David Paravyan

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Arturovich and the family name is Paravyan.

David Arturovich Paravyan (Russian: Давид Артурович Паравян; born 8 March 1998) is a Russian chess player of Armenian descent, who was awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE in 2017.^[1]

David Paravyan
Paravyan in 2020
Full name	David Arturovich Paravyan
Country	Russia (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023)
Born	8 March 1998 (1998-03-08) (age 27) Moscow, Russia
Title	Grandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating	2596 (April 2025)
Peak rating	2660 (September 2021)
Peak ranking	No. 78 (September 2021)

Chess career

Born in Moscow,^[2] Paravyan received the international master title in 2013^[3] and the grandmaster title in 2017.^[1]

In February 2018, Paravyan participated in the Aeroflot Open tournament. He finished eleventh out of 92, scoring 5½ points from 9 games (+4–2=3).^[4] The following year, Paravyan competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019, held on the Isle of Man from 10 to 21 October. He finished tenth with a score of 7/11 (+4–1=6) for a performance rating of 2774.^[5] He won the Gibraltar Masters open tournament in January 2020. After tying for first on a score of 7½/10 (+5–0=5), Paravyan won a four-way playoff to take the title. He defeated Wang Hao in the finals.^[6] Paravyan qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.^[7]