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ARM · 20 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2427 (Jan 2026)

Best performance: 2609 at Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2024 Category A(Best of 2024)

World #1981 live, down 240#1,741 publishedArmenia #34Europe #1251among active players

NOV26 Rating

2397

Live Rating

2386.1

Change

-10.9

Games Played

9

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 2396 to 2397 over the last 12 months; peak 2427 in January 2026.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262397, -16, 9 games2214, 0, 0 games2372, +12, 9 games
Oct 20262413, -2, 9 games2214, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262415, 0, 0 games2214, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262415, 0, 0 games2214, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262415, 0, 0 games2214, 0, 0 games2360, +8, 9 games
Jun 20262415, 0, 9 games2214, 0, 0 games2352, 0, 0 games
May 20262415, 0, 0 games2214, 0, 0 games2352, +19, 9 games
Apr 20262415, 0, 0 games2214, 0, 0 games2333, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262415, 0, 0 games2214, 0, 0 games2333, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262415, -12, 18 games2214, 0, 0 games2333, +8, 9 games
Jan 20262427, +22, 20 games2214, 0, 0 games2325, -1, 9 games
Dec 20252405, +9, 9 games2214, 0, 0 games2326, +28, 9 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 8/27 gamesrating 2427 of 2500, live 2386composition metdetails ↓

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (3 wins), since Oct 28. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 6 games, Oct 22 – Oct 26.

From 506 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 30.

Classical games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
Tsaghkadzor Open 2026 (Group A)Oct 24 – Oct 30TPR 22966/9-10.9

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 8 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2427, needs 2500

No outstanding composition requirement

projectedDubai Open Chess Tournament 2024 Category AJun 20245/8Rp 2609

International Master (FIDE, registered 2025)

7th Batumi Int.Municipality Cup (Open A)Jul 20236/9
Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2024 Category AJun 20245/8

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Classical

From 501 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Luca Jr Moroni, Jun 2024 · Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2024 Category A, 2580
2, GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Oct 2024 · Tsaghkadzor Open 2024 - Tournament A, 2579
3, GM Igor Lysyj, Nov 2025 · Goris Open 2025 - Tournament A, 2574

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 128 of 506 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 61 of 66 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5 or 1...e5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6 or 1...d5.

All openings (4 as White, 6 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense2458%
Ruy Lopez1779%
French Defense956%
Italian Game550%

11 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

9 of 55 events · All years

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by month

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Oct 2026189½22682289
Sep 20269721472367
May 20269622882413
Jan 202618923772377
Dec 202512823502475
Nov 20251711½23272460

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Recent opponents · Classical

IM Armen Ar. BarseghyanFM Hayk YeritsyanFM Sargis V. ManukyanFM Suren PoghosyanCM Yedil KabylbekAnahit H. MkrtchyanCM Artem YarikovGor VirabyanMikael Hovhannisyan

Rated near Erik Hakobyan · Classical

World

  1. #1979GM Robert Cvek2386.5
  2. #1980IM Ondrej Svanda2386.3
  3. #1981IM Erik Hakobyan2386.1
  4. #=1982IM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette2386.0
  5. #=1982IM Ivan Povshednyi2386.0

Armenia

  1. #32FM Volodya Torosyan2387.4
  2. #33IM Stefan Pogosyan2387.0
  3. #34IM Erik Hakobyan2386.1
  4. #35IM Aleks Sahakyan2375.4
  5. #36FM Mikayel Manvelyan2374.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.