Karen H. Grigoryan

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Karen H. Grigoryan
Karen Grigoryan 2012.jpg
CountryArmenia
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 26)
Yerevan, Armenia
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2658 (August 2021)
Peak rating2666 (January 2021)
RankingNo. 83 (August 2021)
Peak rankingNo. 71 (April 2020)

Karen H. Grigoryan (Armenian: Կարեն Հ. Գրիգորյան; born 25 February 1995) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.

Chess career[]

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 third highest rated Armenian player as of August 2021.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Karen H. Grigoryan
  2. ^ "Tournament report October 2017 - 2nd Yerevan Open". FIDE. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ "9th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2017 Penang Open 2017". Chess-results. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Jolimark (HK) International Open Chess Championship 2017". Chess-results. 2017-12-23. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  6. ^ http://chessstream.com/Invitational/Summer-2019-GM-IM-Norm-Invitational/TournamentPairings.aspx
  7. ^ "The Week in Chess 1391". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  8. ^ "Grigoryan, Karen H. – Profile info". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

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