Gasparyan, David

David Gasparyan, a 19-year-old American player, is rated 2251 — just 21 short of his peak of 2272 (Feb 2026, age 19) and sitting in the top 5% of American players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +40 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 46th Annual Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic, 2026 Dreaming King Open, and 60th American Open. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2015–2016), 20 months (2017–2019) and 28 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included).

Competes for United States of America since Jul 2021. At junior level, he reached World #87 in U8 and #22, #21, #25, #82, #50 and #25 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.