Karen H. Grigoryan

Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1995)

Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 30)

TitleGrandmaster (2013)

FIDE rating2475 (January 2026)

Karen H. Grigoryan
Personal information

Born	(1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 30) Yerevan, Armenia
Chess career

Country	Armenia
Title	Grandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating	2475 (January 2026)
Peak rating	2666 (January 2021)
Peak ranking	No. 71 (April 2020)

Karen Hakob Grigoryan (Armenian: Կարեն Հակոբի Գրիգորյան; born 25 February 1995) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He holds the record for the highest performance rating in a classical chess tournament, a rating of 3103 which he achieved with a 9/9 score at the 2019 Cidade de Famalicão.^[1]

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in May 2013 during the Presidential Board Meeting in Baku. He was the Armenian U14 Champion (2008); European U16 Champion (2010), the winner of the G. Kasparyan Memorial – Young Masters 2010, the 2011 Youth Stars Tournament; the Armenian Chess Championship 2011, the Albena Open (2012), the Open Internacional Escacs Vila de Sitges in July 2013,^[2] the 2nd Yerevan Open (2017),^[3] the 9th Penang Open (2017),^[4] the Jolimark (HK) International Open Chess Championship (2017).^[5] In 2019, he won the 26th Elgoibar GM with a score of 7/9 points.^[6]

In June 2019, Grigoryan tied for first place with IM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy in the Charlotte Chess Center's Summer 2019 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with a score of 6.0/9. ^[7]

In 2021, Grigoryan won the 46th Seville Open after tying for first place with Salvador Del Rio De Angelis with a score of 5.5/7, and winning the tiebreaks.^[8]

He is the ninth highest-rated active Armenian player as of April 2025.^[update]^[9]

References

↑ "VII Torneio Internacional Cidade de Famalicão". Chess-Results.com. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
↑ Karen H. Grigoryan
↑ "Tournament report October 2017 - 2nd Yerevan Open". FIDE. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
↑ "9th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2017 Penang Open 2017". Chess-results. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
↑ "Jolimark (HK) International Open Chess Championship 2017". Chess-results. 2017-12-23. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
↑ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
↑ "CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - Winter 2022 CCCSA Norm Invitational Chess Tournament".
↑ "The Week in Chess 1391". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
↑ "Grigoryan, Karen H. – Profile info". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

External links

Karen H. Grigoryan rating card at FIDE
Karen H. Grigoryan Archived 2013-08-06 at the Wayback Machine games at Chess-DB.com

v t e Armenian Grandmasters
Chess players for Armenia with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
Robert Aghasaryan Varuzhan Akobian Vladimir Akopian Ashot Anastasian Zaven Andriasian Levon Aronian Georgy Arzumanian Karen Asrian Levon Babujian Vahe Baghdasaryan Artur Chibukhchian Elina Danielian Oganes Danielian Hovhannes Gabuzyan Sergey Galdunts Mamikon Gharibyan Avetik Grigoryan Karen H. Grigoryan Aram Hakobyan Gevorg Harutjunyan Tigran Harutyunyan Hovik Hayrapetyan Robert Hovhannisyan Melikset Khachiyan Tigran Kotanjian Smbat Lputian David Markosian Haik M. Martirosyan Hrant Melkumyan Arman Mikaelyan Ara Minasian Artashes Minasian Sergei Movsesian Karen Movsziszian Tigran Nalbandian Emin Ohanyan Arman Pashikian Arshak Petrosian Davit G. Petrosian Tigran L. Petrosian Manuel Petrosyan Gabriel Sargissian Shant Sargsyan Narek Seferjan Hrair Simonian Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Rafael Vaganian Arsen Yegiazarian
See also: List of chess grandmasters List of Armenian chess players § Grandmasters Category:Armenian chess players

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