Arman Pashikian

Arman Pashikian
Full nameԱրման Փաշիկյան
CountryArmenia
Born (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 37)
Irkutsk, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2594 (November 2024)
Peak rating2663 (September 2009)
Peak rankingNo. 70 (September 2009)

Arman Pashikian (Armenian: Արման Փաշիկյան; born 28 July 1987, Irkutsk,[1] Russia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.[2] He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 (under-12) and in 2001 (under-14). He also took the fourth place in the European Youth Chess Championship.[3] In 2003 Pashikian shared the first two places in the Armenian Chess Championship and in 2009 and 2019 won the title.[4] In 2005 he received the gold medal of the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship.[5]

Pashikian played for Armenia in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk.[6] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011 but was eliminated in the first round by Radosław Wojtaszek.[7]

In February 2012 he came first in the 2nd Ferdowsi Open in Mashhad.[8]

He is married to WGM Maria Kursova.[9]

  1. ^ Alekseev, Aleksandr (2011-12-07). "Мечта" для Марии Курсовой (in Russian). nworker.ru. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ^ Armenian chess players in European Championship
  3. ^ "European Youth Championships". Theweekinchess.com. 1999-09-17. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. ^ "All Champions of Armenia". Armchess.am. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ Armenian Chess Academy Archived January 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Team-Composition for federation ARM - Open". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  7. ^ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  8. ^ "2nd Ferdowsi International Chess Open Tournament February 10–20, 2012 Mashhad – Iran". Chess-Results.com. 2012-02-19. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  9. ^ Nadanian, Ashot (2011-08-02). "Lake Sevan 2011 - Jobava wins volcanic event". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.