Karen H. Grigoryan
| Karen H. Grigoryan | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Armenia |
| Born | 25 February 1995 Yerevan, Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2581 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2666 (January 2021) |
| Peak ranking | No. 71 (April 2020) |
Karen H. Grigoryan (Armenian: Կարեն Հ. Գրիգորյան; born 25 February 1995) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.
Chess career[edit]
He was awarded the Grandmaster title in May 2013 during the Presidential Board Meeting in Baku. He was the Armenian U14 Champion (2008); European U16 Champion (2010), the winner of the G. Kasparyan Memorial – Young Masters 2010, the 2011 Youth Stars Tournament; the Armenian Chess Championship 2011, the Albena Open (2012), the Open Internacional Escacs Vila de Sitges in July 2013,[1] the 2nd Yerevan Open (2017),[2] the 9th Penang Open (2017),[3] the Jolimark (HK) International Open Chess Championship (2017).[4] In 2019, he won the 26th Elgoibar GM with a score of 7/9 points.[5]
In June 2019, Grigoryan tied for first place with IM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy in the Charlotte Chess Center's Summer 2019 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with a score of 6.0/9. [6]
In 2021, Grigoryan won the 46th Seville Open after tying for first place with Salvador Del Rio De Angelis with a score of 5.5/7, and winning the tiebreaks.[7]
He is the fourth highest-rated Armenian player as of September 2023.[update][8]
References[edit]
- ^ Karen H. Grigoryan
- ^ "Tournament report October 2017 - 2nd Yerevan Open". FIDE. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "9th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2017 Penang Open 2017". Chess-results. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Jolimark (HK) International Open Chess Championship 2017". Chess-results. 2017-12-23. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - Winter 2022 CCCSA Norm Invitational Chess Tournament".
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1391". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Grigoryan, Karen H. – Profile info". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Karen H. Grigoryan rating card at FIDE
- Karen H. Grigoryan Archived 2013-08-06 at the Wayback Machine games at Chess-DB.com
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