Tigran Kotanjian

Tigran Kotanjian (Armenian: Տիգրան Քոթանջյան; born September 1, 1981)[1] is an Armenian chess grandmaster.[2] He was Armenian Chess Champion in 2014.

Tigran Kotanjian
Tigran Kotanjian, 2013
Full nameTigran Kotanjian
CountryArmenia
Born (1981-09-01) September 1, 1981
TitleGrandmaster (2006)
FIDE rating2453 (June 2020)
Peak rating2580 (July 2009)

Career

Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009[3] and Karen Asrian Memorial in 2010. In 2011, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Kirill Stupak in the 4th Beirut Open tournament.[4] In the same year he won the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk.[5] He won the 74th Armenian Chess Championship in 2014.[6]

He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006.[7] As of June 2018, he is the No. 22 ranked Armenian player.[8]

References
  1. "Ratings of Chess Players of Armenia by November 1, 2009". MIKA Chess Club. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  2. "The chess games of Tigran Kotanjian" Chessgames.com
  3. "GM Tigran Kotanjian wins the Dubai open" Chessdom
  4. "Beirut 4th International Open Chess Championship 2011". Chess-Results.com. 2011-05-22. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  5. "4th Karen Asrian Memorial". Chessdom.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. "Tigran Kotanjian wins Armenia's Chess Championship". Aysor.am. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  7. "FIDE Chess Profile: 13300059: Tigran Kotanjian" FIDE
  8. "Federations Ranking – Armenia" FIDE


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