Armenia’s chess champion is leading player of Barcelona’s tournament

YEREVAN, JULY 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenian leading chess player Karen Grigoryan continues successful performances in the international chess tournament going on in Barcelona. As Armenpress reports, Armenia’s Chess Federation informed this. After the four rounds Karen Grigoryan tops the list of best players. He has gained 4 points so far.

Karen Grigoryan, born 25 February 1995, 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 Elo rating 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.