Tigran Gharamian

Tigran Gharamian
Tigran Gharamian, 2016 Baden-Baden
Country	Armenia (until 2004) France (since 2004)
Born	(1984-07-24) 24 July 1984 (age 40) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating	2572 (February 2025)
Peak rating	2676 (September 2011)
Peak ranking	No. 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

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

External links

• Tigran Gharamian player profile and games at Chessgames.com