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Shagbazyan, Taron
IM🇨🇿FIDE 14122073· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1994
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Taron Shagbazyan, a 32-year-old Czech International Master, is rated 2420 — just 26 short of his peak of 2446 (Jun 2025, age 31) and ranked 23rd among Czech players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 2 years. 100 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Maasch & Kirsch Schachfestival 2026 A-Open, 1. liga zapad 2025-2026 r11, and XL. Aeskulap-Open. Also played 4 rapid (including Turnovsky Granat 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 33 months (2014–2016) and 34 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). He reached Czech #17 in Jun 2025.
Competes for Czech Republic since Oct 2025. Awarded IM in 2025 (age 31) and FM in 2011 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #55 in U20, World #59 in U18, World #67 in U16, World #81 in U14 and World #70 in U12.
Current rating
2420
Standard
Rpd2420·Blz2495
All-time high
2446
−26 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 31
Jun 2025 · age 31
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
100 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#23
#23 · Czech players · of 5,624
Career timeline
25 entries2025
Switched federation: UKR → CZE
at age 31
Oct 2025
IM title awardedIM
at age 31 · 2024 4th FIDE Council
Aug 2025
Peak Czech rank: #17
at age 31 · rated 2446
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2446
at age 31 · −26 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2400
at age 30
Apr 2024
2020
Re-crossed 2400
at age 26
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-26
2446 → 2420
Tournaments
23
82 games
Score
55.5/ 8267.7%
39W33D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/4 | #14 | 2188 | -10.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #15 | 3108 | +3.3 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #7 | 2327 | -3.3 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2407 | -3.3 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #5 | 2596 | +4.1 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #17 | 2313 | -9.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #86 | 2400 | -0.5 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #11 | 2819 | +2.1 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #27 | 2336 | -2.7 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2456 | +4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMikhail LitvakFM
🇺🇦UKR·2317
+5 −2 =13
20 games·last met Jan 2014
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vsGeorgiy TkachenkoIM
🇺🇦UKR·2206
+10 −2 =7
19 games·last met Jul 2015
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vsViacheslav MalyiFM
🇺🇦UKR·2361
+4 −5 =9
18 games·last met Dec 2013
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vsAlexander Burkhach
🇺🇦UKR·2061
+7 −1 =7
15 games·last met Dec 2013
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vsMikhail KostrominIM
🇮🇱ISR·2306
+6 −3 =6
15 games·last met Oct 2013
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#23
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#840
in continent
World
#1,358
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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