Robert Hovhannisyan
Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1991)
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Robert Ararati Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Արարատի Հովհաննիսյան; born 23 March 1991) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010.[1]
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Robert Hovhannisyan, 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 March 1991 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2010) |
| FIDE rating | 2642 (September 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2650 (August 2019) |
| Ranking | No. 77 (September 2026) |
| Peak ranking | No. 76 (August 2026) |
Career
In January 2011, Hovhannisyan won the 71st Armenian Chess Championship which he won again in 2024 and 2025[2][3][4] In July he was a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo.[5] The following month, Hovhannisyan tied for first place with Dariusz Świercz in the World Junior Chess Championship in Chennai, placing second on tiebreak.[6][7] In November, he played again on the Armenian team in the European Team Chess Championship, in which his team finished fourth. In January 2012, Hovhannisyan took second place in the Armenian championship.[8] In 2013 he won the 6th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk.[9][10]
In 2015 Hovhannisyan tied for first with Alexei Shirov in the 5th Riga Technical University Open in Riga, finishing second on tiebreak.[11] Hovhannisyan won this tournament three years later.[12]
In 2026, Hovhannisyan won the Dole Open, defeating Haik Martirosyan in the rapid tiebreaks after both players finished on 7.5/9.[13]
