Tatev Abrahamyan

Tatev Abrahamyan

Abrahamyan in 2011
Country  Armenia
 United States
Born (1988-01-13) January 13, 1988
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Title Woman Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2380 (September 2016)
Peak rating 2396 (April 2014)

Tatev Abrahamyan (Armenian: Տաթև Աբրահամյան; born January 13, 1988 in Yerevan) is an Armenian-born American chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

She tied for first in the 2005 U.S. Women's Chess Championship, but lost the playoff match to Rusudan Goletiani.[1] In 2006 Abrahamyan won the Pan American under-18 girls' championship in Cuenca, Ecuador.[2] She tied for second place with Anna Zatonskih in the 2010 U.S. Women's Championship, which was won by Irina Krush with a score of 8/9, and took second again in 2011 after drawing with Zatonskih in an "Armageddon" rapid tiebreak game (Zatonskih won the title because, as Black, she had draw odds). She has played in several US Women's Championships and has won the Goddess Chess Award for her uncompromising play. Among her notable victories are two against former US Champion Alexander Shabalov.

Abrahamyan has represented United States in the Women's Chess Olympiads since 2008.[3]

She moved from Armenia to the United States in 2001.[4] She now lives in Glendale, California, United States.[5] She went to Clark Magnet High School, in La Crescenta. She graduated in 2011 from California State University Long Beach, double majoring in psychology and political science.

References

  1. ↑ "Metro Briefing". New York Times. 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  2. ↑ Cuenca 2006 - 15° Campeonato Panamericano u18 (girls). BrasilBase.
  3. ↑ Tatev Abrahamyan team chess record at OlimpBase.org
  4. ↑ SM Tatev Abrahamyan. The United States Chess Federation.
  5. ↑ Tatev Abrahamyan player profile and games at Chessgames.com


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