GM Avetik Grigoryan

Photo: Courtesy of Avetik Grigoryan.

Full name

Avetik Grigoryan

Born

Jan 27, 1989 (age 35)‎

Place of birth

Yerevan, Armenia

Federation

Armenia

Retired

Rating

Bio

Avetik Grigoryan is an Armenian grandmaster and content creator. Grigoryan won the Armenian Youth Championship in 2004, 2006, and 2007. In 2010, he won the Armenian Chess Championship with a 7.5/9 score.

Grigoryan is the founder and CEO of Chessmood, a website that teaches people how to improve at chess. He also creates content for Chessmood's Twitch and YouTube channels.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation (11 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (10 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (10 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (8 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Tarrasch, Guimard, Main Line (12 games)

Benoni Defense: Modern, Fianchetto, Hastings Defense (11 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Triangle System (11 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (10 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Manuel Petrosyan (2613)	1-0	55	2019
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Aman Hambleton (2492)	1-0	67	2019
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Steven Zierk (2517)	0-1	48	2019
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Aram Hakobyan (2550)	½-½	33	2019
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Denis Kadric (2558)	½-½	36	2019
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Ralph Ghnatios (1711)	1-0	28	2016
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Ali El Jawish (2077)	1-0	30	2016
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Riad Said (1758)	1-0	28	2016
Avetik Grigoryan (2568) Yuri Vovk (2595)	½-½	28	2016
Avetik Grigoryan (2580) Hovhannes Gabuzyan (2560)	1-0	55	2015

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