Mamikon Gharibyan ( hy, Մամիկոն Ղարիբյան; born 21 September 2004) is an

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n chess grandmaster.

Biography

Mamikon Gharibyan started playing chess at the age of six. In 2012, he won the Armenian Youth Chess Championship in the U08 age group, but in 2014 Mamikon Gharibyan was best in the U10 age group. In 2013, he won the international youth chess tournament ''

Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili ( ka, ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet and Georgia (country), Georgian chess player, and the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title Grandmaster (ch ...

cup''. Mamikon Gharibyan repeatedly represented Armenia at the

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s and

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s in different age groups, where he won two gold medals: in 2014, in

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at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U10 age group, and in 2016, in

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at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group. Gharibyan earned the grandmaster title in 2023.

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chess games at 365Chess.com 2004 births Living people Armenian chess players Chess Grandmasters Sportspeople from Gyumri {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub