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Sergei Movsesian (Սերգեյ Մովսիսյանը; born November 3, 1978) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He is a FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 quarterfinalist, Blitz European Champion, European Individual Chess Championship silver medalist and has won a gold medal with Armenia at the 2011 World Team Chess Championship and 40th Chess Olympiad. His highest rank ever was tenth place in the world, achieved in early 2009.

Movsesian played for the Czech Republic for most of his career. He then represented Slovakia for better conditions and citizenship certification there. Movsesian later announced that as of late 2010, he plays for his home country of Armenia.

Career
Movsesian participated at the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 in Las Vegas as the 27th seed. He upset 11th seed Peter Leko in the third round. In the quarterfinals, Movsesian lost to future Armenia national chess teammate Vladimir Akopian, 1.5–2.5. He won the Blitz European Championship in 2002.

For the first time betting on chess was possible in the Czech Republic through the Fortuna betting company, Movsesian played a 12-game blitz match with David Navara at the Club Fortuna for a chess festival in 2005. Bettors put $1 million Czech Crowns (~ $40,000 USD) on the match. Movsesian was two points up before the last two games, which ended the contest in a 6-6 draw.

Movsesian won the Bosna 2007 in Sarajevo with 6.5 points. He was leading the tournament from the start.

He won the 2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament in Karlovy Vary and Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg in 2007 and B-tournament of the Corus Chess Tournament in 2008.

Movsesian was the top seed at the European Individual Championships 2008 in Plovdiv. He was in first place after the sixth round with 5.5 points. Movsesian was in second place after the final round and won a silver medal.

At the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2009 in Group A, Movsesian beat top seed Vassily Ivanchuk in the seventh round, was tied in first after round eleven and finished the tournament in fourth place after the thirteenth round.

He was in first place at the Gibtel Masters 2010 going into the last round but didn't keep first afterward, although he still had the top score of 7.5 with everyone ahead of him.

The Armenian national chess team, with Aronian on board two, won the World Team Chess Championship for the first time in 2011.

Armenia and Movsesian won the Chess Olympiad title at the 40th Chess Olympiad. This was the third time Armenia won gold at the Olympiad. Movsesian played on board two, behind Levon Aronian. As the players were awarded their gold medals, the Armenian national anthem Mer Hayrenik was played and the Armenian flag was raised in Istanbul. Aronian was holding an Armenian flag up as he and his team were standing on the first place podium. Upon returning to Yerevan, the players were welcomed back with a ceremony by many people in the city the moment their airplane touched down in Zvartnots Airport.

With club Tomsk - 400, he won the 2012 Russian Team Championship. Movsesian's final 4.0/4 in the last rounds was the deciding score that put the club in first.

Movsesian won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 in Group B with a score of 9.5/13, ahead by a full point.

He tied for 1st–8th with Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Romanov, Alexander Beliavsky, Constantin Lupulescu, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Hrant Melkumyan, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexey Dreev and Evgeny Alekseev at the European Individual Chess Championship 2013.

Team competitions
Movsesian joined the Armenian national chess team when he began representing Armenia in competition. Previously, he was part of the Slovakian national team, playing for them on board one at the 38th Chess Olympiad and 39th Chess Olympiad. He was a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team on board two at the World Team Chess Championship in 2011. Movsesian competed in his first Chess Olympiad at the 40th Chess Olympiad, playing for Armenia on board two, behind Levon Aronian. Armenia won gold at the Olympiad for the third time in history.

Outside of playing chess, Movsesian is also the trainer of IM Valentina Gunina and WGM Alina Kashlinskaya.

Personal life
Sergei is currently dating GM Yulia Kochetkova. Movsesian was previously married to another Grandmaster, Petra Krupkova.

He speaks eight languages fluently.

Movsesian reading books, his favourite author is Stephen King, and he is an active fan of the ice-hockey club Pardubice.