Robert Aghasaryan

Armenian chess grandmaster

Robert Aghasaryan
Country	Armenia
Born	(1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 (age 30)^[1] Yerevan, Armenia
Title	Grandmaster (2014)
FIDE rating	2537 (May 2024)
Peak rating	2537 (June 2018)

Robert Aghasaryan (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Աղասարյան; born 1994 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster (2014). As of June 2018^[update], he is rated by FIDE as with an Elo rating of 2537, his best until now.

Career

Aghasaryan is a three-time youth Armenian champion in the U10, U12, and U18 categories. He won the U10 European Youth Chess 2004 Championship^[2] and the U12 World Youth Chess 2006 Championship.^[3]

Armenian tournaments

Other achievements in Armenian tournaments are:

2007 March – 3rd place in Armenian men team chess championship.
2007 June – 2nd place in Armchessschool 47th competition.
2008 April – 4th place in U14 Armenian youth chess championship.
2008 May – 4th place in Yerevan's chess Olympiad.
2009 April – 2nd place in U16 Armenian youth chess championship.
2009 May – 2nd place in Armenian men team chess championship.
2010 April – 2nd place in U16 Armenian youth chess championship.
2010 November – 1st place in Armenian Students games.
2012-02-18 – 3rd place in Armenian men rapid chess championship.
2012-04-23 – 4th place in U18 Armenian youth chess championship.
2012-05-19 – 2nd place in 82nd Yerevan chess tournament.
2012-10-01 – 2nd place in 73rd Armenian first league.

International tournaments

Other achievements in International tournaments are:

2004 January – 2nd place in the competition named after T.Petrosyan's 75th anniversary.
2005 January – 3rd place in competition named after H. Kasparyan's 95th anniversary.
2006 June – 2nd place in United Nations chess blitz competition.
2006 September – 1st place in U14 European team rapid championship.
2007 September – 7th place in European youth chess championship.
2008 March – 2nd place in regional chess Olympiad.
2008 May – 1st place in international team chess competition “Chernobyl’s children”.
2008 June – 1st place in under 14 category at “Jermuk 2008” International Open Chess Tournament.
2008 July – Divided 1-4 place in Agoura Hills international chess tournament (USA).
2009 June – 3rd place in 4th international chess competition named after Dvorkovich.
2009 August – 3rd place in U16 World Youth Chess Olympiad.^[4]
2009 September – 8th place in U16 European Youth Chess Championship.
2010 February – 2nd place in G. Kasparian memorial – Young Masters (Chess Academy tournament).
2010 March – 2nd place in tournament named after G. Kasparian 100th anniversary (tournament “A”) in Chess School.
2010 July – 3rd place in 5th international chess competition named after Dvorkovich.
2010 August – 3rd place in Pan-Armenian Chess Tournament.
2010 September – divided 3-7 place in U16 Euroyouth 2010 in Batumi.
2010 December – 1st place in U16 World Youth Chess 2010 Olympiad.^[5]
2012-03-17 – 2nd place in international tournament “Spring 2012”.
2012-08-19 – 1st place in individual, 2nd place in team chess competition “BAZE 2012”.
2012-09-10 – IM norm in Anapachess 2012.
2012-11-24 – 2nd place in ARP 10th team and individual chess competition.
2013-02-15 – GM norm in Moscow-open 2013.
2013-05-17 – 2 GM norms in 14th European Individual Chess Championship.
2013-12-08 – 2nd place in ARP 11th team chess competition.
2014-02-19 – Fulfilled GM norm in David Bronshtein memorial.
2014-04-01 – Received the title of Grandmaster.
Since February 2015 working at Chess Academy of Armenia as a coach.
2015-05-30 – 1st place in Intercollegiate competition.
2016-03-30 – 1st place in 17th Republican Intercollegiate games.
2016-08-14 – Winner of 21st Pacific Coast Open.^[6]
2017-01-17 – 3rd place in 7th Andranik Margaryan memorial.^[7]
2018 - Western Class Championship in California.

References

^ "Robert Aghasaryan".
^ European Youth Chess 2004 Championship (age U-10)
^ World Youth Chess 2006 Championship (age U-12)
^ World Youth Chess 2009 Olympiad (age U-16)
^ World Youth Chess 2010 Olympiad (age U-16)
^ "Pacific Coast Open 2016 Standings". Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
^ Andranik Margaryan Memorial 7th Tournament