David Arutinian
David Gareginovich Arutinian is a Georgian chess grandmaster since 2006, and an international master since 2002. He is ranked 9th in Georgia and 453rd in the world. His highest rating was 2593.
Arutinian won the
- 11th Open International de Rochefort - 1st place
- Strasbourg Prestige open - 1st place
- Sydney International Open - 2nd place
- In 2009, 16th Vienna Open - 2nd place
- Aeroflot open A2 - 1st place.
- In 2012, Warsaw chess festival group A - 2nd place.
- In 2012, 11th Rochefort Open tournament - tied 1st place with Bassem Amin.
- He won the Karen Asrian Memorial in 2012.
- In 2010, tied for 1st–8th with Sergey Volkov, Viorel Iordachescu, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gadir Guseinov, Hrant Melkumyan, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Tornike Sanikidze in the 12th Dubai Open.
- In 2007, tied for first place with Wang Yue, Vugar Gashimov, Vasily Yemelin and Yuri Drozdovskij in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open.
- In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, Sergey Fedorchuk, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open.
Arutinian is the Georgian runner-up in 2006 and 2007.
He represented Georgia in 2 Olympics: 2006 and 2008.
He was also a participant in the European Team Championships
Arutinian is a FIDE Senior Trainer. He coaches the men and women Georgian Olympic team.
Some of his successful students are:
Sopiko Guramishvili - World champion under 16, 2006
Keti Tsatsalashvili - World champion under 16, 2007
Bobby Cheng - World champion under 12, 2009
Anna Maja Kazarian - European Silver medal under 12, 2012
Sayin Zhanat - World School Champion under 16, 2015
Zhansaya Abdumalik - Silver medal in World chess championship under 12, Silver medal in World Junior chess championship under 20
Georgian Women Olympic team- 2nd place in European team chess championship in 2009, 3rd place in World chess Olympiad in 2010
