GMSamvel Ter-Sahakyan
- FIDE ID
- 13302531
About Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
Samvel Ter-Sahakyan was born in Armenia in 1993 and won the European under-ten title in 2003. He completed his GM requirements in 2008, with FIDE confirming the title in 2009. He also won the European under-eighteen championship in 2009 and the world under-eighteen championship in 2011. Show more
Samvel Ter-Sahakyan was born in Armenia in 1993 and won the European under-ten title in 2003. He completed his GM requirements in 2008, with FIDE confirming the title in 2009. He also won the European under-eighteen championship in 2009 and the world under-eighteen championship in 2011. His senior national titles came in 2020 and 2023. He helped Armenia win silver at the 2022 Olympiad and bronze at the 2023 European Team Championship. His club and individual successes included the 2015 Moscow Open student section and the Armenian Eagles' 2018 Pro Chess League championship.
FIDE ratings
Rapid
2553Published FIDE
Blitz
2553Published FIDE
Official classical ranks
- World rank
- #132
- National rank · ARM
- #6
Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ
Rating milestones
- Highest recorded rating
- 2650 May 2024
- Recorded years
- 2004–2026
- Archived games
- 1206
Based on available monthly lists and saved games.
Rating history
FIDE rating history
Published rating lists through Nov 2026.
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Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2023-03-09 | 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 | Vrnjacka Banja SRB | 7.33 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Ahmad Ahmadzada | Lost: 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 302 | 2023-03-08 | 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 | Vrnjacka Banja SRB | 6.32 | Evgeny Zanan | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 24 | Open |
| 303 | 2023-03-07 | 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 | Vrnjacka Banja SRB | 5.3 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Cem Kaan Gokerkan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 304 | 2023-03-06 | 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 | Vrnjacka Banja SRB | 4.25 | Daniel Howard Fernandez | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 305 | 2023-03-05 | 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 | Vrnjacka Banja SRB | 3.41 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Quentin Loiseau | Won: 1-0 | 93 | Open |
| 306 | 2023-03-04 | 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 | Vrnjacka Banja SRB | 2.105 | Andrei Skvortsov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 307 | 2023-03-03 | 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 | Vrnjacka Banja SRB | 1.38 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Yotam Shohat | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 91 | Open |
| 308 | 2023-01-21 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 9.3 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Robert Hovhannisyan | Won: 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 309 | 2023-01-20 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 8.1 | Sargis Vach. Sargsyan | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 310 | 2023-01-19 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 7.3 | Aram Hakobyan | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 311 | 2023-01-18 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 6.4 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Mamikon Gharibyan | Won: 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 312 | 2023-01-17 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 5.3 | Manuel Petrosyan | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 9 | Open |
| 313 | 2023-01-16 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 4.5 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Armen Ar. Barseghyan | Won: 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 314 | 2023-01-15 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 3.1 | Zaven Andriasian | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 315 | 2023-01-14 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 2.1 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Tigran K. Harutyunyan | Won: 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 316 | 2023-01-13 | 83rd ch-ARM HL 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 1.2 | Tigran L. Petrosian | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Lost: 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 317 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 21.4 | Dambasuren Batsuren | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 318 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 20.47 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Bobby Cheng | Won: 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 319 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 19.47 | Manuel Petrosyan | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 5 | Open |
| 320 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 18.4 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Alvar Alonso Rosell | Lost: 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 321 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 17.47 | Mustafa Yilmaz | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 322 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 16.4 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Kazybek Nogerbek | Lost: 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 323 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 15.46 | Bardiya Daneshvar | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 20 | Open |
| 324 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 14.57 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Aldiyar Ansat | Won: 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 325 | 2022-12-30 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 13.65 | Abhimanyu Puranik | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 326 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 9.5 | Sebastien Maze | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 327 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 8.49 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Vuk Damjanovic | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 61 | Open |
| 328 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 7.51 | Zhandos Agmanov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Open |
| 329 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 6.26 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | A.R. Saleh Salem | Lost: 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 330 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 5.5 | Mamikon Gharibyan | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 331 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 4.51 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Arystan Isanzhulov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 332 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 3.23 | Rauf Mamedov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Lost: 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 333 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 2.1 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Dmitry Andreikin | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 78 | Open |
| 334 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 12.6 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Jingyao Tin | Lost: 0-1 | 71 | Open |
| 335 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 11.5 | Arseniy Nesterov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Lost: 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 336 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 10.48 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Narayanan S L | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 337 | 2022-12-29 | World Blitz 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 1.71 | Semetei Tologon tegin | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 338 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 13.34 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Matthias Bluebaum | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 339 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 12.32 | Ivan Cheparinov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Open |
| 340 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 11.29 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Pentala Harikrishna | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 341 | 2022-12-28 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 10.3 | David Anton Guijarro | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 342 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 9.3 | Zaven Andriasian | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 10 | Open |
| 343 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 8.26 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Richard Rapport | Lost: 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 344 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 7.23 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Alexander Donchenko | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 345 | 2022-12-27 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 6.18 | Aleksandr Shimanov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 346 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 5.14 | Parham Maghsoodloo | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 347 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 4.26 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Tigran L. Petrosian | Won: 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 348 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 3.59 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Egor Korelskiy | Won: 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 349 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 2.66 | Endrit Uruci | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Won: 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 350 | 2022-12-26 | World Rapid 2022 | Almaty KAZ | 1.1 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Magnus Carlsen | Lost: 0-1 | 42 | Open |
- vs Ahmad AhmadzadaLost · 0-1White · 2023-03-09 · Round 7.3323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
- vs Evgeny ZananDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-08 · Round 6.3223rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
- vs Cem Kaan GokerkanDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-07 · Round 5.323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
- vs Daniel Howard FernandezDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-06 · Round 4.2523rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
- vs Quentin LoiseauWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-05 · Round 3.4123rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
- vs Andrei SkvortsovWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-04 · Round 2.10523rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
- vs Yotam ShohatDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-03 · Round 1.3823rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
- vs Robert HovhannisyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-21 · Round 9.383rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Sargis Vach. SargsyanWon · 0-1Black · 2023-01-20 · Round 8.183rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Aram HakobyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-01-19 · Round 7.383rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Mamikon GharibyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-18 · Round 6.483rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Manuel PetrosyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 5.383rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Armen Ar. BarseghyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-16 · Round 4.583rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Zaven AndriasianDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-01-15 · Round 3.183rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Tigran K. HarutyunyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-14 · Round 2.183rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Tigran L. PetrosianLost · 1-0Black · 2023-01-13 · Round 1.283rd ch-ARM HL 2023
- vs Dambasuren BatsurenWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 21.4World Blitz 2022
- vs Bobby ChengWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-30 · Round 20.47World Blitz 2022
- vs Manuel PetrosyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 19.47World Blitz 2022
- vs Alvar Alonso RosellLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-30 · Round 18.4World Blitz 2022
- vs Mustafa YilmazWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 17.47World Blitz 2022
- vs Kazybek NogerbekLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-30 · Round 16.4World Blitz 2022
- vs Bardiya DaneshvarWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 15.46World Blitz 2022
- vs Aldiyar AnsatWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-30 · Round 14.57World Blitz 2022
- vs Abhimanyu PuranikWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 13.65World Blitz 2022
- vs Sebastien MazeDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-29 · Round 9.5World Blitz 2022
- vs Vuk DamjanovicDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-29 · Round 8.49World Blitz 2022
- vs Zhandos AgmanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-29 · Round 7.51World Blitz 2022
- vs A.R. Saleh SalemLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-29 · Round 6.26World Blitz 2022
- vs Mamikon GharibyanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-29 · Round 5.5World Blitz 2022
- vs Arystan IsanzhulovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-29 · Round 4.51World Blitz 2022
- vs Rauf MamedovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-12-29 · Round 3.23World Blitz 2022
- vs Dmitry AndreikinDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-29 · Round 2.1World Blitz 2022
- vs Jingyao TinLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-29 · Round 12.6World Blitz 2022
- vs Arseniy NesterovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-12-29 · Round 11.5World Blitz 2022
- vs Narayanan S LDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-29 · Round 10.48World Blitz 2022
- vs Semetei Tologon teginWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-29 · Round 1.71World Blitz 2022
- vs Matthias BluebaumDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-28 · Round 13.34World Rapid 2022
- vs Ivan CheparinovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-28 · Round 12.32World Rapid 2022
- vs Pentala HarikrishnaDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-28 · Round 11.29World Rapid 2022
- vs David Anton GuijarroDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-28 · Round 10.3World Rapid 2022
- vs Zaven AndriasianDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-27 · Round 9.3World Rapid 2022
- vs Richard RapportLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-27 · Round 8.26World Rapid 2022
- vs Alexander DonchenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-27 · Round 7.23World Rapid 2022
- vs Aleksandr ShimanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-27 · Round 6.18World Rapid 2022
- vs Parham MaghsoodlooDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-26 · Round 5.14World Rapid 2022
- vs Tigran L. PetrosianWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-26 · Round 4.26World Rapid 2022
- vs Egor KorelskiyWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-26 · Round 3.59World Rapid 2022
- vs Endrit UruciWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-26 · Round 2.66World Rapid 2022
- vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-26 · Round 1.1World Rapid 2022
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | 1. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026 | Classical | 1½ |