- Tigran Kotanjian
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Tigran Kotanjian 
Full name Tigran Kotanjian Country Armenia Born September 1, 1981 Title Grandmaster FIDE rating 2527 (March 2011) Peak rating 2580 (July 2009) Tigran Kotanjian (born September 1, 1981)[1] is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.[2] On the September 2009 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2553,[3] ranking him number twelve in Armenia.[4]
Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009[5] and Karen Asrian Memorial in 2010.[6] In 2011, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Kirill Stupak in the 4th Beirut Open tournament.[7] In the same year he won the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk.[8]
He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006.[3] In the September 2009 FIDE rating list he is ranked 396th in the world among active players.[3]
Notable games
- Karen Asrian vs. Tigran Kotanjian (2007) After regular play in the Armenian Championships, in the best of three tie-breaker Kotanjian lost two straight to Asrian. In both the 23 January game[9] and the 27 January game[10] Kotanjian used the Sicilian Defense.
References
- ^ "Ratings of Chess Players of Armenia by November 1, 2009". MIKA Chess Club. http://www.mikacc.am/ratings/2009-2/index7b41.htm. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "The chess games of Tigran Kotanjian" Chessgames.com
- ^ a b c "FIDE Chess Profile: 13300059: Tigran Kotanjian" FIDE
- ^ "World Chess Federations Ranking: Armenia" FIDE
- ^ "GM Tigran Kotanjian wins the Dubai open" Chessdom
- ^ "Tigran Kotanjian wins Karen Asryan Memorial chess tournament" Aysor.am
- ^ "Beirut 4th International Open Chess Championship 2011". Chess-Results.com. 2011-05-22. http://chess-results.com/tnr50317.aspx?art=1&lan=1&wi=1000. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "4th Karen Asrian Memorial". Chessdom.com. http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2011/karen-asrian-memorial. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Karen Asrian vs Tigran Kotanjian - 1"
- ^ "Karen Asrian vs Tigran Kotanjian - 2"
External links
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Chess grandmasters
- Armenian chess players
- European chess biography stubs
- Armenian sportspeople stubs
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