Rafael Vaganian

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rafael Vaganian
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1951(1951-10-15)
Age	73
Birthplace	Yerevan
Country	Armenia
Horoscope	Libra

Rafael Vaganian Biography

Rafael Vaganian is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on October 15, 1951 in Yerevan, Armenia. Rafael Vaganian (Armenian pronunciation: Rhafayel Artyomi Vahanyan or Rrafayel Artyomi Vahanyan; Russian translation: Rafael’ Artiomovich Vaganian or Rafael Artemovich Vaganyan) is an Armenian grandmaster of chess. He is well-known for his tactical play and sharp strategy. Vaganian was born in Yerevan on 15 October 1951.

Alexey Suetin described him in 1985 as a player with exceptional natural talents. After playing with him many times, he was able to sense his great intuition. “He has a fine feel of the dynamics and how to intensify play at the right time.” He relies on his natural chess skills to calculate variants, but not always accurately. “… was added to Vaganian’s unstable ideas on the chessboard. He is not afraid of uncertainty or fear. He is an optimist who never loses sight of the goal, has ambitious goals at every stage, and has a dynamic temperament

At Odessa in 1989, he won the 56th Soviet Championship on his 38th birthday. In previous attempts he had shared third place in Leningrad 1974 and Moscow 1983, whilst finishing second at his hometown in 1975.

He is a cheerful, popular grandmaster. His tournament record includes victories at Kragujevac 1974 and Sao Paulo 1977, Kirovakan 1979, Las Palmas 1978, Las Palmas79, Manila 1981, Hastings82/83, Biel 85 (the Interzonal), Leningrad87, Toronto 1990, and Ter Apel 1992. He shared first place at Tallinn 1983 and Moscow 1982 with Mikhail Tal, and at Naestved 1985 he was with Walter Browne & Bent Larsen. He won the Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament twice, the 35th Edition 1992/93 and 37th Edition 1994/95.

Rafael Vaganian Net Worth

Rafael Vaganian is one of the richest Chess Player from Armenia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rafael Vaganian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After a great performance at the Vrnjacka Banja tournament in 1971, where he won first place, ahead of Leonid Stein and Ljubomir Ljubojevic, he was awarded International Grandmaster status in 1971. He finished fourth in the World Junior Chess Championship that year, with the winner being Werner Hug, a Swiss player. He was so disappointed by the outcome that he decided to challenge Hug to a blitz game to try to salvage some pride. After a brief blitz, Vaganian was declared the winner with a score of 10-0.

He has won numerous medals in team competition over the years. He represented the Soviet Union and Armenia at the Olympiads, European Team Chess Championships, and many other events. He was board one of the USSR team at Teesside’s World Student Team Championship in 1974. He scored 10/11 and won the board one prize. He was awarded team bronze and individual silver for his performance on board 3 during the 2004 Calvia Olympiad.

He was a world championship Candidate twice, losing out to Andrei Sokolov in 1986 and to Lajos Portisch in 1988. It is estimated that he has won in excess of thirty tournaments in all, and as recently as 2004, tied for first place in the Moscow’s Aeroflot Open with Sergei Rublevsky and Valerij Filippov. In January 2005, his Elo rating briefly reached a 21st-century high at 2670, putting him back into the world’s top 50, despite being in his mid-fifties.

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Facts & Trivia

Rafael Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Armenia. Rafael Vaganian celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.