GMRafael A Vaganian
- FIDE ID
- 13300016
About Rafael A Vaganian
Rafael Vaganian was born in Armenia in 1951 and became a GM in 1971 after winning at Vrnjačka Banja ahead of Leonid Stein and Ljubomir Ljubojević. His tournament victories included Hastings in 1982-83 and the 1985 Biel Interzonal. He reached the Candidates matches in 1986 and 1988. Show more
Rafael Vaganian was born in Armenia in 1951 and became a GM in 1971 after winning at Vrnjačka Banja ahead of Leonid Stein and Ljubomir Ljubojević. His tournament victories included Hastings in 1982-83 and the 1985 Biel Interzonal. He reached the Candidates matches in 1986 and 1988. In 1989 he won the Soviet championship in Odesa.
Vaganian represented both the Soviet Union and Armenia in international team events. At the 2004 Olympiad he earned third-board gold and helped Armenia win team bronze. His later career included the 2019 World Senior Championship title in the over-sixty-five section and coaching junior players in Armenia. He is married to WIM Irina Vaganian.
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Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-08-08 | 53rd Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 8.11 | Mungunzul,Bat-Erdene | Vaganian,R | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 2 | 2026-08-07 | 53rd Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 7.19 | Bayasgalan,Khishigbaatar | Vaganian,R | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 3 | 2026-03-04 | Aeroflot Open Legends | Moscow RUS | 5.1 | Balashov,Y | Vaganian,R | 1/2-1/2 | 11 | Open |
| 4 | 2026-03-03 | Aeroflot Open Legends | Moscow RUS | 4.2 | Vaganian,R | Vaisser,A | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 5 | 2026-03-01 | Aeroflot Open Legends | Moscow RUS | 2.1 | Torre,E | Vaganian,R | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 6 | 2026-02-28 | Aeroflot Open Legends | Moscow RUS | 1.1 | Vaganian,R | Makarichev,S | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 7 | 2025-08-08 | 52nd Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 7.17 | Bayastan Sydykov | Rafael A Vaganian | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 8 | 2025-08-07 | 52nd Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 6.7 | Rafael A Vaganian | David Gavrilescu | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 9 | 2025-08-06 | 52nd Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 5.17 | Rafael A Vaganian | Sidney Panjer | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 8.1 | Zoltan Ribli | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 9 | Open |
| 11 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 9.4 | Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 12 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 7.4 | Adrian Mikhalchishin | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 14 | Open |
| 13 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 6.2 | Rafael A Vaganian | Ashot Nadanian | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 14 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 5.3 | Hovik Khalikian | Rafael A Vaganian | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 15 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 4.3 | Rafael A Vaganian | Norayr Kalantaryan | 1-0 | 17 | Open |
| 16 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 3.2 | Ulf Andersson | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 17 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 2.4 | Rafael A Vaganian | Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 18 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 14.4 | Rafael A Vaganian | Adrian Mikhalchishin | 1/2-1/2 | 10 | Open |
| 19 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 13.2 | Ashot Nadanian | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 14 | Open |
| 20 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 12.3 | Rafael A Vaganian | Hovik Khalikian | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 21 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 11.3 | Norayr Kalantaryan | Rafael A Vaganian | 0-1 | 20 | Open |
| 22 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 10.2 | Rafael A Vaganian | Ulf Andersson | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 23 | 2024-11-09 | Vaganian Cup Blitz 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 1.1 | Rafael A Vaganian | Zoltan Ribli | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 24 | 2024-11-08 | Vaganian Cup Rapid 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 7.4 | Adrian Mikhalchishin | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 25 | 2024-11-08 | Vaganian Cup Rapid 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 6.2 | Rafael A Vaganian | Ashot Nadanian | 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 26 | 2024-11-07 | Vaganian Cup Rapid 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 5.3 | Zoltan Ribli | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 14 | Open |
| 27 | 2024-11-07 | Vaganian Cup Rapid 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 4.3 | Rafael A Vaganian | Norayr Kalantaryan | 1/2-1/2 | 9 | Open |
| 28 | 2024-11-07 | Vaganian Cup Rapid 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 3.2 | Ulf Andersson | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 16 | Open |
| 29 | 2024-11-06 | Vaganian Cup Rapid 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 2.4 | Rafael A Vaganian | Hovik Khalikian | 1/2-1/2 | 74 | Open |
| 30 | 2024-11-06 | Vaganian Cup Rapid 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 1.1 | Rafael A Vaganian | Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 31 | 2024-08-18 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 9.7 | Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez | Rafael A Vaganian | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 32 | 2024-08-17 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 8.5 | Rafael A Vaganian | David Gavrilescu | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 33 | 2024-08-16 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 7.11 | Enis Zuferi | Rafael A Vaganian | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 34 | 2024-08-15 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 6.12 | Rafael A Vaganian | Simon Knudsen | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 35 | 2024-08-14 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 5.12 | Ethan Song | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 72 | Open |
| 36 | 2024-08-13 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 4.16 | Rafael A Vaganian | Arnold Riemland | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 37 | 2024-08-12 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 3.17 | Philipp Leon Klaska | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 38 | 2024-08-11 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 2.11 | Rafael A Vaganian | Jan-Louis Wichtrup | 1/2-1/2 | 78 | Open |
| 39 | 2024-08-10 | 51st Sparkassen Open A | Dortmund GER | 1.12 | Jona Bungarten | Rafael A Vaganian | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 40 | 2023-11-05 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 11.3 | Rafael A Vaganian | Rainer Knaak | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 41 | 2023-11-04 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 10.1 | Daniel H. Campora | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 42 | 2023-11-03 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 9.4 | Rafael A Vaganian | Antonio Martorelli | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 43 | 2023-11-02 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 8.3 | Nikolay A Legky | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 14 | Open |
| 44 | 2023-11-01 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 7.4 | Rafael A Vaganian | Stefan Djuric | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 45 | 2023-10-30 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 6.2 | Anthony J Stebbings | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 46 | 2023-10-29 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 5.5 | Rafael A Vaganian | Hans-Joachim Vatter | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 47 | 2023-10-28 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 4.14 | Rafael A Vaganian | Salvatore Riccardo Gueci | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 48 | 2023-10-25 | 31st World Senior 65+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 1.2 | Boris Tsynman | Rafael A Vaganian | 1/2-1/2 | 26 | Open |
| 49 | 2023-10-03 | 5th Yerevan Open A 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 5.12 | Rafael A Vaganian | Mohamed Anees M | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 50 | 2023-09-29 | 5th Yerevan Open A 2023 | Yerevan ARM | 1.11 | Rafael A Vaganian | Gagik Navoyan | 1/2-1/2 | 22 | Open |