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Tigran Nalbandian

Armenian chess grandmaster (1975–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tigran Nalbandian
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Tigran Nalbandian (Armenian: Տիգրան Նալբանդյան; [ˈtiɡˈɾɑn nɑlˈbɑndjɑn]; 5 June 1975  28 June 2025) was an Armenian chess grandmaster.

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Chess career

Nalbandian was a graduate of the Henrik Kasparian chess school, alongside other Armenian grandmasters Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, and Hrant Melkumyan.[1] He coached grandmaster Robert Aghasaryan, and was also the coach of the Armenian team that won the 37th Chess Olympiad in 2006 and 38th Chess Olympiad in 2008.[2][3]

In July 2010, he won the Dortmund Open with a score of 7/9.[4][5]

In September 2019, he became the head of a new chess school that opened in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Yerevan.[6]

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Personal life and death

Nalbandian was born on 5 June 1975 in Yerevan, in what was then the Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union. He died from a heart attack in Yerevan, on 28 June 2025, at the age of 50.[7] A memorial service was held at Saint John the Baptist Church on 29 June.[8]

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