Karen H. Grigoryan
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 February 1995 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2464 (August 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]
Chess career
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.[9]
On May 31 and June 1 2025, Grigoryan competed in the strongest chess tournament in Nebraska history, an event commemorating of the 50th anniversary of the 1975 U.S. Open.[10][11] Four grandmasters were present at the anniversary event, including Manuel Petrosyan, Zhou Jiangchao, Vojtech Plat, and Grigoryan.
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.
- ↑ Lang, J. J. (2025-06-06). "Nebraska Hall of Fame Tournament Celebrates Past, Present, and Future of Midwest Chess | US Chess.org". new.uschess.org. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ↑ "US Chess MSA - Cross Table for 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1975 US OPEN (Event 202506019522)". www.uschess.org. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
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