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Tigran Gharamian

Armenian-French chess grandmaster (born 1984)

Armenia (until 2004)
France (since 2004)

Born (1984-07-24) 24 July 1984 (age 39)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet UnionTitleGrandmaster (2009)FIDE rating2588 (April 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

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

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