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Vaganian, Rafael A

Vaganian, Rafael A

GM🇦🇲

FIDEFIDE 13300016· Male· Armenia· Born in 1951

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Rafael A Vaganian, a 75-year-old Armenian Grandmaster, is rated 2442 and ranked 19th among Armenian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 21 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent appearances: Aeroflot Open 2026_Legends and Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 A-Open. He had 3 career breaks: 22 months (2012–2014), 23 months (2014–2016) and 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2670 was reached at age 54 (Jan 2005); he also reached World #26 in Apr 2002 and spent 17 months in the world top 100.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 50).

Current rating

2442

Standard

Rpd2416·Blz2439

All-time high

2670

−228 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 54

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#19

#19 · Armenian players · of 798
17 months in World top 100 (2001–2005)

Career timeline

24 entries
2026
2nd 70-75 player worldwide
at age 75 · rated 2437
Mar 2026
2023
500 career games
at age 72
Dec 2023
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2516 → returned at 2493
Dec 2019
3rd 65-70 player worldwide
at age 68 · rated 2546
Mar 2019
2016
2nd 60-65 player worldwide
at age 65 · rated 2570
Jul 2016
2014
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2577 → returned at 2570
Jul 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Sergey MakarichevGM 2,520
Aeroflot Open 2026_Legends · Feb 2026 · +6.1 Elo
Evolution
-7
2449 → 2442
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
8/ 1361.5%
5W6D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Aeroflot Open 2026_Legends
Round-Robin
Feb 20262.5/4#12523+4.7
Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 A-Open
Open Swiss
Aug 20255.5/9#392332-11.7

Most-Played Opponents

vsYuri S BalashovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2376
+0 −1 =5
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsOleg M RomanishinGM
🇺🇦UKR·2267
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2019
View head-to-head →
vsAnatoly KarpovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2617
+1 −0 =5
6 games·last met Jun 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Armenia
#19
out of 863 players
Europe
#681
in continent
World
#1,104
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Armenia
1
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2,651
2
🇦🇲Sargsyan, ShantFollow Shant SargsyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,644
3
🇦🇲Hakobyan, AramFollow Aram HakobyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,635
4
🇦🇲Hovhannisyan, RobertFollow Robert HovhannisyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,629
5
🇦🇲Ter-Sahakyan, SamvelFollow Samvel Ter-SahakyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,613
6
🇦🇲Sargissian, GabrielFollow Gabriel SargissianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,610
7
🇦🇲Movsesian, SergeiFollow Sergei MovsesianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,594
8
🇦🇲Petrosyan, ManuelFollow Manuel PetrosyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,574
9
🇦🇲Andriasian, ZavenFollow Zaven AndriasianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
10
🇦🇲Petrosian, Tigran L.Follow Tigran L. PetrosianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,522
...
19🇦🇲Vaganian, Rafael A2,442
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
681🇦🇲Vaganian, Rafael A2,442
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
1104🇦🇲Vaganian, Rafael A2,442