Mher Hovhannisyan

Mher Hovhannisyan is an Armenian-Belgian chess grandmaster.

Mher Hovhannisyan
Country	Armenia (until 2014) Belgium (since 2014)
Born	(1978-09-25) September 25, 1978 (age 46) Gyumri, Armenia
Title	Grandmaster (2018)[1]
Peak rating	2536 (September 2014)

Chess career

He has won the Belgian Chess Championship five times: in 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017, and 2018.

In May 2013, he tied for first place with Vladimir Dobrov, Sipke Ernst, David Miedema, and Daniel Hausrath in the Limburg Festival.^[2] He ultimately finished second due to tiebreaks.

In August 2014, he won the Charleroi Open with a score of 7.5/9, finishing ahead of 226 participants.^[3]

In July 2022, he served as the captain of the Belgian Olympiad team.^[4]

In July 2024, he finished in third place at the Belgian Chess Championship, losing to winner Daniel Dardha and runner-up Stefan Beukema.^[5][6]