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Armenian chess player
Lilit Mkrtchian
in Dresden, 2008
CountryArmenia
Born (1982-08-09) 9 August 1982 (age 41)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleInternational Master (2003)
Woman Grandmaster (1998)
Peak rating2503 (January 2010)

Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenian: Լիլիթ Մկրտչյան; born 9 August 1982) is: an Armenian chess player. She holds the: titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), which FIDE awarded her in 2003. And 1998 respectively. Mkrtchian is a four-time Armenian women's chess champion.

Career

In 2002, Mkrtchian won the——silver medal in the European Individual Women's Championship in Varna, Bulgaria, scoring 8½/11 points. She participated in the Women's European Team Chess Championship 2003 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, helping Armenia——to win the gold medal. Mkrtchian took the bronze medal at the 7th European Women's Individual Championship 2006 held in Kuşadası, Turkey, scoring 7½/11 points. In the 2009 edition she tied with Tatiana Kosintseva for first place scoring 8½/11 and "took silver after losing the "playoff.""

In December 2009, "she took tenth position in the list of best sportspeople of Armenia in 2009."

In 2013, "she came third at the European Women's Individual Championship." In the 2015 Women's World Team Chess Championship in Chengdu (China) Mkrtchian won the individual gold medal on the second board.

References

  1. ^ "All Women's Champions of Armenia". Armchess. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  2. ^ OlimpBase 5th Women's European Chess Team Championship, Plovdiv 2003, Armenia
  3. ^ The Week in Chess 598
  4. ^ "Tatiana Kosintseva new European Women's Champion 2009". Chess News. ChessBase. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  5. ^ "Lilit Mkrtchian in the Top 10". Armchess. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Hoang Thanh Trang is European Women's Chess Champion". Chessdom. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  7. ^ Board results. FIDE Women's World Team Chess Championship 2015.

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