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Hrant Melkumyan
Title:
Grandmaster
Rating:
2660
Federation:
Armenia
Age:
29
Bio:
Hrant is a 29 year-old Armenia chess player who earned his Grandmaster title in 2008. He has won many prestigious tournaments including taking 2nd at the World Youth Championship under 18 in Batumi in 2006 and at the European Rapid Championship in 2015. Hrant has also won the European Blitz Championship in 2011, the London Chess Classic in 2013 and 2017, and other Open tournaments. He has also played on the Armenian national team, taking the European silver (1st result on board 4) and world Team bronze medal in 2015.
