Avetik Grigoryan
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Avetik Grigoryan is an Armenia
n chess
Grandmaster.
He also played in the 2010 Chess Olympiad.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster.
Achievements
- 2004, 2006, 2007: Won Armenian Youth Championship
- 2006: Won Yerevan Rapid Chess Cup
- 2006: Second at European Rapid Chess Championship
- 2007: Fourth at World Youth Chess ChampionshipWorld Youth Chess ChampionshipThe World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
, under-18 - 2008: Second at Belgorod Open
- 2008: Second at Fajr Open
- 2010: Won Armenian Chess ChampionshipArmenian Chess ChampionshipThis is a list of all the winners of the Armenian Chess Championship. The first championship was played in 1934, when Armenia was a part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. Championships were held sporadically in the Armenian SSR until 1945, when they became contested every year; this has continued today...
- 2010: Won the Bansko Grand Chess Open
- 2011: Tied for 3rd-15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.
He also played in the 2010 Chess Olympiad.
External links
- Avetik Grigoryan: "I don’t like to compete with my close ones" Interview at Eritasard.am