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Chess player Mariam Mkrtchyan, a member of Armenia’s women’s national chess team, has been awarded the FIDE Grandmaster title.
Mkrtchyan, 21, is the 2022 Armenian women’s chess champion. She won the U18 World Championship title later that same year and subsequently claimed the U18 European Championship title.
Mkrtchyan was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master title in 2021.
She received the Woman Grandmaster title at the 4th FIDE Council in 2025.