| Tigran Nalbandian | |
|---|---|
 Nalbandian in 2010 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | June 5, 1975 Yerevan, Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2466 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2527 (October 2005) |
Tigran Vaanovic Nalbandian is an Armenian chess grandmaster.
| Tigran Nalbandian | |
|---|---|
| Nalbandian in 2010 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | June 5, 1975 Yerevan, Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2466 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2527 (October 2005) |
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He is a graduate of the Henrik Kasparian chess school, alongside other Armenian grandmasters Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, and Hrant Melkumyan. [1] He has coached grandmaster Robert Aghasaryan, and was also the coach of the Armenian team that won the 37th Chess Olympiad in 2006 and 38th Chess Olympiad in 2008. [2] [3]
In July 2010, he won the Dortmund Open with a score of 7/9. [4] [5]
In September 2019, he became head of a new chess school that opened in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Yerevan. [6]
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