David Paravyan Explained

David Paravyan
Birth Name:David Arturovich Paravyan
Country:Russia (until 2023)
FIDE (since 2023)
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Grandmaster (2017)
Peakrating:2660 (September 2021)
Peakranking:No. 78 (September 2021)
Fideid:4194985

David Arturovich Paravyan (Russian: link=no|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.

Chess career

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

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 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=4194985&title=GM&pb=50 Title Applications. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey
  2. https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7488-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-84th-fide-congress-in-tallinn-estonia.html "List of titles approved by the 84th FIDE Congress in Tallinn, Estonia"
  3. https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10450-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-executive-board-in-antalya-turkey.html "List of titles approved by the Executive Board in Antalya, Turkey"
  4. Web site: 28 February 2018 . Vladislav Kovalev wins Aeroflot Open 2018 . live . Chessdom. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303192040/http://www.chessdom.com:80/vladislav-kovalev-wins-aeroflot-2018/ . 3 March 2018 .
  5. Web site: McGourty . Colin . 22 October 2019 . Wang Hao wins it all! 9 Grand Swiss conclusions . live . 2021-02-26 . chess24.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20191022173135/https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wang-hao-wins-it-all-9-grand-swiss-conclusions . 22 October 2019 .
  6. https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar-chess-festival-2020-live-2 "Gibraltar Chess Festival 2020: Paravyan wins in a playoff!"
  7. Web site: David Paravyan Top Chess Players . 2023-07-24 . Chess.com . en-US.