Karen Movsziszian is an Armenian chess player and a Grandmaster. He was born on May 6, 1963 in Omsk, Russia. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1988 and became an International Grandmaster in 1996.
Movsziszian has participated and had success in many international chess tournaments, including the Armenian Chess Championship, the Copenhagen Chess Championship, the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, and the Porticcio Open in Corsica. He had also represented Armenia at the Chess Olympiad in 1996.
In addition to his playing career, Movsziszian has been the head coach of the Armenian Women's Chess Team and a chess coach at the main Armenian sports school, the Olympic Chess Training Center. Currently, he is living and teaching in Spain.