The High League of the Armenian 71st Championship will be held in Yerevan from 10th to 22nd January, 2011. Twelve chess players will compete for the title of the champion and the only empty place in the Armenian national team. The participants are noted in the list with their ratings from November 1st, 2010.

Grandmaster Avetik Grigoryan will defend the title after convincingly winning the recently concluded Bansko Open.

1. Pashikian Arman 2640
2. Melkumyan Hrant 2617
3. Petrosian Tigran L. 2604
4. Andriasian Zaven 2585
5. Grigoryan Avetik 2580
6. Anastasian Ashot 2578
7. Minasian Artashes 2563
8. Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2541
9. Hovhannisyan Robert 2530
10. Kotanjian Tigran 2519
11. Petrosian Davit G. 2485
12. Minasian Ara 2464