GMElina Danielian

Elina Danielian was born in Baku in 1978 and went on to become a leading member of Armenia's women's team. She won the world under-14 girls' championship in 1992 and the under-16 title in 1993. Her first Armenian women's championship came in 1993. She eventually won six national titles, with the last of those in 2004. She became a woman grandmaster in 1994 and earned the unrestricted grandmaster title in 2010.

Danielian won the European women's rapid championship in 2001. She helped Armenia take team gold at the 2003 European Women's Team Championship. Her Olympiad career included twelve appearances for Armenia between 1992 and 2014. In 2011, she shared first at the Doha Women's Grand Prix and won European individual bronze. A decade later, she became European Women's Champion. She has also competed in online speed chess, defeating reigning World Blitz Champion Kateryna Lagno in a close 2019 match decided in the final bullet game.