Shant Sargsyan

Shant Sargsyan (born 27 January 2002) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019.

Shant Sargsyan
Shant Sargsyan at FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Country	Armenia
Born	27 January 2002 (2002-01-27) (age 22) Yerevan, Armenia
Title	Grandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating	2646 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2661 (July 2022)
Ranking	No. 85 (December 2024)
Peak ranking	No. 70 (October 2024)

Career

He won the U16 section in the 2018 World Youth Chess Championship.^[1]

He came second in the World Youth Chess Championship 2019 in Mumbai, as well as the World Junior Chess Championship 2019 in New Delhi.^[2]

Main results

In October 2018, Shant won the World Youth Chess Championship under-16 years old in Porto Carras, scoring 9 out of 11 possible points.

He completed the first Grandmaster norm in January 2018 at the 79th Armenian Championship of the first group held in Yerevan (5½ points out of 10), the second norm in the European Individual Championship held in Batumi in March 2018 (6 points out of 11), and the third norm in the "Aeroflot Open" tournament held in Moscow in February 2019 (4½ points out of 9).

In June 2019, FIDE officially awarded him the title of Grandmaster.

Other significant results:

In August 2019, Shant won the 80th Armenian Group 1 Championship held in Yerevan with 11 points out of 13 possible.

In December 2019, he shared the 1st-3rd places at the Groningen Festival (7 out of 9, 2nd place with additional indicators, losing to Grandmaster Liam Vrolijk).

References

1. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championships 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
2. "Shant Sargsyan wins 2nd consecutive silver, this time at 2019 World Junior Chess Championship". armenpress.am. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

External links

• Shant Sargsyan rating card at FIDE
• Shant Sargsyan player profile at Chess.com
• Shant Sargsyan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Shant Sargsyan chess games at 365Chess.com