This article is about the Russian chess player. For the Soviet and Russian political activist, see Sergei Grigoryants. In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Grigoriants.
| Sergey Grigoriants | |
|---|---|
 Grigoriants in 2008 | |
| Country | Russia (until 2022) Hungary (since 2022) |
| Born | (1983-11-02) 2 November 1983 (age 41) Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR |
| Title | Grandmaster (2003) |
| FIDE rating | 2542 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2606 (August 2015) |
Sergey Mikhailovich Grigoriants (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Григорьянц; born 2 November 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster who represents Hungary.
Chess career
Grigoriants won the U14 section of the World Youth Championships in 1997 and the U16 section of the European Youth Championships in 1999. In 2004, he shared first place with Evgeny Najer, Kaido Külaots, Artyom Timofeev, Zoltan Gyimesi and Oleg Korneev in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament. The following year, Grigoriants attained the title of Moscow Champion.
In 2006 he scored 7 points out of 10 games, a half point less than the winner, at the 22nd Open tournament in Cappelle-la-Grande.
In 2018 he married the Hungarian chess player Petra Papp.
References
- Crowther, Mark (13 September 1999). "TWIC 253: European Youth Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- Crowther, Mark (8 March 2004). "TWIC 487: Cappelle-la-Grande open". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- Cappelle op 22nd, www.365chess.com
- Ещё одна шахматная семья: поженились Сергей Григорьянц и Петра Папп (Another chess family: Sergei Grigoriants and Petra Papp are married), chess-news.ru, 20 June 2018
External links
- Sergey Grigoriants rating card at FIDE
- Sergey Grigoriants player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Sergey Grigoriants games at 365Chess.com
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