Lilit Mkrtchian

Lilit Mkrtchian
in Dresden, 2008
CountryArmenia
Born (1982-08-09) 9 August 1982 (age 42)
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.[1]

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.[2] Mkrtchian took the bronze medal at the 7th European Women's Individual Championship 2006 held in Kuşadası, Turkey, scoring 7½/11 points.[3] In the 2009 edition she tied with Tatiana Kosintseva for first place scoring 8½/11 and took silver after losing the playoff.[4]

In December 2009, she took tenth position in the list of best sportspeople of Armenia in 2009.[5]

In 2013, she came third at the European Women's Individual Championship.[6] In the 2015 Women's World Team Chess Championship in Chengdu (China) Mkrtchian won the individual gold medal on the second board.[7]

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. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Lilit Mkrtchian in the Top 10". Armchess. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Hoang Thanh Trang is European Women's Chess Champion". Chessdom. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ Board results. FIDE Women's World Team Chess Championship 2015.
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