Rudik Makarian

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Rudik Makarian
Personal information
BornRudik Yurikovich Makarian
(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004
Alatumani, Akhalkalaki, Georgia
Chess career
Country
  • Russia (until 2022)
  • FIDE (since 2022)
TitleGrandmaster (2025)
FIDE rating2548 (June 2026)
Peak rating2562 (January 2023)

Rudik Yurikovich Makarian (Russian: Рудик Юрикович Макарян, Georgian: რუდიკ იურიკოვიჩ მაკარიანი; born 30 July 2004) is a Russian chess grandmaster.[1][2]

Chess career

Makarian was born on 30 July 2004 in the village of Alatumani in the municipality of Akhalkalaki, Georgia.[3]

He won the U-16 World Youth Chess Championship in 2019[4] and the Russian Junior Chess Championship in 2020.[5]

He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021 where he was defeated 1½-½ by Kacper Piorun in the first round.[6]

Top 32 Juniors FIDE February 2024.

He became a grandmaster in 2025, 6 years after becoming an international master, in 2019.

References

  1. "Юноша из села Алатуман покорил шахматный олимп России". JNEWS.ge (in Russian). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. "Makarian, Rudik". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. "Рудик Макарян" (in Russian). Chess Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
  4. "Praggnanandhaa and Polina dominate World Youth 2019". Chess News. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. "Rudik Makarian Wins Russian Junior Championship". Федерация шахмат России. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup.fide.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.