Arman Pashikian

Arman Pashikian
Full name Արման Փաշիկյան
Country  Armenia
Born (1987-07-28) July 28, 1987
Irkutsk, Russia
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2612 (April 2016)
(No. 203 on the November 2011 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating 2663 (September 2009)

Arman Pashikian (Armenian: Արման Փաշիկյան; born July 28, 1987, Irkutsk,[1] Russia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.[2] He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 (under-12) and in 2001 (under-14). He also took the fourth place in the European Championship. In 2003 Pashikian shared the first two places in the Armenian Chess Championship and in 2009 won the title.[3] In 2005 he received the gold medal of the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship.[4]

Pashikian played for Armenia in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk.[5] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Radosław Wojtaszek.[6]

In February 2012, he came first in the 2nd Ferdowsi Open in Mashhad.[7]

He is married to WGM Maria Kursova.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Alekseev, Aleksandr (2011-12-07). "Мечта" для Марии Курсовой (in Russian). nworker.ru. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Armenian chess players in European Championship
  3. ↑ "All Champions of Armenia". Armchess.am. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Armenian Chess Academy
  5. ↑ "Team-Composition for federation ARM - Open". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  6. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "2nd Ferdowsi International Chess Open Tournament February 10–20, 2012 Mashhad – Iran". Chess-Results.com. 2012-02-19. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  8. ↑ Nadanian, Ashot (2011-08-02). "Lake Sevan 2011 - Jobava wins volcanic event". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

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