Tigran Kotanjian ( hy, Տիգրան Քոթանջյան; 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 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 becam ...

in 2014.

Career

Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009 and

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Memorial in 2010. In 2011, he tied for 2nd–3rd with

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in the 4th

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Open tournament. In the same year he won the 4th

Memorial in

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. He won the 74th

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 2014. He received his

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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