Manuel Petrosyan

Manuel earned his Grandmaster title in 2017 at the Lake Sevan International Chess Tournament. The thirteenth highest-rated player in Armenia, Manuel won the Under-18 World Youth Championship in 2016 and placed second at the 2017 World Junior Championship. Most recently, he served as GM Levon Aronian’s second at the 2019 St. Louis Rapid and Blitz and 2019 Sinquefield Cup, helping Aronian to place in first at the former.