David Paravyan
{{Short description|Russian chess grandmaster (born 1998)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Arturovich|Paravyan|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = David Paravyan
| image = David Paravyan.png
| caption = Paravyan in 2020
| birth_name = David Arturovich Paravyan
| country = Russia (until 2023)
FIDE (since 2023)
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|8 March 1998}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Russia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = Grandmaster (2017)
| peakrating = 2660 (September 2021)
| peakranking = No. 78 (September 2021)
| FideID = 4194985
}}
David Arturovich Paravyan ({{langx|ru|link=no|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.
Chess career
Born in Moscow,[http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=4194985&title=GM&pb=50 Title Applications. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey]. FIDE. Paravyan received the international master title in 2013[https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7488-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-84th-fide-congress-in-tallinn-estonia.html "List of titles approved by the 84th FIDE Congress in Tallinn, Estonia"]. FIDE. 17 October 2012. and the grandmaster title in 2017.[https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10450-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-executive-board-in-antalya-turkey.html "List of titles approved by the Executive Board in Antalya, Turkey"]. FIDE. 17 October 2017.
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).{{cite web |date=28 February 2018 |title=Vladislav Kovalev wins Aeroflot Open 2018 |url=http://www.chessdom.com/vladislav-kovalev-wins-aeroflot-2018/ |url-status=live |website=Chessdom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303192040/http://www.chessdom.com:80/vladislav-kovalev-wins-aeroflot-2018/ |archive-date=3 March 2018 }} 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 {{chessgloss|performance rating}} of 2774.{{Cite web |last=McGourty |first=Colin |date=22 October 2019 |title=Wang Hao wins it all! 9 Grand Swiss conclusions |url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wang-hao-wins-it-all-9-grand-swiss-conclusions |url-status=live |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=chess24.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022173135/https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wang-hao-wins-it-all-9-grand-swiss-conclusions |archive-date=22 October 2019 }} 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.[https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar-chess-festival-2020-live-2 "Gibraltar Chess Festival 2020: Paravyan wins in a playoff!"]. ChessBase. 30 January 2020.
Paravyan was one of the FIDE President's Nominees for the 2021 FIDE World Cup, where he defeated IM Mohamed Tissir in the first round and GM Alexander Onischuk in the second round before being eliminated by GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the third round.{{Cite web |title=David Paravyan {{!}} Top Chess Players |url=https://www.chess.com/players/david-paravyan |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
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- {{Chessgames.com player|118119}}
- {{365Chess.com player|David_Paravyan}}
- [https://lichess.org/@/drop_stone drop_stone] player profile at [https://lichess.org Lichess.org]
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Category:Russian chess players
Category:Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent
Category:Chess players from Moscow
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