David Paravyan | |
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Full name | David Arturovich Paravyan |
Country | Russia (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023) |
Born | 8 March 1998 Moscow, Russia | (age 26)
Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
FIDE rating | 2620 (November 2024) |
Peak rating | 2660 (September 2021) |
Peak ranking | No. 78 (September 2021) |
David Arturovich Paravyan (Russian: Давид Артурович Паравян; born 8 March 1998) is a Russian chess player of Armenian descent, who was awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE in 2017.[1]
Born in Moscow,[2] Paravyan received the international master title in 2013[3] and the grandmaster title in 2017.[1]
In February 2018, Paravyan participated in the Aeroflot Open tournament. He finished eleventh out of 92, scoring 5½ points from 9 games (+4–2=3).[4] The following year, Paravyan competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019, held on the Isle of Man from 10 to 21 October. He finished tenth with a score of 7/11 (+4–1=6) for a performance rating of 2774.[5] He won the Gibraltar Masters open tournament in January 2020. After tying for first on a score of 7½/10 (+5–0=5), Paravyan won a four-way playoff to take the title. He defeated Wang Hao in the finals.[6] Paravyan qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.[7]