Sergei Movsesian

Sergei Movsesjan (in English transcription Sergei Movsesian, Armenian Սերգեյ Մովսեսյան; born November 3, 1978 in Tbilisi ) is a Slovak chess champion of the world elite, who plays for Armenia and part of the Armenian diaspora in Prague.

Movsesjan came, as well as Tigran Petrosian, as Armenians in Georgia to the world. His enormous chess talent was encouraged at an early stage. He was inducted into the Soviet chess school even before the collapse of the USSR, but it was a further support in the early 1990s, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, dubious and Movsesjans parents moved with their two sons in 1993 in Pardubice. Movsesjan learned the Czech language and took part in both the Czech Republic (2nd place 1997, 1st in 1998) as well as in the Slovak Championship (1st place 1995, 2nd place 2002). In the Armenian Championship in 1996, he was fifth. In 1997 he won in Hamburg. In the FIDE World Chess Championship by knockout system, 1999 in Las Vegas, he turned in the second round Péter Lékó out after a tie-break in rapid chess, then lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up world champion Wladimir Akopjan.

In 2002 he won in Sarajevo against Alexei Shirov, Alexei and Ivan Sokolov Drejew. In 2003 he defeated in the Reykjavík Iceland Hannes Stefansson in a competition with 4.5 to 1.5 ( 3 -0 = 3). 2003 and 2004, he came second in Sarajevo. Movsesjan also celebrated numerous victories in rapid chess: In 1999, he won the China Cup in Dresden, as well as rapid chess tournaments in Prague in 1999 and Warsaw 2004 In January 2008 Movsesjan won the B group of the Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, a round robin tournament of the category. 15 ( average rating, 2618 ), and thus qualified for the main tournament in 2009.

Movsesjan represented on international routes to Armenia and then played for the Czech Republic, but were denied him the Czech citizenship, to which in 2002 he was Slovak. Movsesjan played twice ( in 1998 and 2000) for the national team of the Czech Republic at the Chess Olympiad, where he scored 14 points from 22 games, and four times for Slovakia ( in 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010 ), while it reached 30 points from 46 games. Movsesjan announced in December 2010 that he wants to play again in the future for Armenia, but the Slovak citizenship would definitely keep. He was with the Armenian team in 2011 team world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist. Here, he played on the 2nd board.