David Arutinian

Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1984)

David Arutinian
David Arutinian in Dresden 2008
Country	Georgia
Born	(1984-05-31) May 31, 1984 (age 40)
Title	Grandmaster (2006)
FIDE rating	2549 (August 2024)
Peak rating	2593 (April 2008)

David Gareginovich Arutinian (born May 31, 1984) is a Georgian chess grandmaster since 2006, and an international master since 2002. He is ranked 9th in Georgia and 453rd in the world.^[1] His highest rating was 2593 (in April 2008).^[2]

Chess career

Arutinian's main results are:

Strasbourg Prestige open — 1st place
Aeroflot open A2 — 1st place.^[3]
In 2007, tied for first place with Wang Yue, Vugar Gashimov, Vasily Yemelin and Yuri Drozdovskij in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open.^[4]
In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, Sergey Fedorchuk, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open.^[5]
2009: 2nd place in 16th Vienna Open^[6]
2010: he tied for 1st–8th with Sergey Volkov, Viorel Iordăchescu, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gadir Guseinov, Hrant Melkumyan, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Tornike Sanikidze in the 12th Dubai Open.^[7]
2011: Sydney International Open — tied for 2nd–8th place, 2nd place using Buchholz^[8]
In 2012, Warsaw chess festival group A — 2nd place.^[9]
2012: 1st place in rapid chess event at the 11th Open International de Rochefort^[10]
In 2012, 11th Rochefort Open tournament — tied 1st place with Bassem Amin.^[11]
He won the Karen Asrian Memorial in 2012.^[12]^[13]

Arutinian is the Georgian runner-up in 2006 and 2007.^[14] He represented Georgia in 2 Olympics: 2006 and 2008.^[15]

In 2007, he was also a participant in the European Team Championships.^[16]

Arutinian is a FIDE Senior Trainer (2016). He coaches the men and women Georgian Olympic team.

Some of his successful students are:

Sopiko Guramishvili — World champion under 16, 2006
Keti Tsatsalashvili — World champion under 16, 2007
Bobby Cheng — World champion under 12, 2009
Anna Maja Kazarian — European Silver medal under 12, 2012
Sayin Zhanat — World School Champion under 16, 2015
Zhansaya Abdumalik — Silver medal in World chess championship under 12, Silver medal in World Junior chess championship under 20

Georgian Women Olympic team: 2nd place in European team chess championship in 2009, 3rd place in World chess Olympiad in 2010^[17]^[18]

References

^ "Arutinian, David FIDE Chess Profile – Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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^ "Wang Yue from China wins Cappelle la Grande". Chess News. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ chessdom. "GM Vugar Gashimov wins Cappelle la Grande (many photos from the tournament) | Chessdom". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "Free Internet Chess Server: Vienna Open 2009 Relay". freechess.org. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "12th Dubai Open 2010 July 2010 United Arab Emirates FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ 2011 Sydney International Open, chess-results.com
^ Redakcja (10 July 2012). "Wrocławski Festiwal Szachowy zakończony (LISTA ZWYCIĘZCÓW)". Wrocław Nasze Miasto (in Polish). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Armenian success, chessdailynews.com
^ "- David Arutinian and Bassem Amin share first in the 11th Rochefort Open". Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "the chess games of David Arutinian". chessgames.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 5th K. Asrian Memorial". chess-results.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "Internet Chess Club Forum | Dotsent". www.chessclub.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: David Arutinian". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: David Arutinian". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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^ "GM David Arutinian (David_Arutinian) – Chess Profile". Chess.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.