| Arman Pashikian | |
|---|---|
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| Full name | Արման Փաշիկյան |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 37) Irkutsk, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2007) |
| FIDE rating | 2594 (January 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2663 (September 2009) |
| Peak ranking | No. 70 (September 2009) |
Arman Pashikian (Armenian: Արման Փաշիկյան; born 28 July 1987, Irkutsk, Russia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 (under-12) and in 2001 (under-14). He also took the fourth place in the European Youth Chess Championship. In 2003 Pashikian shared the first two places in the Armenian Chess Championship and in 2009 and 2019 won the title. In 2005 he received the gold medal of the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship.
Pashikian played for Armenia in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011 but was eliminated in the first round by Radosław Wojtaszek.
In February 2012 he came first in the 2nd Ferdowsi Open in Mashhad.
He is married to WGM Maria Kursova.
References
- Alekseev, Aleksandr (2011-12-07). "Мечта" для Марии Курсовой (in Russian). nworker.ru. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- Armenian chess players in European Championship
- "European Youth Championships". Theweekinchess.com. 1999-09-17. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- "All Champions of Armenia". Armchess.am. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- Armenian Chess Academy Archived January 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- "Team-Composition for federation ARM - Open". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- "2nd Ferdowsi International Chess Open Tournament February 10–20, 2012 Mashhad – Iran". Chess-Results.com. 2012-02-19. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- Nadanian, Ashot (2011-08-02). "Lake Sevan 2011 - Jobava wins volcanic event". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
External links
- Arman Pashikian player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Grandmaster Games Database - Arman Pashikian
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