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Tigran Kotanjian
T Kotanjian 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 325
Years covered: 1998 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2453 (2461 rapid, 2400 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2580
Overall record: +137 -105 =82 (54.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (38) 
    E32 E34 E38 E39 E51
 Slav (17) 
    D17 D11 D14 D10 D15
 Queen's Gambit Declined (14) 
    D37 D31 D35 D06 D38
 King's Indian (13) 
    E94 E97 E91
 Semi-Slav (13) 
    D44 D43 D45 D47
 Grunfeld (12) 
    D85 D70 D86 D87 D76
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (74) 
    B31 B90 B51 B80 B67
 Slav (17) 
    D11 D10 D12 D15 D18
 Sicilian Najdorf (15) 
    B90 B96 B97 B92 B94
 Semi-Slav (14) 
    D44 D45 D49 D48 D43
 Queen's Gambit Declined (12) 
    D37 D30 D31 D39
 Sicilian Scheveningen (9) 
    B80 B81 B84 B85
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Chibukhchian vs T Kotanjian, 2007 0-1
   D Karatorossian vs T Kotanjian, 2007 0-1
   D Kalashian vs T Kotanjian, 2006 0-1
   S Volkov vs T Kotanjian, 2011 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   4th Karen Asrian Memorial (2011)
   Armenian Championship (2007)
   66th Armenian Championship (2006)
   Armenian Championship (2008)
   Acropolis Tournament (2006)
   Dubai Open (2008)
   Armenian Championship (2005)
   13th Dubai Open (2011)
   Aeroflot Open (2008)
   Batumi Open (2001)
   European Championship (2006)
   European Championship (2007)
   Aeroflot Open-B (2005)
   European Championship (2014)
   European Championship (2009)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Asrian Memorial
   T L Petrosian vs T Kotanjian (Jun-19-19) 1-0
   T Kotanjian vs Martirosyan (Jun-18-19) 1/2-1/2
   T Kotanjian vs H Yeritsyan (Jun-17-19) 1-0
   M Gharibyan vs T Kotanjian (Jun-16-19) 1-0
   A M Sargsyan vs T Kotanjian (Jun-15-19) 0-1

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TIGRAN KOTANJIAN
(born Sep-01-1981, 43 years old) Armenia

[what is this?]
Grandmaster and Armenian Chess Champion 2014.

Wikipedia article: Tigran Kotanjian


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 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 329  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Kotanjian vs J P Ernst  1-0401998EU-ch U18A28 English
2. T Kotanjian vs Landa 1-0331999Anibal OpenA27 English, Three Knights System
3. S Soloveychik vs T Kotanjian  0-1171999World Championship U18B22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. T Kotanjian vs Potkin  ½-½291999World Championship U18A14 English
5. D Poliakov vs T Kotanjian  0-1141999World Championship U18D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
6. T Kotanjian vs A Bokros  0-1381999World Championship U18A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
7. L Bruzon Batista vs T Kotanjian  1-0201999World Championship U18B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. T Kotanjian vs I Krush  ½-½311999World Championship U18A07 King's Indian Attack
9. T Kotanjian vs Turov  0-1392000Chigorin mem opD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
10. T Kotanjian vs Tseitlin  1-0542000Chigorin mem opA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
11. T Kotanjian vs D Yevseev  0-1332000Chigorin MemorialA21 English
12. T Kotanjian vs S Ivanov 0-1392000Chigorin MemorialD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. V Malaniuk vs T Kotanjian  0-1402001RUS-CupD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. K Pourhasan vs T Kotanjian  0-1382001FajrD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. M Kantaria vs T Kotanjian  0-1302001Batumi OpenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. T Kotanjian vs M Sulashvili  0-1322001Batumi OpenD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. V Melnikov vs T Kotanjian  0-1752001Batumi OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
18. T Kotanjian vs L Gogochuri  1-0712001Batumi OpenE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
19. Mamedyarov vs T Kotanjian  1-0422001Batumi OpenD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. T Kotanjian vs T Gharamian  0-1392001Batumi OpenA04 Reti Opening
21. P Ismayilova vs T Kotanjian  0-1512001Batumi OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. T Kotanjian vs H V Vardanian  ½-½462001Batumi OpenA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
23. T A Petrosian vs T Kotanjian  1-0272001Batumi OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
24. T Kotanjian vs A Obukhov  1-0582002St Petersburg White Nights op1E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
25. Gleizerov vs T Kotanjian  0-1292002Voronezh op 6thD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 329  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-25-08  whiteshark: Widely unknown No.2 in chessgames.com list of living players <which most often make winning sacrifices>!!
Jun-25-08  zoat22: Second comment! Impressive... perhaps my best...
Jun-25-08  whiteshark: Keep on practising, <zoat22>! :D
Jun-25-08  zoat22: <whiteshark> Exactly! It takes lots of practice to write the first comment on a page...
Jun-25-08  whiteshark: <zoat22> Here you are: Wang Yaoyao around ma brain
Jun-25-08  whiteshark: Well, now you are late again, as usual. :( :D
Jun-25-08  zoat22: <Whiteshark> lol
Jan-21-09  arsen387: <No.2 in chessgames.com list of living players <which most often make winning sacrifices>!!> wow, that's impressive. and currently he is doing very well in Armenian Championship, with 6 points out of 8 games and is the current leader.
Jan-26-09  arsen387: <currently he is doing very well in Armenian Championship, with 6 points out of 8 games and is the current leader.> He and Arman Pashikian scored 8.5/13 and on tiebreaks Pashikian won the 69th Armenian Championship
May-06-09  Vasilyev90: CONGRATULATIONS to GM Tigran Kotanjian the winner of Dubai Chess Open 2009!!! Here's the link:
http://reports.chessdom.com/news-20...
May-07-09  Vakus: Tigran, great job. Keep workin'
Sep-01-10  wordfunph: On his birthday yesterday, GM Kontanjian (2551) lost a game against Filipino Emmanuel Senador (2393) in Campomanes Cup..

http://chess-results.com/tnr37569.a...

sad birthday..

Feb-18-11  Don Cossacks: Winner of Aeroflot open B 2011.
Jan-25-14  Karpova: Tigran Kotanjian won the 74th Armenian Chess Championship, Erevan 2014, on tie-breaks ahead of Hovhannissyan - both had 6.5/9. Kotanjian scored +4 -0 =5, Hovhannissyan +5 -1 =3 (his only loss was to Kotanjian).

Source: http://de.chessbase.com/post/armeni...

Sep-01-14  greed and death: Happy cake day, Mr. Kotanjian! :D
Sep-01-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday to GM Tigran Kotanjian.

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