Robert Hovhannisyan

{{short description|Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1991)}}

{{Infobox chess player

|name = Robert Hovhannisyan

|image = File:Robert Hovhannisyan ARM Ch 2013.jpg

|caption = Robert Hovhannisyan, 2013

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|country = Armenia

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|23|df=y}}

|birth_place = Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union

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|title = Grandmaster (2010)

|worldchampion =

|peakrating = 2650 (August 2019)

|peakranking = No. 98 (June 2025)

|FideID = 13302507

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Robert Ararati Hovhannisyan ({{langx|hy|Ռոբերտ Արարատի Հովհաննիսյան}}; born 23 March 1991) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010.[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4490-titles-approved-at-the-2nd-quarter-presidential-board-2010.html Titles approved at the 2nd Quarter Presidential Board 2010], FIDE

In January 2011, Hovhannisyan won the 71st Armenian Chess Championship which he won again in 2024 and 2025[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/5034-gm-robert-hovhannisyan-is-the-new-armenian-champion.html GM Robert Hovhannisyan is the new Armenian champion], FIDE{{Cite web |title=Armenian Championship 2024: Hovhannisyan and Gaboyan clinch titles – International Chess Federation |url=https://www.fide.com/armenian-championship-2024-hovhannisyan-and-gaboyan-clinch-titles/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Armenian Championship 2025: Hovhannisyan and Gaboyan defend titles – International Chess Federation |url=https://www.fide.com/armenian-championship-2025-hovhannisyan-and-gaboyan-defend-titles/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |language=en-US}} In July he was a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.armenianow.com/sports/chess/31433/armenia_world_chess_championship|title=Chess Powerhouse: Armenia grandmasters savor World Team Championship title|last=Mketchyan|first=Gayane|date=2011-07-29|website=ArmeniaNow|access-date=2019-03-31|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331043003/https://www.armenianow.com/sports/chess/31433/armenia_world_chess_championship|url-status=dead}} The following month, Hovhannisyan tied for first place with Dariusz Świercz in the World Junior Chess Championship in Chennai, placing second on tiebreak.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/5477-swiercz-dariusz-and-cori-t-deysi-are-world-junior-champions.html|title=Swiercz Dariusz and Cori T Deysi are World Junior Champions|author=K Muralimohan|date=2011-08-15|publisher=FIDE|access-date=2019-03-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-junior-swiercz-and-cori-take-gold-in-chennai/1|title=World Junior: Swiercz and Cori take Gold in Chennai|date=2011-08-16|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2019-03-31}} In November, he played again on the Armenian team in the European Team Chess Championship, in which his team finished fourth. In January 2012, Hovhannisyan took second place in the Armenian championship.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr63656.aspx?art=4&lan=1&turdet=YES|title=72nd ARM Championship. The Highest League|date=2012-01-22|publisher=Chess-Results.com|accessdate=22 January 2012}} In 2013 he won the 6th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-robert-hovhannisyan-wins-karen-asrian-memorial-2013/|title=GM Robert Hovhannisyan wins Karen Asrian Memorial 2013|date=2013-06-25|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=2019-03-31}}{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr103933.aspx?art=4&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984|title=6th K. Asrian Memorial|publisher=Chess-Results.com|accessdate=24 June 2013}}

In 2015 Hovhannisyan tied for first with Alexei Shirov in the 5th Riga Technical University Open in Riga, finishing second on tiebreak.{{cite web|title=GM Alexei Shirov clinches the title in 5th Riga Technical University Open|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-alexei-shirov-clinches-the-title-in-5th-riga-technical-university-open/|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=10 October 2015|date=2015-08-19|archive-date=2018-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181402/http://www.chessdom.com/gm-alexei-shirov-clinches-the-title-in-5th-riga-technical-university-open/|url-status=dead}} Hovhannisyan won this tournament three years later.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/hovhannisyan-wins-riga-open-2018/|title=Hovhannisyan wins Riga Open 2018|date=2018-08-13|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=2019-03-31}}