Haik M. Martirosyan Explained

Haik M. Martirosyan
Birth Name:Haik Mikaeli Martirosyan
Country:Armenia
Birth Date:2000 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Byuravan, Ararat province
Grandmaster (2017)
Peakrating:2708 (November 2023)
Peakranking:No. 34 (November 2023)
Fideid:13306553
Ranking:180

Haik Mikaeli Martirosyan (Armenian: Հայկ Միքայելի Մարտիրոսյան; born 14 July 2000) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017. he is the second-highest rated Armenian player.[1]

Career

Martirosyan won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Under 16 category in 2016.[2] [3] In 2017 he played for the World team that won the Match of the Millennials in St. Louis, US scoring 4 points from 7 games.[4] In 2018, he won the Armenian Chess Championship[5] [6] and played for the Armenian team in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi with a performance rating of 2708.[7] Later in the same year, he also won the Zurich Christmas Open edging out Rasmus Svane, S. L. Narayanan, Dennis Wagner and Andrei Istrățescu.[8] In February 2019, Martirosyan shared first place with Kaido Külaots in the Aeroflot Open, finishing second on tiebreak.[9] Martirosyan entered the Chess World Cup 2021 as the 59th seed. He defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the rapid tiebreaks for round 3, and advanced to round 5 after defeating GM Ante Brkić in round 4. He was eliminated in round five by GM Amin Tabatabaei.

References

  1. Web site: Martirosyan, Haik M. FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers . 2023-01-01 . ratings.fide.com.
  2. Web site: World Youth Chess Championship 2016 O16. chess-results.com. 29 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Armenian Teens Become World Chess Champions. 2016-10-03. Asbarez.com. en-US. 2019-02-27.
  4. Web site: The World Team wins the Match of the Millennials. FIDE. 29 November 2017.
  5. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr325488.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 78th "Armenian Ch. The Highest League"
  6. Web site: Hayk Martirosyan, Armenia's Chess Champion. 23 January 2018. haydzayn.com. 2019-02-27. 28 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228070404/https://haydzayn.com/en/page/Hayk%20Martirosyane,%20shakhmati%20Hayastani%20ch%60empion_40334. dead.
  7. Web site: 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open. chess-results.com. 26 October 2018.
  8. Web site: Zurich: Haik Martirosyan tops five-way tie. André. Schulz. ChessBase. 2 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Kaido Kulaots Wins Main Tournament of Aeroflot Open 2019. 2019-02-27. Russian Chess Federation. 2019-02-27.