Tigran Kotanjian (; born September 1, 1981) is an Armenian

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grandmaster."The chess games of Tigran Kotanjian"
Chessgames.com He was Armenian Chess Champion in 2014.

Career

Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009 and Karen Asrian Memorial in 2010. In 2011, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Kirill Stupak in the 4th

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Open tournament. In the same year he won the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk. He won the 74th Armenian Chess Championship in 2014. He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006."FIDE Chess Profile: 13300059: Tigran Kotanjian"

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, he is the No. 22 ranked Armenian player."Federations Ranking – Armenia"

References

External links

Grandmaster Games Database - Tigran Kotanjian
1981 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Armenian chess players {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub