Kirk Vagho Ghazarian is an American chess grandmaster.
Kirk Ghazarian | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Born | 2006 (age 17–18) Irvine, California |
| Title | Grandmaster (2024) |
| FIDE rating | 2501 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2501 (December 2024) |
Chess career
editIn June 2020, he finished second at the Pan-Armenian Chess Tournament.[1]
In January 2023, he was named to the All-America Chess Team.[2]
In February 2023, he finished tied for second place at the Rochefort Chess Festival Masters 2023, and secured the runner-up position ahead of Harsha Bharathakoti, Momchil Nikolov, and Peio Duboue due to better tiebreaks.[3]
He qualified to play at the Chess World Cup 2023, but was unable to attend the event and was replaced by Gianmarco Leiva.[4]
In January 2024, he earned his final GM norm by defeating Miklos Galyas at the NYC Chess Norms event.[5] He was awarded the Grandmaster title in December 2024, after his rating surpassed 2500.
References
edit- ^ "First Pan-Armenian Chess Tournament Triumphally Concludes with Online Ceremony". June 29, 2020.
- ^ "2023 US Chess Federation All-America Chess Team Announced". January 5, 2023.
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (February 20, 2023). "Diptayan Ghosh wins 21st Rochefort Chess Festival Masters 2023, Harsha Bharathakoti third".
- ^ Lu, Max (May 31, 2023). "Mr. President, Señor Presidente! Three Americans Qualify for World Cup".
- ^ Lang, JJ (January 19, 2024). "NYC Norms: Ghazarian and Hardaway Lead Quartet of MLK Weekend Norm Earners".