Tigran Kotanjian
| Tigran Kotanjian | |
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 Tigran Kotanjian, 2013 | |
| Full name | Tigran Kotanjian |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | September 1, 1981 |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2527 (March 2011) |
| Peak rating | 2580 (July 2009) |
Tigran Kotanjian (Armenian: Տիգրան Քոթանջյան; born September 1, 1981)[1] is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.[2] He won the 74th Armenian Chess Championship in 2014.[3] On the September 2009 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2553,[4] ranking him number twelve in Armenia.[5]
Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009[6] and Karen Asrian Memorial in 2010. In 2011, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Kirill Stupak in the 4th Beirut Open tournament.[7] In the same year he won the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk.[8]
He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006.[4] In the September 2009 FIDE rating list he is ranked 396th in the world among active players.[4]
Notable games
- Karen Asrian vs. Tigran Kotanjian (2007) After regular play in the Armenian Championships, in the best of three tie-breaker Kotanjian lost two straight to Asrian. In both the 23 January game[9] and the 27 January game[10] Kotanjian used the Sicilian Defense.
References
- ↑ "Ratings of Chess Players of Armenia by November 1, 2009". MIKA Chess Club. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ↑ "The chess games of Tigran Kotanjian" Chessgames.com
- ↑ "Tigran Kotanjian wins Armenia’s Chess Championship". Aysor.am. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 "FIDE Chess Profile: 13300059: Tigran Kotanjian" FIDE
- ↑ "World Chess Federations Ranking: Armenia" FIDE
- ↑ "GM Tigran Kotanjian wins the Dubai open" Chessdom
- ↑ "Beirut 4th International Open Chess Championship 2011". Chess-Results.com. 2011-05-22. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ↑ "4th Karen Asrian Memorial". Chessdom.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ "Karen Asrian vs Tigran Kotanjian - 1"
- ↑ "Karen Asrian vs Tigran Kotanjian - 2"
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