Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian ( hy, Գրիգոր Սևակ Մխիթարեան; born 15 November 1986) is a Brazilian
chess
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grandmaster, streamer, and the current Director of Portuguese Content for Chess.com. He is a two-time
Brazilian Chess Champion Following are the official winners of the national Brazilian Chess Championships from 1927 to date.
The 1998 championship was held 9–19 December in Itabirito, Minas Gerais State.
The field of sixteen played a series of two-game single-eliminatio ...
.
Early life
Born to a Brazilian mother and a Lebanese father, both of
Armenian
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descent, he learned to play chess aged seven.
Career
Mekhitarian achieved his Grandmaster title within the space of eight months, securing his first norm at the 26th Brazilian Championships held in 2009, tying for third place with a score of 7.5/11. His second norm came with an eighth-place finish and a 6/9 score in the La Laguna tournament held in April 2010. His final GM norm came in June 2010, with a 9th-place finish in the International Chess Festival Eforie, held in Romania where he scored 8/11.
He took part in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament C Group 2013 finishing in 4th place with 8/13.
Important political fact
At the 2016 Chess Olympics held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Armenia, which was involved in an armed conflict with the host country, boycotted the event, claiming that its delegation was at risk. Several Armenian chess players, such as the then Brazilian champion Krikor Mekhitarian, decided not to participate in the event as a way of supporting the Armenian team.
This boycott affected Krikor's political relationship with the Brazilian sherry confederation, but an organized movement of Brazilian chess players supported Krikor for his decision and he returned to represent Brazil in upcoming competitions.
Team chess results
He has represented Brazil at five Chess Olympiads as follows:
Brazil team performance Chennai 2022
Chess-Results.com. Accessed 12 August 2022
* 39th Chess Olympiad
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: in Khanty-Mansiysk
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, 2010 - board 4, 3.5/8 (+1 =5 -2)
* 40th Chess Olympiad
The 40th Chess Olympiad ( tr, 40. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place in Istan ...
: in Istanbul
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, 2012 - reserve, 3/6 (+1 =4 -1)
* 41st Chess Olympiad
The 41st Chess Olympiad ( no, Den 41. Sjakkolympiade), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took pla ...
: in Tromsø
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Tromsø lies ...
, 2014 - board 3, 6.5/10 (+5 =3 -2)
* 43rd Chess Olympiad
The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and c ...
: in Batumi
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, 2018 - board 4, 5.5/8 (+4 =3 -1)
* 44th Chess Olympiad
The 44th Chess Olympiad (also known as the Indian Chess Olympiad), was organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 9 August 2022. It consisted of open ...
: in Chennai
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, 2022 - board 3, 7.5/11 (+7 =1 -3)
References
External links
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Krikor Mekhitarian
player profile at 365Chess.com
Interview with Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian at Chessdom.com
1986 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Brazilian chess players
Brazilian people of Armenian descent
Armenian chess players
People from São Paulo
Twitch (service) streamers
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