Arman Pashikyan
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| Full name | Արման Փաշիկյան |
| Country |
 Armenia
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| Born |
July 28, 1987 Irkutsk, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating |
2594 (October 2017) (No. 203 on the November 2011 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2663 (September 2009) |
Arman Pashikian (Armenian: Արման Փաշիկյան; born July 28, 1987, Irkutsk,Russia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 (under-12) and in 2001 (under-14). He also took the fourth place in the European Championship. In 2003 Pashikian shared the first two places in the Armenian Chess Championship and in 2009 won the title. In 2005 he received the gold medal of the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship.
Pashikian played for Armenia in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Radosław Wojtaszek.
In February 2012, he came first in the 2nd Ferdowsi Open in Mashhad.
He is married to WGM Maria Kursova.
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