Stefan Pogosyan (; born 17 February 2004) is a Russian
chess
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International Master
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who represents
Armenia
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.
Biography
Stefan Pogosyan is Moscow chess school "Orient" student. In 2015, he won the Moscow Youth Chess Championship in the U13 age group. In 2016, Stefan Pogosyan won the silver medal in Russia Youth Chess Championship in the U13 age group, but in 2017, he won bronze in Russia Youth Chess Championship in the U15 age group.
Stefan Pogosyan represented Russia at the
European Youth Chess Championship
The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. History
The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007.
Until 2002 t ...
s
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad 2018and
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. History
Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015 (OR 2016), the event has been s ...
s in different age groups, where he won gold medal in 2018 in
Riga
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at the
European Youth Chess Championship
The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. History
The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007.
Until 2002 t ...
in the U14 age group, silver medal in individual category on the 3-rd board at the World Youth Chess Olympiad in Konya and bronze medal in 2019 in
Bratislava
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at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 age group. In 2018, he won chess festival "
Riga Technical University Open
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Abstract
The Riga Technical University Open ...
" blitz tournament "F Midweek blitz". In October 2019, he won silver medal in World Youth Chess Championship in O16 age group.
In 2018, Stefan Pogosyan received the FIDE title of International Master.
References
External links
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Stefan Pogosyanchess games at 365Chess.com
2004 births
Living people
Chess players from Moscow
Russian chess players
Chess International Masters
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