David Arutinian
Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1984)
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David Gareginovich Arutinian (born May 31, 1984) is a Georgian chess grandmaster since 2006, and an international master since 2002. He is ranked 9th in Georgia and 453rd in the world.[1] His highest rating was 2593 (in April 2008).[2]
David Arutinian in Dresden 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 31, 1984 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) |
| FIDE rating | 2549 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2593 (April 2008) |
Chess career
Arutinian's main results are:
- Strasbourg Prestige open — 1st place
- Aeroflot open A2 — 1st place.[3]
- In 2007, tied for first place with Wang Yue, Vugar Gashimov, Vasily Yemelin and Yuri Drozdovskij in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open.[4]
- In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, Sergey Fedorchuk, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open.[5]
- 2009: 2nd place in 16th Vienna Open[6]
- 2010: he tied for 1st–8th with Sergey Volkov, Viorel Iordăchescu, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gadir Guseinov, Hrant Melkumyan, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Tornike Sanikidze in the 12th Dubai Open.[7]
- 2011: Sydney International Open — tied for 2nd–8th place, 2nd place using Buchholz[8]
- In 2012, Warsaw chess festival group A — 2nd place.[9]
- 2012: 1st place in rapid chess event at the 11th Open International de Rochefort[10]
- In 2012, 11th Rochefort Open tournament — tied 1st place with Bassem Amin.[11]
- He won the Karen Asrian Memorial in 2012.[12][13]
Arutinian is the Georgian runner-up in 2006 and 2007.[14] He represented Georgia in 2 Olympics: 2006 and 2008.[15]
In 2007, he was also a participant in the European Team Championships.[16]
Arutinian is a FIDE Senior Trainer (2016). He coaches the men and women Georgian Olympic team.
Some of his successful students are:
- Sopiko Guramishvili — World champion under 16, 2006
- Keti Tsatsalashvili — World champion under 16, 2007
- Bobby Cheng — World champion under 12, 2009
- Anna Maja Kazarian — European Silver medal under 12, 2012
- Sayin Zhanat — World School Champion under 16, 2015
- Zhansaya Abdumalik — Silver medal in World chess championship under 12, Silver medal in World Junior chess championship under 20
Georgian Women Olympic team: 2nd place in European team chess championship in 2009, 3rd place in World chess Olympiad in 2010[17][18]