM Mo Zhai 2336½

Round 10 v Greece GRE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 24411IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23530 2WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 23741FM Anastasia Avramidou 23300 3WFM Maria Tsakona 21350GM Elina Danielian 23821 4WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21790WFM Antonia Christodoulaki 21011

Round 11 v Uzbekistan UZB

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23531WGM Afruza Khamdamova 24430 2IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova 23570WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 23741 3GM Elina Danielian 2382½WGM Umida Omonova 2297½ 4WIM Guldona Karimova 2242½WIM Susanna Gaboyan 2179½

Team awards

Promotion Party

2promotions

Round 1, 2 in 4 games (0.5 per game)
Armenia ARM

Most promotions by the team's players.

Safety First

5.67average castling move

Round 1, castled in 3 of 4 games
Armenia ARM

Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.

Theory Match

54½opening moves

Round 2
Armenia ARM3Singapore SGP1

The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.

Whitewash

Round 3
Armenia ARM4Croatia CRO0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Safety First

4.33average castling move

Round 7, castled in 3 of 4 games
Armenia ARM

Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.

Marathon Match

259moves

Round 8, 54 + 110 + 43 + 52
Armenia ARM2½United States of America USA1½

The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.

Favourite Piece

26.43% of the team's moves

Round 10, Knights, 37 of 140 moves
Armenia ARM

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Team of the Round

2535performance

Round 11, opponents averaged 2335
Armenia ARM3Uzbekistan UZB1

Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.

Giant Killers

3underdog wins

2½–1½ v Azerbaijan, 43 points lower (round 7); 2½–1½ v United States of America, 93 points lower (round 8); 3–1 v Uzbekistan, 13 points lower (round 11)
Armenia ARM

Most matches won against a team with the higher average rating over the four boards, all eight players rated.