220px, David Arutinian in Dresden 2008 David Gareginovich Arutinian (born May 31, 1984) is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

chess grandmaster since 2006, and an international master since 2002. He is ranked 9th in Georgia and 453rd in the world. His highest rating was 2593 (in April 2008). Arutinian's main results are: * Strasbourg Prestige open — 1st place * Aeroflot open A2 — 1st place. * In 2007, tied for first place with Wang Yue,

Vugar Gashimov Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov ( az, Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov , was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was a noted player of blitz chess. At his peak ranking, he ...

, Vasily Yemelin and

Yuri Drozdovskij Yuri Drozdovskij (, born 22 May 1984 in Odesa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at Cappelle-la-Grande in 2007. Drozdovskij was equal first (losing out on tie-break to P ...

in the

Cappelle-la-Grande Open The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985. It is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess c ...

. * In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with

Sergey Fedorchuk Sergey Fedorchuk ( ua, Сергій Федорчук, translit=Serhiy Fedorchuk; born 14 March 1981) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002. Career In 1995 Fedorchuk won the European Youth Chess ...

, Yuriy Kryvoruchko,

Konstantin Chernyshov Konstantin Valeryevich Chernyshov (russian: Константин Валерьевич Чернышов, born June 11, 1967) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2000). In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoru ...

Andrei Deviatkin Andrei Deviatkin (russian: Андрей Девяткин; born October 7, 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2008). Chess career * 2007 – tied for 1st–9th with Alexei Fedorov, Vladimir Potkin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Viacheslav ...

, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the

. * 2009: 2nd place in 16th Vienna Open * 2010: he tied for 1st–8th with Sergey Volkov, Viorel Iordăchescu, Eduardo Iturrizaga,

Gadir Guseinov Gadir Guseinov ( az, Qədir Hüseynov; born 21 May 1986) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked as No. 3 in Azerbaijan. Career Born in Moscow, Guseinov started playing chess under the guidance of Shahin Hajiev. He lived in his ...

Hrant Melkumyan Hrant Melkumyan ( hy, Հրանտ Մելքումյան; born April 30, 1989, in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and European Blitz Champion in 2011. Chess career He won the international Internet championship organized by the ICC ches ...

Aleksej Aleksandrov Aleksej Aleksandrov (born 11 May 1973) is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Aleksandrov is a five-time Belarusian champion and played on the Belarusian national team at the Chess Olympiad, the Wor ...

and

Tornike Sanikidze Tornike Sanikidze (born 1989) is a Georgian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the titles of International Master in 2005 and Grandmaster in 2008. He won the Georgian championship in 2009. He has represented Georgia at the Chess Olympiad, in ...

in the 12th Dubai Open. * 2011: Sydney International Open — tied for 2nd–8th place, 2nd place using Buchholz * In 2012, Warsaw chess festival group A — 2nd place. * 2012: 1st place in rapid chess event at the 11th Open International de Rochefort * In 2012, 11th Rochefort Open tournament — tied 1st place with Bassem Amin. * He won the Karen Asrian Memorial in 2012. Arutinian is the Georgian runner-up in 2006 and 2007. He represented Georgia in 2 Olympics: 2006 and 2008. In 2007, he was also a participant in the European Team Championships. Arutinian is a FIDE Senior Trainer (2016). He coaches the men and women Georgian Olympic team. Some of his successful students are: *

Sopiko Guramishvili Sopiko Guramishvili ( ka, სოფიკო გურამიშვილი; born 1 January 1991) is a Georgian-Dutch chess player, author, and commentator who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Having ...

— World champion under 16, 2006 *

Keti Tsatsalashvili Keti Tsatsalashvili ( ka, ქეთი წაწალაშვილი; born 10 June 1992) is a Georgian chess player and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) since 2011. Biography Keti Tsatsalashvili repeatedly represented Georgia at the European Youth ...

— World champion under 16, 2007 *

Bobby Cheng Bobby Cheng (born 20 March 1997) is a Chinese-Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019. Cheng was world champion in the under 12 category in 2009, the only Australian in history to win a world title. Ch ...

— World champion under 12, 2009 * Anna Maja Kazarian — European Silver medal under 12, 2012 * Sayin Zhanat — World School Champion under 16, 2015 *

Zhansaya Abdumalik Zhansaya Abdumalik ( kk, Jansaya Daniyarqyzy Äbdimalik; russian: Жансая́ Дания́ровна Абдумали́к; born 12 January 2000) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). She is the first Kazakhst ...

— Silver medal in World chess championship under 12, Silver medal in World Junior chess championship under 20 Georgian Women Olympic team: 2nd place in European team chess championship in 2009, 3rd place in World chess Olympiad in 2010

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