Tatev Abrahamyan

Tatev Abrahamyan (Armenian: Տաթև Աբրահամյան; born January 13, 1988) is an Armenian American chess player. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Tatev Abrahamyan
Abrahamyan in 2011
CountryArmenia
United States
Born (1988-01-13) January 13, 1988
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2011)
Peak rating2397 (July 2019)

She tied for first place in the 2004 U.S. Women's Chess Championship and lost the playoff match to Rusudan Goletiani.[1] In 2006 Abrahamyan won the Pan American girls under 18 championship in Cuenca, Ecuador.[2] She tied for second place with Anna Zatonskih in the 2010 U.S. Women's Championship, which was won by Irina Krush with a score of 8/9, and took second again in 2011 after drawing with Zatonskih in an "Armageddon" tiebreak game (Zatonskih won the title because, as Black, she had draw odds). In 2008 Abrahamyan won the Goddess Chess Award for her uncompromising play.[3] She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2012 and 2015.

In team competitions, Abrahamyan has represented the United States in the Women's Chess Olympiad and in the Women's World Team Chess Championship.[4]

She moved from Armenia to the United States in 2001.[5] Abrahamyan lives in Glendale, California.[6] She went to Clark Magnet High School in La Crescenta. She graduated in 2011 from California State University, Long Beach, double majoring in psychology and political science.

References
  1. "Metro Briefing". The New York Times. 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  2. Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega. Cuenca 2006 - 15° Campeonato Panamericano u18 (girls). BrasilBase.
  3. "Abrahamyan wins Fighting Chess Award". Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  4. Tatev Abrahamyan team chess records at OlimpBase.org
  5. SM Tatev Abrahamyan. The United States Chess Federation.
  6. Landa, Jeff (2018-03-30). "Glendale, La Cañada represented at the top women's chess tournament in the U.S." Glendale News-Press. Retrieved 2019-10-27.


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