Gevorg Harutjunyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Հարությունյան; born May 7, 1981) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. In 2008, he achieved 6.0/9 in the 10th Rector Cup, in joint first alongside Alexander Onischuk and Michail Brodsky, but tiebreak decider games brought him down to 3rd place.[1] He also participated in the Dubai Open 2010, where he defeated Gadir Guseinov in 29 moves.[2] He became a grandmaster in 2009 after crossing 2500 fide, but since has mainly remained below 2500. In 2019, he won the December Evenings B-Group in Chelyabinsk.[3]

Gevorg Harutjunyan
CountryArmenia
Born (1981-05-07) May 7, 1981 (age 43)
Yerevan, Armenia
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
Peak rating2522 (January 2009)
Guseinov vs. Harutjunyan, Dubai 2010
hgfedcba
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d1 white rook
c1 white bishop
a1 white king
f2 white pawn
e2 black queen
c2 white pawn
b2 white pawn
a2 white pawn
e4 black rook
h5 white pawn
g5 white rook
f5 white queen
d5 black pawn
c5 black pawn
h6 white knight
g6 white knight
f6 black knight
h7 black king
g7 black pawn
d7 black knight
b7 black pawn
a7 black pawn
f8 black bishop
a8 black rook
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22
33
44
55
66
77
88
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Final position

Notes

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  1. ^ "Kharkiv: Rebellion of the Youngsters". Chessbase. 13 March 2008. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Gadir Guseinov vs Gevorg Harutjunyan". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
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