Davit G. Petrosian (; born 20 September 1984) is an

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

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Grandmaster (2009). In 2006 he won the B section of the

Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament organised through the joint efforts of the Chess Federation of Russia and the Russian Ministry of Sport with the sponsorship from the Russian flag carrier, Aeroflot. It is played in Moscow, ho ...

. In 2008 he came first in the Autumn-1

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tournament and in the first league of the

Armenian Chess Championship This is a list of all the winners of the Armenian Chess Championship. The first championship was played in 1934, when Armenia was a part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. Championships were held sporadically in the Armenian SSR until 1945, when they bec ...

. In November 2010, he came third in the Armenian 1st League, which acts as a qualifier to the

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. In January 2012 he came fifth in the

Andranik Margaryan Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan (; 12 June 1951 – 25 March 2007) was an Armenian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 2007. He was a member of the ...

Memorial.

Notable games

Davit Petrosian vs Mateusz Bartel, European Championship 2010, Four Knights (C47), 1-0Davit Petrosian vs Artashes Minasian, European Championship 2010, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12), 1-0

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* 1984 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Armenian chess players Chess players from Yerevan {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub