Shant Sargsyan (born 27 January 2002) is an

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player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by

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in 2019.

Career

He won the U16 section in the 2018

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. He came second in the

2019 in Mumbai, as well as the

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2019 in New Delhi.

Main results

In October 2018, Shant won the World Youth Chess Championship under-16 years old in Porto Carras, scoring 9 out of 11 possible points. He completed the first Grandmaster norm in January 2018 at the 79th Armenian Championship of the first group held in Yerevan (5½ points out of 10), the second norm in the European Individual Championship held in Batumi in March 2018 (6 points out of 11), and the third norm in the "Aeroflot Open" tournament held in Moscow in February 2019 (4½ points out of 9). In June 2019, FIDE officially awarded him the title of Grandmaster. Other significant results: In August 2019, Shant won the 80th Armenian Group 1 Championship held in Yerevan with 11 points out of 13 possible. In December 2019, he shared the 1st-3rd places at the Groningen Festival (7 out of 9, 2nd place with additional indicators, losing to Dutchman

Liam Vrolijk Liam Vrolijk is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Chess career In December 2018, Vrolijk tied for first place with GM Ottomar Ladva in the Groningen Chess Festival. Vrolijk lost the championship to Ladva on tiebreaks, though defeated GM Roeland Pruijss ...

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* * * * 2002 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Armenian chess players Chess players from Yerevan World Youth Chess Champions {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub