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Nalbandyan, Vahan
CM🇦🇲FIDE 13309439· Male· Armenia· Born in 2002
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Vahan Nalbandyan, a 24-year-old Armenian Candidate Master, is rated 2152 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 15 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent appearances: 22e Bois-Colombes Chess Master - Open A and 86th Armenian Championship (Semifinal). Also played 1 rapid (including European Universities Chess Championship 2025 - Open rapid) and 3 blitz events (including Yerevan Open 2025 (blitz)) recently. He took a 13-month break between Sep 2021 and Nov 2022. His peak of 2223 was reached at age 22 (Nov 2024, Armenian #68 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 23). At junior level, he reached #11, #6, #5, #10 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2152
Standard
Rpd2010·Blz2117
All-time high
2223
−71 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 22
Nov 2024 · age 22
Activity
57
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#11,116 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 23
Feb 2025
2024
All-time peak 2223
at age 22 · −71 from today
Nov 2024
Peak Armenian rank: #68
at age 22 · rated 2210
Oct 2024
Crossed 2200
at age 22
Oct 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 21
Sep 2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-42
2194 → 2152
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
9/ 1752.9%
6W6D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/8 | #97 | 2140 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #15 | 1985 | -36.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVeronika KhachatryanWCM
🇦🇲ARM·2015
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAnna KhachatryanWFM
🇦🇲ARM·2154
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsPolina KobakWFM
🇦🇲ARM·1986
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsDavit BaghdasaryanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2295
+3 −0 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsAlen YeremyanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2238
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2024
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Rankings
/
Armenia
#86
out of 863 players
Europe
#7,964
in continent
World
#11,116
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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