YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS. Karen Grigoryan, the Chess Champion of Armenia had his 3rd consecutive victory in World Junior U20 Championships.

“Armenpress” informs that Grigoryan defeated Norwegian representative Aryan Tari. Another Armenian champion Sussanna Gaboyan lost this time. After 3 tours Karen is on top of the tournament table, Gaboyan is on the 9th place.

The tournament held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia started on September 2 and will end on September 15.

Karen H. Grigoryan was born on 25 February 1995. He is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. On the November 2013 FIDE list, he was ranked number 211 in the world, number 9 in Armenia and had an Elorating of 2604. He is the Chess Champion of Armenia with 9½/13 (2013).

He became a Chess Grandmaster in May 2013 during the Presidential Board Meeting in Baku. He was the Armenian U14 Champion (2008); European U16 Champion (2010), the winner of the G. Kasparyan Memorial – Young Masters 2010; the 2011 Youth Stars Tournament; the Armenian Championship 2011, the Albena Open (2012), the Open Internacional Escacs Vila de Sitges in July 2013.