Hrant Slavayi Melkumyan (Armenian: Հրանտ Սլավայի Մելքումյան; born April 30, 1989, in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and European Blitz Champion in 2011.
| Hrant Melkumyan | |
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 Hrant Melkumyan, 2011 | |
| Full name | Հրանտ Մելքումյան |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | April 30, 1989 Yerevan, Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2640 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2678 (September 2014) |
| Peak ranking | No. 61 (September 2014) |
Chess career edit
He won the international Internet championship organized by the ICC chess Internet portal. In 2006, he won the U18 silver medal at the World Youth Chess Championship.[1] In 2009, he tied for 1st–5th with Sergey Volkov, Andrey Rychagov, Andrei Deviatkin, and Zhou Weiqi in the Chigorin Memorial.[2] In 2010, tied for 1st–8th with Sergey Volkov, Viorel Iordăchescu, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gadir Guseinov, David Arutinian, Aleksej Aleksandrov, and Tornike Sanikidze in the 12th Dubai Open.[3] In 2011, he tied for 2nd–4th with Borki Predojević and Mircea Pârligras in 41st International Bosna Tournament in Sarajevo;[4] tied for 1st–2nd with Baadur Jobava in the Lake Sevan tournament in Martuni and finished second on tie-break;[5] tied for 3rd–15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.[6] In December 2011 Melkumyan tied for 1st–3rd with Alexey Dreev and Radosław Wojtaszek in the European Blitz Chess Championship and won the event on tie-break.[7] In January 2012 he won the 2nd Armenian Chess960 Championship[8] and in February 2012 tied for 4th–8th with Alexander Khalifman, Maxim Rodshtein, Fabiano Caruana, and Dmitry Andreikin in the 11th Aeroflot Open.[9] In 2013 he tied for 1st–8th with Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Romanov, Alexander G Beliavsky, Constantin Lupulescu, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Sergei Movsesian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexey Dreev, and Evgeny Alekseev in the European Individual Chess Championship.[10] On February 21, 2014, Melkumyan won the Casino Graz International held in Graz, Austria.[11] In June 2014, he won International Chess Tournament Teplice Open in Czech Republic.[12] On July 12, 2014, Melkumyan won the XXXIV Open International Villa de Benasque held in Benasque, Spain.[13] In August 2014, he won the Riga Technical University Open with a score of 7,5/9. In 2017, he shared 1st–3rd places with Gabriel Sargissian and Sebastien Maze in 9th CSC London Chess Classic FIDE Open.[14]
His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "Pchyolka".[15] and he currently resides in Canberra, Australia.
References edit
- ^ "Official homepage of the 2006 WYCC". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "M.Chigorin Memorial 2009". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Tournament report July 2010: 12th Dubai Open 2010". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "41st International Tournament Bosna 2011". Chess-Results.com. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Nadanian, Ashot (2011-08-02). "Lake Sevan 2011 - Jobava wins volcanic event". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "15th Corsican Circuit – final Anand vs Mamedyarov on Monday". ChessBase. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "GM Hrant Melkumyan is 2011 European Blitz Champion". Chessdom. 2011-12-17. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "Hrant Melkumyan becomes Armenia's Chess 960 champion of 2012". PanArmenian.net. 2012-01-28. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Aeroflot Open – Mateusz Bartel comes out on top". ChessBase.com. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2013-05-16). "14th European Individual Championships 2013". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Casino Graz International Won by Melkumyan". ChessBase. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "GM Hrant Melkumyan convincing in Teplice". Chessdom. Retrieved 23 Jun 2014.
- ^ "Benasque: venció Melkumyan". ChessBase. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "9th CSC London Chess Classic". Chess-Results.com. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Pchyolka". Internet Chess Club. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
External links edit
- Hrant Melkumyan rating card at FIDE
- Hrant Melkumyan player profile at Chess.com
- Hrant Melkumyan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Hrant Melkumyan on Twitter
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