GMAram Hakobyan

Aram Hakobyan was born in Yerevan in 2001 and began chess at six. His early national successes came in Armenia's under-ten, under-twelve, under-fourteen and under-eighteen championships. In 2013 he won the world under-twelve title. He finished that event unbeaten with nine and a half points from eleven games. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2018. The next year he won bronze at the World Junior Championship. His career then included American college chess at Webster University. He studied management while playing for the university's team. In 2023 he added a Titled Tuesday victory to his over-the-board results.