Tigran Nalbandian
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Country
- Soviet Union (until 1991)
- Armenia (from 1991)
Born5 June 1975
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Died28 June 2025 (aged 50)
Yerevan, Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
TitleGrandmaster (2004)
Tigran Nalbandian | |
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Տիգրան Նալբանդյան | |
 Nalbandian in 2010 | |
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| Born | 5 June 1975 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 28 June 2025 (aged 50) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2466 (September 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2527 (October 2005) |
Tigran Vahanovich Nalbandian (Armenian: Տիգրան Նալբանդյան; [ˈtiɡˈɾɑn nɑlˈbɑndjɑn]; 5 June 1975 – 28 June 2025) was an Armenian chess grandmaster.
Nalbandian was a graduate of the Henrik Kasparian chess school, alongside other Armenian grandmasters Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, and Hrant Melkumyan.[1] He coached grandmaster Robert Aghasaryan, and was also the coach of the Armenian team that won the 37th Chess Olympiad in 2006 and 38th Chess Olympiad in 2008.[2][3]
In July 2010, he won the Dortmund Open with a score of 7/9.[4][5]
In September 2019, he became the head of a new chess school that opened in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Yerevan.[6]
