World junior blitz final standings: Robert Piliposyan wins chess bronze
Armenia’s international master scored 9.5/13 in Al Ain, taking third on tie-breaks after sharing second through fourth place.
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Armenia’s international master scored 9.5/13 in Al Ain, taking third on tie-breaks after sharing second through fourth place.
Robert Piliposyan won bronze in the open section of the 2026 World Junior U20 Blitz Championship in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The Chess Federation of Armenia said the Armenian international master took the medal on tie-breaks.
The blitz followed a separate rapid championship, whose open title went to Uzbekistan’s Khumoyun Begmuratov with an unbeaten 7.5/9, recording six wins and three draws.
India’s grandmaster Pranav V won the blitz title, while Kyrgyzstan’s international master Eldiyar Orozbaev took silver and Syria’s FIDE master Mazen Fandi finished fourth. Armenia’s Aleks Sahakyan, also an international master, took a prize-winning fifth place; Armenian grandmaster Emin Ohanyan finished 13th.
| Place | Player | Score | Buchholz tie-break |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranav V | 10.5/13 | — |
| 2 | Eldiyar Orozbaev | 9.5/13 | 111 |
| 3 | Robert Piliposyan | 9.5/13 | 108.5 |
| 4 | Mazen Fandi | 9.5/13 | 103 |
| 5 | Aleks Sahakyan | 9/13 | — |
| 13 | Emin Ohanyan | 8.5/13 | — |
Hayk Martirosyan finished 13th with 4.5 points as Magnus Carlsen won unbeaten on 7/9 in Budapest. The opening blitz sets tiebreak rankings and knockout advantages before the group stage.
Orozbaev, Piliposyan and Fandi each had 0 on the first tie-break, direct encounter. Their scores on the second criterion, Buchholz Variable, separated them in that order. Buchholz is a tie-break based on opponents’ results.
The blitz competition ran 5–6 November 2026, over 13 rounds using the Swiss system, which pairs players with similar scores. Each player had 3 minutes, with 2 seconds added per move. The Armenian federation congratulated its players after the results and wished them further achievements.
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Uzbekistan’s Khumoyun Begmuratov won the Open title with 7.5/9, while the Netherlands’ Eline Roebers took the Girls title with 7/9.
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FIDE announced on 29 October that the championships will take place in Türkiye on 26–30 December, with 4 world titles at stake.
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