Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenian: Սամվել Տեր-Սահակյան; born 19 September 1993) is an Armenian chess grandmaster.

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
Karlsruhe 2019
CountryArmenia
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993
Vanadzor, Armenia
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2618 (October 2023)
Peak rating2645 (April 2021)

Career

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
  1. "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan European Champion". news.am. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. "World's Youngest To Attain Chess Grandmaster Status". chessaccount. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. "FIDE Title Applications". FIDE. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. "News October, 2008". Chess in Armenia Magazine.
  5. "Lori Governor receives world chess champion Samvel Ter-Sahakyan". ArmenPress. 8 December 2011.
  6. "The Week in Chess 898". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. "Moscow Open 2015 The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  8. "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan: I Take the Victory in the Moscow Open To Be a Great Success". open2015.moscowchess.org. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  9. "The Week in Chess 1077". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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