Arman Pashikian

Arman Pashikian
Full name Արման Փաշիկյան
Country  Armenia
Born (1987-07-28) July 28, 1987
Irkutsk, Russia
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2607 (December 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 Archived January 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  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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