GMSergei Movsesian

Sergei Movsesian was born in Tbilisi in 1978 and moved to the Czech Republic in 1994. He became a grandmaster in 1997. The following year, he won the Czech championship. His international career subsequently included representing Slovakia, where he won national titles in 2002 and 2007, before returning to Armenia's team. In 1999, he reached the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Championship in Las Vegas.

Movsesian became European blitz champion in 2002. His tournament victories include Sarajevo in 2002 and 2007, the 2007 Chigorin Memorial and the 2008 Corus B group at Wijk aan Zee. He won European individual silver in 2008 after playoffs. In January 2009, he reached the world's top ten. With Armenia, he won the 2011 World Team Championship and took bronze in the 2015 edition. He also coauthored a book about the Czech Open in Pardubice. He is married to woman grandmaster Julia Movsesian.