Sergei Movsesian

Sergei Movsesian
Country
Born (1978-11-03) 3 November 1978 (age 45)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1997)
FIDE rating2616 (September 2024)
Peak rating2751 (January 2009)
Peak rankingNo. 10 (January 2009)

Sergei Musheghi Movsesian (Armenian: Սերգեյ Մուշեղի Մովսիսյան; born 3 November 1978) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 2011 World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo.[4]

Movsesian played for the Czech Republic for most of his career.[5][6] Later he represented Slovakia, which offered him citizenship. On December 30, 2010 Movsesian started to represent his ancestral country of Armenia.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Movsesian, Sergei". OlimpBase.
  2. ^ "Transfers in 2002". FIDE.
  3. ^ "Transfers in 2010". FIDE.
  4. ^ "World Team Ch. – Armenia gold, China silver, Ukraine bronze". ChessBase.com. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Chess News - Navara beats Movsisian in CEZ Chess Trophy 2011". ChessBase.com. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  6. ^ "2002 in Review - International Events". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  7. ^ Player transfers in 2010. FIDE.
  8. ^ "53rd Torneo di Capodanno in Reggio Emilia - Round Three". Chessdom. Archived from the original on 21 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.