Tigran Kotanjian
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Tigran Kotanjian is an Armenia
n chess
Grandmaster. On the September 2009 FIDE list, he had an Elo
rating of 2553, ranking him number twelve in Armenia.
Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009 and Karen Asrian
Memorial in 2010. In 2011, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Kirill Stupak in the 4th Beirut
Open tournament. In the same year he won the 4th Karen Asrian
Memorial in Jermuk
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He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006. In the September 2009 FIDE rating list he is ranked 396th in the world among active players.
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. On the September 2009 FIDE list, he had an Elo
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
rating of 2553, ranking him number twelve in Armenia.
Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009 and Karen Asrian
Karen Asrian
Karen Asrian was an Armenian chess Grandmaster.As of the October 2006 FIDE rating list, his Elo rating was 2634, tied for the fourth highest rank in Armenia....
Memorial in 2010. In 2011, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Kirill Stupak in the 4th Beirut
Beirut
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Open tournament. In the same year he won the 4th Karen Asrian
Karen Asrian
Karen Asrian was an Armenian chess Grandmaster.As of the October 2006 FIDE rating list, his Elo rating was 2634, tied for the fourth highest rank in Armenia....
Memorial in Jermuk
Jermuk
Jermuk is a spa town in the southern Armenian province of Vayots Dzor, 53 km east of Yeghegnadzor, the capital of Vayots Dzor. It was a popular destination during the Soviet era and nowadays is still famous for its hot springs and its brand of mineral water that is bottled in the vicinity...
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He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006. In the September 2009 FIDE rating list he is ranked 396th in the world among active players.
Notable games
- Karen AsrianKaren AsrianKaren Asrian was an Armenian chess Grandmaster.As of the October 2006 FIDE rating list, his Elo rating was 2634, tied for the fourth highest rank in Armenia....
vs. Tigran Kotanjian (2007) After regular play in the Armenian ChampionshipsArmenian 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...
, in the best of three tie-breaker Kotanjian lost two straight to Asrian. In both the 23 January game and the 27 January game Kotanjian used the Sicilian Defense.