Format
PA
Poghosyan, Alen
🇦🇲FIDE 13318039· Male· Armenia· Born in 2009
Follow Alen PoghosyanTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Alen Poghosyan, a 17-year-old Armenian player, is rated 2288 — just 15 short of his peak of 2303 (Apr 2026, age 17) and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +58 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat de France des Jeunes 2026 - U18, Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9, and 10eme Open International Serge Dimier - Open A. Also played 5 rapid (including Rapide d'Orleans Serge Desmoulieres 2025) and 3 blitz events (including 2eme Tournoi de Gata - Grand Tournoi de Blitz du C'Chartres Echecs) recently. He reached Armenian #52 in Apr 2026.
At junior level, he reached #5, #2, #5, #5 and #21 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2288
Standard
Rpd2317·Blz2121
All-time high
2303
−15 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 17
Apr 2026 · age 17
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#266 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
15 entries2026
Peak Armenian rank: #52
at age 17 · rated 2303
Apr 2026
5th Armenian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2303
Apr 2026
Crossed 2300
at age 17
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2303
at age 17 · −15 from today
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 17
Apr 2026
2025
2nd Armenian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2290
Nov 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+40
2248 → 2288
Tournaments
10
54 games
Score
26/ 5448.1%
31W12D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #16 | 2189 | -15.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #92 | 2361 | +13.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #197 | 3113 | +22.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #322 | 2291 | +1.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #331 | 2178 | -10.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #479 | 1627 | -12.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 2254 | +1.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #115 | 3007 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #14 | 2299 | +26.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #51 | 2248 | -0.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJean Meunier-PionCM
🇫🇷FRA·2282
+6 −2 =4
12 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsVictor-Hugo Paquis
🇫🇷FRA·1936
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsVladimir ShahinyanCM
🇦🇲ARM·2066
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Jun 2023
View head-to-head →
vsJorge Bravo Bertoglio
🇨🇱CHI·1660
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Armenia
#56
out of 863 players
Europe
#2,997
in continent
World
#4,474
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Armenia
| 1 | 🇦🇲Follow Haik M. MartirosyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,651 |
| 2 | 🇦🇲Follow Shant SargsyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,644 |
| 3 | 🇦🇲Follow Aram HakobyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,635 |
| 4 | 🇦🇲Follow Robert HovhannisyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,629 |
| 5 | 🇦🇲Follow Samvel Ter-SahakyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,613 |
| 6 | 🇦🇲Follow Gabriel SargissianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,610 |
| 7 | 🇦🇲Follow Sergei MovsesianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,594 |
| 8 | 🇦🇲Follow Manuel PetrosyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,574 |
| 9 | 🇦🇲Follow Zaven AndriasianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,549 |
| 10 | 🇦🇲Follow Tigran L. PetrosianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,522 |
| ... | ||
| 56 | 2,288 | |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,728 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,713 |
| ... | ||
| 2997 | 2,288 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 4474 | 2,288 | |