Haik M. Martirosyan
| Haik M. Martirosyan | |
|---|---|
 Haik M. Martirosyan at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tourmament 2023 | |
| Full name | Haik Mikaeli Martirosyan |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | 14 July 2000 Byuravan, Ararat province |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2656 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2708 (November 2023) |
| Ranking | No. 70 (December 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 34 (November 2023) |
Haik Mikaeli Martirosyan (Template:Lang-hy; born 14 July 2000) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017. As of September 2024,[update] he is the highest rated Armenian player.[1]
Career
Martirosyan won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Under 16 category in 2016.[2][3] In 2017 he played for the World team that won the Match of the Millennials in St. Louis, US scoring 4 points from 7 games.[4] In 2018, he won the Armenian Chess Championship[5][6] and played for the Armenian team in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi with a performance rating of 2708.[7] Later in the same year, he also won the Zurich Christmas Open edging out Rasmus Svane, S. L. Narayanan, Dennis Wagner and Andrei Istrățescu.[8] In February 2019, Martirosyan shared first place with Kaido Külaots in the Aeroflot Open, finishing second on tiebreak.[9] Martirosyan entered the Chess World Cup 2021 as the 59th seed. He defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the rapid tiebreaks for round 3, and advanced to round 5 after defeating GM Ante Brkić in round 4. He was eliminated in round five by GM Amin Tabatabaei.
References
- ^ "Martirosyan, Haik M. FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "World Youth Chess Championship 2016 O16". chess-results.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Armenian Teens Become World Chess Champions". Asbarez.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "The World Team wins the Match of the Millennials". FIDE. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ 78th "Armenian Ch. The Highest League". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Hayk Martirosyan, Armenia's Chess Champion". haydzayn.com. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Schulz, André (2 January 2019). "Zurich: Haik Martirosyan tops five-way tie". ChessBase.
- ^ "Kaido Kulaots Wins Main Tournament of Aeroflot Open 2019". Russian Chess Federation. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
External links
- Haik M. Martirosyan rating card at FIDE
- Haik M. Martirosyan player profile at Chess.com
- Haik M. Martirosyan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Haik M Martirosyan chess games at 365Chess.com
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