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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 2412 and ranked 27th 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). His peak of 2446 was reached at age 31 (Jun 2025, Czech #17 at the time).
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
2412
Standard
Rpd2429·Blz2495
All-time high
2446
−34 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 31
Jun 2025 · age 31
Activity
76
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
80 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#27
#27 · Czech players · of 5,635
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-27
2439 → 2412
Tournaments
23
83 games
Score
58/ 8369.9%
44W28D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #8 | 2338 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #13 | 2255 | -7.6 |
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 |
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·2051
+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
#27
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#922
in continent
World
#1,466
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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