Tigran Nalbandian
| Tigran Nalbandian | |
|---|---|
 Nalbandian in 2010 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | June 5, 1975 Yerevan, Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2466 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2527 (October 2005) |
Tigran Vaanovic Nalbandian is an Armenian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
[edit]He is a graduate of the Henrik Kasparian chess school, alongside other Armenian grandmasters Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, and Hrant Melkumyan.[1] He has coached grandmaster Robert Aghasaryan, and was also the coach of the Armenian team that won the 37th Chess Olympiad in 2006 and 38th Chess Olympiad in 2008.[2][3]
In July 2010, he won the Dortmund Open with a score of 7/9.[4][5]
In September 2019, he became head of a new chess school that opened in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Yerevan.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Polgar, Susan (December 25, 2010). "Mkrtchian, Petrosian win Kasparian tournament".
- ^ "Chess Informant 120 Maracana with Morozevich". June 26, 2014.
- ^ "ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS WON FIRST PLACE AT WOLRD CHESS OLYMPIAD AWARDED MOVSES KHORENATSI MEDAL". June 7, 2006.
- ^ "Chess: Tigran Nalbandian wins Dortmund open". July 27, 2010.
- ^ "GM Tigran Nalbandian wins tournament in Dortmund". July 27, 2010.
- ^ "The Children of the Nuclear Power Workers Took Part in the Chess Tournament". September 13, 2019.