The chess games of Hrant Melkumyan

Hrant Melkumyan
Number of games in database: 263
Years covered: 2003 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2622
Highest rating achieved in database: 2664
Overall record: +98 -53 =92 (59.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      20 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Grunfeld (20)
    D85 D70 D80 D72 D73
Slav (20)
    D10 D15 D11 D12 D17
Semi-Slav (13)
    D45 D47 D43 D48 D44
King's Indian (13)
    E97 E63 E94 E98 E90
Nimzo Indian (9)
    E55 E21 E54 E20 E58
Queen's Indian (8)
    E17 E15 E13

With the Black pieces:

Ruy Lopez (41)
    C84 C67 C77 C70 C65
Ruy Lopez, Closed (22)
    C84 C85 C90 C93 C91
Grunfeld (18)
    D85 D80 D97 D70 D94
English (9)
    A15 A14 A18 A16
Queen's Gambit Declined (6)
    D39 D31 D30 D37
Giuoco Piano (6)
    C54 C53 C50

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Melkumyan vs Dreev, 2011 1-0
   S Volkov vs H Melkumyan, 2010 0-1
   H Melkumyan vs D Khismatullin, 2012 1-0
   S Williams vs H Melkumyan, 2012 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship (2007)
   World Junior Championship (2008)
   European Individual Championships (2010)
   Dubai Open (2010)
   Corsica Masters (2011)
   European Club Cup (2011)
   Albena Open (2012)
   London Chess Classic Open (2012)
   13th European Individual Championship (2012)
   Golden Sands (2012)
   Aeroflot Open (2012)
   European Individual Championships (2013)

Search Sacrifice Explorer for Hrant Melkumyan
Search Google for Hrant Melkumyan
FIDE player card for Hrant Melkumyan

HRANT MELKUMYAN
(born Apr-30-1989) Armenia

[what is this?]

Grandmaster (2008). Melkumyan is Levon Aronian 's protègè and replaced Gabriel Sargissian as Aronian's second in late 2011.

Melkumyan came 2nd at the World U18 World Championship in 2006. He came =4th in the World Junior Championship (2008), which earned him his 3rd GM norm. He placed =1st with 7/9 at the Chigorin Memorial Open (2009). In July 2010 he came 3rd in the 30th International Open "Villa de Benasque". In February 2012, he came =4th (7th on tiebreak) with 6/9 at the Aeroflot Open (2012).

In late 2011, Melkumyan scored 20 points out of 26 to become the winner of the European champion’s title at the Continental Blitz Championship which was held in Warsaw, Poland.

Photos: http://www.bidmonfa.com/melkumyan_h... and http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/... and http://www.chessclub.com/mailing/20...

Wikipedia article: Hrant Melkumyan

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 263

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. N Mariano vs H Melkumyan	0-1	66	2003	Wch U14	B42 Sicilian, Kan
2. H Melkumyan vs M Vachier-Lagrave	0-1	66	2004	WYb16	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
3. E Moradiabadi vs H Melkumyan	0-1	47	2005	Iranian Team Championship	E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
4. H Melkumyan vs D Baramidze	½-½	35	2006	World Junior Championship	E20 Nimzo-Indian
5. H Melkumyan vs M Kekelidze	1-0	38	2006	Blue Sevan Tournament	A56 Benoni Defense
6. A Pashikian vs H Melkumyan	½-½	27	2006	World Junior Championship	C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
7. G Harutjunyan vs H Melkumyan	0-1	48	2006	Blue Sevan Tournament	B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
8. V Movsisian vs H Melkumyan	1-0	34	2006	World Junior Championship	C54 Giuoco Piano
9. Le Quang Liem vs H Melkumyan	1-0	36	2006	World Junior Championship	E15 Queen's Indian
10. A Pashikian vs H Melkumyan	1-0	75	2006	Blue Sevan Tournament	E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
11. H Melkumyan vs A Filippov	0-1	52	2006	World Junior Championship	E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
12. T Kotanjian vs H Melkumyan	½-½	104	2006	Blue Sevan Tournament	E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
13. A Adly vs H Melkumyan	1-0	41	2007	World Junior Championship	A14 English
14. H Melkumyan vs Z Javakhadze	1-0	54	2007	World Junior Championship	E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
15. S Kaplan vs H Melkumyan	0-1	66	2007	World Junior Championship	C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
16. H Melkumyan vs Y Vovk	1-0	35	2007	World Junior Championship	E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
17. H Melkumyan vs G Jones	½-½	69	2007	World Junior Championship	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
18. N Vlashki vs H Melkumyan	0-1	47	2007	World Junior Championship	C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
19. H Melkumyan vs F Pancevski	½-½	54	2007	World Junior Championship	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
20. D Andreikin vs H Melkumyan	1-0	75	2007	World Junior Championship	C53 Giuoco Piano
21. H Melkumyan vs V Kulakov	1-0	29	2007	World Junior Championship	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. R Hungaski vs H Melkumyan	½-½	72	2007	World Junior Championship	E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
23. H Melkumyan vs A Pashikian	½-½	42	2007	World Junior Championship	D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
24. M Rodshtein vs H Melkumyan	1-0	35	2007	World Junior Championship	E15 Queen's Indian
25. H Melkumyan vs Negi	0-1	51	2007	World Junior Championship	D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3


page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 263

REFINE SEARCH: White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Melkumyan wins | Melkumyan loses

Oct-07-07		BIDMONFA: Hrant Melkumyan MELKUMYAN, Hrant http://www.bidmonfa.com/melkumyan_h... _

Dec-05-08		whiteshark: Grandmaster title approved to him at the 79th FIDE Congress which was held 16-26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany. Congratulations!

Dec-05-08		Davolni: congratulations to the new addition to the Armenian family of GransMasters!!!

Nov-27-09		Tabanus: GM Hrant Melkumyan, Armenia, born 30 April 1989. Now rated 2585, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... GM in 2008. Rating curve indicates 2600+ soon. ICC: Pchyolka World U18 vice champion 2006. Shared 8-14 in World Junior Ch 2008 (3rd GM norm). Strong 6th place (shared 2nd) in Abu Dhabi 2009. Got 7/9 (same as winner) in Chigorin Memorial 2009: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend... http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne... Biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrant_... http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrant_... (in Polish) Pictures: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/... http://www.chessclub.com/xid/$mling...

Jul-17-10		Tabanus: Today 3rd in the 30th Open Internacional de Ajedrez "Villa de Benasque" 8-17 July 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr358...

Oct-07-10		arsen387: A nasty attack by GM Melkumian agaisnt Sasho Nikolov , found it on chesspro.ru among the best games of this August (not presesnt in CG database yet) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.a3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.g3 c5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.0-0 Nd7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qa4 a5 14.Rfd1 Nb6 15.Qc2 a4 16.h4 h6 17.Rac1 Qc8 18.Kh2 Re8 19.Ne5 Bf6 20.Bh3 Qd8 21.Ng4 Be7 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Nxh6+ Kg7 24.Nxf7 Qc7 25.Rd4 Bc8 26.Bxc8 Qxc8 27.Ne5 Qe6 28.Rg4+ Kh8 29.Rg6 Qxe5 30.Rh6+ Kg8 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Rg6 1-0

Dec-21-11		Albertan: Armenia’s Hrant Melkumyan wins European title: http://armenianow.com/sports/chess/...

Jan-13-12		waustad: How does one pronounce Hrant properly?

Jan-13-12		khursh: H(em)+A+(g)RANT A like in "a book' However, we have two 't'-s in Armenian, soft as in English, and hard, which is here in HRANT.

Feb-11-12		waustad: He's getting some rating points back in Moscow. He lost some recently in Armenia.

Feb-19-12		notyetagm: Melkumyan is doing well these days. Anyone know if he is playing at <Cappelle-La-Grande> or some other open tournament? Thanks

Mar-17-12		cro777: In February 2012 Melkumyan tied for 4th–8th with Alexander Khalifman, Maxim Rodshtein, Fabiano Caruana and Dmitry Andreikin in the 11th Aeroflot Open Chess Festival. In the German Chess Bundesliga Melkumyan plays on board 1 for Aronian's chess club SF Berlin. Aronian plays on board 2 thus giving the young Armenian, his student, a chance to play against the strongest possible opponents. The German event is the world's premier national team competition. The 12th and 13th round of Bundesliga (17th and 18th of March 2012) has just begun. Melkumyan is playing on board 1 for SF Berlin. http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/

Mar-17-12		twinlark: Good summary.

Mar-20-12		shivasuri4: Hrant Melkumyan recovered well from his previous round loss to Parimarjan Negi to draw against higher rated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a 31 move game of the Grunfeld Defense.Though he was a pawn down from the opening, his two bishops and rook combined well to tie up the black pieces.The players shook hands when the BOOC endgame (with a rook each) endgame ensued.

Mar-23-12		notyetagm: G Popilski vs H Melkumyan, 2012 28 ... ? click for larger view 28 ... c5-c4! click for larger view 28 ... c5-c4! locks the White a2-bishop right out of the game. Note that White has to resign in the final position because he is effectively down by a piece due to his <LOCKED OUT> b1-bishop. Final position click for larger view

Mar-26-12		ozmikey: With my pedant's hat on, might I point out re the bio that the word "protégé" has two acute rather than grave accents over the e's? Chessgames.com's francophone readers would be dreadfully offended. :)

NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community!

If you already have an account, you should login now.

Please observe our posting guidelines:

No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language.
No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts.
No personal attacks against other users.
Nothing in violation of United States law.

See something which violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform an administrator.

NOTE: Keep all discussion on the topic of this page. This forum is for this specific player and nothing else. If you want to discuss chess in general, or this site, you might try the Kibitzer's Café.

Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.

Spot an error? Please suggest your correction and help us eliminate database mistakes!