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Tigran Gharamian

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Tigran Gharamian
Tigran Gharamian, 2016 Baden-Baden
Country
Born (1984-07-24) 24 July 1984 (age 40)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2572 (October 2024)
Peak rating2676 (September 2011)
Peak rankingNo. 67 (September 2011)

Tigran Gharamian (Armenian: Տիգրան Ղարամյան, born 24 July 1984) is an Armenian-French chess grandmaster. He won the French Chess Championship in 2018.

Chess career

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Gharamian played for Armenia in the Children's Chess Olympiads of 1999 and 2000.[1]

He came first at Fourmies 2007[2] and Charleroi 2007.[3] In 2010 he tied for 1st–3rd with Vadim Malakhatko and Deep Sengupta in the 24th Open Pierre and Vacances.[4] In 2011 he won the Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Open[5] and tied for 2nd–4th with Alexander Kovchan, Boris Grachev and Ante Brkić in the Open Master Tournament in Biel.[6] Gharamian tied for 1st–5th with Pentala Harikrishna, Parimarjan Negi, Tornike Sanikidze and Martyn Kravtsiv in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2012.[7] He won the French Chess Championship in 2018.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Children's Chess Olympiads: Tigran Gharamian". OlimpBase. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ^ "31eme open de Fourmies July 2007 France". FIDE. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. ^ "7ime Tournoi de Matres October 2007 Belgium". FIDE. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Tigran Gharamian wins Pierre and Vacances open". Chessdom. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  5. ^ "7e Open International de Vandoeuvre - A (+1900) January 2011 France". FIDE. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Open Master Tournament (MTO) September 2011 Switzerland". FIDE. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  7. ^ Ramirez, Alejandro (2012-03-12). "Harikrishna tops 74 GMs in Cappelle-La-Grande". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  8. ^ Gharamian topped playoff over Edouard & Gozzoli to win French Chess Championship
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