Arman Pashikian

Arman Pashikian
Full name Արման Փաշիկյան
Country  Armenia
Born July 28, 1987 (1987-07-28) (age 24)
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2608
(No. 203 on the November 2011 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating 2663 (September 2009)

Arman Pashikian (Armenian: Արման Փաշիկյան; born July 28, 1987, Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.[1] He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 (under-12) and in 2001 (under-14). He also took the fourth place in the European Championship. In 2003 Pashikian shared the first two places in the Armenian Chess Championship and in 2009 won the title.[2] In 2005 he received the gold medal of the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship.[3]

Pashikian played for Armenia in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk.[4] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Radosław Wojtaszek.[5]

He is married to WGM Maria Kursova.[6]

References

  1. ^ Armenian chess players in European Championship
  2. ^ "All Champions of Armenia". Armchess.am. http://www.armchess.am/all_ch_arm.htm. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  3. ^ Armenian Chess Academy
  4. ^ "Team-Composition for federation ARM - Open". Chess-Results.com. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr36795.aspx?art=20&fed=ARM&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 
  5. ^ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  6. ^ Nadanian, Ashot (2011-08-02). "Lake Sevan 2011 - Jobava wins volcanic event". ChessBase.com. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7426. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 

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