Tigran Nalbandian

Tigran Nalbandian
Տիգրան Նալբանդյան
Nalbandian in 2010
Country
  • Soviet Union (until 1991)
  • Armenia (from 1991)
Born(1975-06-05)5 June 1975
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Died28 June 2025(2025-06-28) (aged 50)
Yerevan, Armenia
TitleGrandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating2466 (July 2025)
Peak rating2527 (October 2005)

Tigran Nalbandian (Armenian: Տիգրան Նալբանդյան; 5 June 1975 – 28 June 2025) was an Armenian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Nalbandian was a graduate of the Henrik Kasparian chess school, alongside other Armenian grandmasters Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, and Hrant Melkumyan.[1] He 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 the head of a new chess school that opened in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Yerevan.[6]

Personal life and death

Nalbandian was born on 5 June 1975 in Yerevan, in what was then the Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union. He died from a heart attack in Yerevan, on 28 June 2025, at the age of 50.[7] A memorial service was held at Saint John the Baptist Church on 29 June.[8]

References

  1. ^ Polgar, Susan (25 December 2010). "Mkrtchian, Petrosian win Kasparian tournament". Archived from the original on 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Chess Informant 120 Maracana with Morozevich". 26 June 2014.
  3. ^ "ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS WON FIRST PLACE AT WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD AWARDED MOVSES KHORENATSI MEDAL". 7 June 2006.
  4. ^ "Chess: Tigran Nalbandian wins Dortmund open". 27 July 2010.
  5. ^ "GM Tigran Nalbandian wins tournament in Dortmund". 27 July 2010.
  6. ^ "The Children of the Nuclear Power Workers Took Part in the Chess Tournament". 13 September 2019.
  7. ^ Schulz, André (30 June 2025). "Tigran Nalbandian (1975–2025)". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Tigran Nalbandian has passed away". Chess Federation of Armenia. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025.
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