Tigran Kotanjian

Tigran Kotanjian (Armenian: Տիգրան Քոթանջյան; born September 1, 1981)^[1] is an Armenian chess grandmaster.^[2] He was Armenian Chess Champion in 2014.

Tigran Kotanjian
Tigran Kotanjian, 2013
Country	Armenia
Born	(1981-09-01) September 1, 1981 (age 43)
Title	Grandmaster (2006)
FIDE rating	2453 (April 2025)
Peak rating	2580 (July 2009)

Career

Kotanjian won the Dubai Chess Open in 2009^[3] and Karen Asrian Memorial in 2010. In 2011, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Kirill Stupak in the 4th Beirut Open tournament.^[4] In the same year he won the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk.^[5] He won the 74th Armenian Chess Championship in 2014.^[6]

He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006.^[7] As of June 2018^[update], he is the No. 22 ranked Armenian player.^[8]