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Melkonyan, Vardan

CM🇦🇲

FIDEFIDE 13302809· Male· Armenia· Born in 1980

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Vardan Melkonyan, a 46-year-old Armenian Candidate Master, is rated 2113 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 25 months (2012–2014), 60 months (2014–2019), 40 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 9th Batumi Int.Festival (Open-B). Also played 2 blitz events (including 9th Batumi Int.Festival (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 2280 was reached at age 29 (Apr 2009, Armenian #48 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2024 (age 44).

Current rating

2113

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2097

All-time high

2280

−167 pts below
Apr 2009 · age 29

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 7%

#14,215 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2026
6th Armenian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2113
Jun 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 45
Sep 2025
2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2099 → returned at 2113
May 2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 44
Feb 2024
2021
6th Armenian 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2246
Jul 2021
2019
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 2246 → returned at 2171
Aug 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Giga GoderdzishviliCM 2,158
9th Batumi Int.Festival (Open-B) · Jul 2025 · +1.3 Elo
Evolution
+14
2099 → 2113
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
7/ 977.8%
6W2D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsNikolay Birmenko1,976·9th Batumi Int.Festival (Open-B)·R4·-13.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
9th Batumi Int.Festival (Open-B)
Open Swiss
Jul 20257/9#32153+13.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsHaik Khachikyan
🇦🇲ARM·1984
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Oct 2024
View head-to-head →
vsHaik G. VardanianIM
🇦🇲ARM·2353
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2011
View head-to-head →
vsSargis V. ManukyanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2271
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Dec 2009
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Armenia
#96
out of 863 players
Europe
#10,298
in continent
World
#14,215
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Armenia
1
🇦🇲Martirosyan, Haik M.Follow Haik M. MartirosyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
96🇦🇲Melkonyan, Vardan2,113
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
...
10298🇦🇲Melkonyan, Vardan2,113
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
...
14215🇦🇲Melkonyan, Vardan2,113