Maria Gevorgyan ( hy, Մարիա Գևորգյան; born 21 December 1994) is an

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player who holds the title of

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM, 2019). She is a four-time Armenian Women Chess Champion (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020).

Chess career

At age three learn to play chess from grandfather, sports journalist Derenik Gevorgyan. From the age of seven Maria has attended chess school and then chess academy. In 2011 in

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she placed 3rd in

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 there was als ...

in girls U18 category. In 2012 Maria won Armenia Chess Championship in girls U18 category and 12th individual European Youth Chess Rapid Championship in girls U18 category. In 2014 and 2015 Maria was the Armenian Women Chess Vice-champion. In the 71st Armenian Chess Championship in 2016 she has scored 8.5 points out of 9 and won the tournament. In January 2017, Maria scored 6½ points out of 9, again became the women's champion of Armenia. Also she won Armenian Women's Chess Championship in 2019 and 2020.75th Armenian Women's Championship. The Highest League
''Chess-Results.com''

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