Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
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| Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | |
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 Karlsruhe 2019 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | 19 September 1993 Vanadzor, Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2652 (May 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2652 (May 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 84 (May 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 84 (May 2024) |
Samvel Rrubeni Ter-Sahakyan (Armenian: Սամվել Ռուբենի Տեր-Սահակյան; born 19 September 1993) is an Armenian chess grandmaster.
Career[edit]
He won the 2003 Under 10 and 2009 Under 18 European Youth Chess Championship.[1] He completed the Grandmaster requirements on 18 September 2008 during the European U16 championship, when his rating reached 2500, the title confirmed by FIDE in 2009.[2][3] At the 2008 World U18 championship, Ter-Sahakyan scored 8 points of 11to finish fourth on tiebreak.[4] He won the 2011 World U18 Chess Championship.[5]
He was second in the 2011 Armenian Chess Championship, behind Robert Hovhannisyan. In 2012, he finished 3rd in the 74th Armenian championship with a score of 6/10 (+3 -1 = 6).[6]
In 2015, Ter-Sahakyan won the Students section of the Moscow Open with 6/9, half a point ahead of Daniil Dubov and finished third on tiebreak with 7/9 at the Karen Asrian Memorial.[7][8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan European Champion". news.am. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "World's Youngest To Attain Chess Grandmaster Status". chessaccount. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "FIDE Title Applications". FIDE. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "News October, 2008". Chess in Armenia Magazine.
- ^ "Lori Governor receives world chess champion Samvel Ter-Sahakyan". ArmenPress. 8 December 2011.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 898". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Moscow Open 2015 The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan: I Take the Victory in the Moscow Open To Be a Great Success". open2015.moscowchess.org. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1077". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
External links[edit]
- Samvel Ter-Sahakyan rating card at FIDE
