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GMShant Sargsyan

ARM Born 2002 (Age ≈24) Male
FIDE ID
13306766

About Shant Sargsyan

Shant Sargsyan was born in Yerevan in 2002. He won the world under-16 championship in Porto Carras in 2018 with nine points from eleven games. His first two grandmaster norms came that year at the Armenian championship and European Individual Championship. Show more

Shant Sargsyan was born in Yerevan in 2002. He won the world under-16 championship in Porto Carras in 2018 with nine points from eleven games. His first two grandmaster norms came that year at the Armenian championship and European Individual Championship. He completed the final norm at the 2019 Aeroflot Open in Moscow, and FIDE awarded the title in June. That August he won Armenia's Group One championship with eleven points from thirteen games. He then earned silver medals at both the World Youth Championship in Mumbai and World Junior Championship in New Delhi. At the end of 2019 he shared first place at the Groningen Festival, finishing second on tiebreak.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2648.2 +0.2

Live estimate

Rapid

2622

Published FIDE

Blitz

2578

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#71
National rank · ARM
#2

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2669 Jun 2025
Recorded years
2012–2026
Archived games
1259

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

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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
1251 2014-03-12 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 9.78 Shant Sargsyan Ara Minasian Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
1252 2014-03-11 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 8.58 Karen H. Grigoryan Shant Sargsyan Lost: 1-0 63 Open
1253 2014-03-10 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 7.78 Shant Sargsyan Elina Danielian Won: 1-0 52 Open
1254 2014-03-08 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 6.99 Nathan Birnboim Shant Sargsyan Won: 0-1 25 Open
1255 2014-03-07 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 5.8 Shant Sargsyan Artur Chibukhchian Lost: 0-1 36 Open
1256 2014-03-06 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 4.82 Vilka Sipila Shant Sargsyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
1257 2014-03-05 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 3.107 Shant Sargsyan Blasius Nuber Won: 1-0 35 Open
1258 2014-03-04 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 2.8 Tomas Oral Shant Sargsyan Lost: 1-0 56 Open
1259 2014-03-03 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 Yerevan ARM 1.113 Shant Sargsyan Grigoriy Oparin Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
  1. vs Ara MinasianDraw · ½–½White · 2014-03-12 · Round 9.7815th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  2. vs Karen H. GrigoryanLost · 1-0Black · 2014-03-11 · Round 8.5815th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  3. vs Elina DanielianWon · 1-0White · 2014-03-10 · Round 7.7815th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  4. vs Nathan BirnboimWon · 0-1Black · 2014-03-08 · Round 6.9915th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  5. vs Artur ChibukhchianLost · 0-1White · 2014-03-07 · Round 5.815th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  6. vs Vilka SipilaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-03-06 · Round 4.8215th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  7. vs Blasius NuberWon · 1-0White · 2014-03-05 · Round 3.10715th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  8. vs Tomas OralLost · 1-0Black · 2014-03-04 · Round 2.815th ch-EUR Indiv 2014
  9. vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½White · 2014-03-03 · Round 1.11315th ch-EUR Indiv 2014

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-28Tsaghkadzor Open 2026 (Blitz)Blitz8
2026-09-1646th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 OpenClassical8

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