Kirk Ghazarian

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Kirk Ghazarian
Personal information
Born2006 (age 18–19)
Irvine, California
Chess career
CountryUnited States
Title Grandmaster (2024)
FIDE   rating 2513 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2520 (November 2025)

Kirk Vagho Ghazarian is an American chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In June 2020, he finished second at the Pan-Armenian Chess Tournament. [1]

In January 2023, he was named to the All-America Chess Team. [2]

In February 2023, he finished tied for second place at the Rochefort Chess Festival Masters 2023, and secured the runner-up position ahead of Harsha Bharathakoti, Momchil Nikolov, and Peio Duboue due to better tiebreaks. [3]

He qualified to play at the Chess World Cup 2023, but was unable to attend the event and was replaced by Gianmarco Leiva. [4]

In January 2024, he earned his final GM norm by defeating Miklos Galyas at the NYC Chess Norms event. [5] He was awarded the Grandmaster title in December 2024, after his rating surpassed 2500.

References

  1. ↑ "First Pan-Armenian Chess Tournament Triumphally Concludes with Online Ceremony". June 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2023 US Chess Federation All-America Chess Team Announced". January 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (February 20, 2023). "Diptayan Ghosh wins 21st Rochefort Chess Festival Masters 2023, Harsha Bharathakoti third".
  4. ↑ Lu, Max (May 31, 2023). "Mr. President, Señor Presidente! Three Americans Qualify for World Cup".
  5. ↑ Lang, JJ (January 19, 2024). "NYC Norms: Ghazarian and Hardaway Lead Quartet of MLK Weekend Norm Earners".
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