David Arturovich Paravyan (russian: link=no, Давид Артурович Паравян; born 8 March 1998) is a Russian
chess
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player of Armenian descent, who was awarded the title of
grandmaster by
FIDE
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in 2017.
Chess career
Born in
Moscow
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, Paravyan received the
international master
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title in 2013 and the
grandmaster title in 2017.
In February 2018, Paravyan participated in the
Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a rapid and blitz event, whil ...
tournament. He finished eleventh out of 92, scoring 5½ points from 9 games (+4–2=3). The following year, Paravyan competed in the
FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019
The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 was a chess tournament that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2021. It was played on October 10 to 21 2019, on the Isle of Man. , held on the
Isle of Man
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from 10 to 21 October. He finished tenth with a score of 7/11 (+4–1=6) for a of 2774. He won the
Gibraltar Masters open tournament in January 2020. After tying for first on a score of 7½/10 (+5–0=5), Paravyan won a four-way playoff to take the title. He defeated
Wang Hao in the finals.
"Gibraltar Chess Festival 2020: Paravyan wins in a playoff!"
ChessBase. 30 January 2020.
References
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player profile a
Lichess.org
1998 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Russian chess players
Russian people of Armenian descent
Sportspeople from Moscow
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