Levon Babujian

Levon Babujian (Armenian: Լեւոն Բաբուջյան, born May 8, 1986 in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.

Levon Babujian
Levon Babujian, 2013
Full nameԼեւոն Բաբուջյան
Country Armenia
Born (1986-05-08) May 8, 1986
Yerevan, Armenia
TitleGrandmaster (2010)
FIDE rating2455 (February 2021)
Peak rating2518 (January 2009)

He attended the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport and is the director of a chess school in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan.[1]

In April 2006 Levon Babujian achieved the title of International Master (IM).[2] He is a Grandmaster (GM) since January 2010.[3]

Tournamtents
  • 2008 Shared second-third at Vasylyshyn Memorial[4]
  • 2009 First at Istanbul[5]
  • 2011 Won the 81st Yerevan City Chess Championship[6]
  • 2011 Shared second-sixth in the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk[7]
  • 2012 Third in the Armenian Chess960 Championship.[8]
  • 2019 First at the Kazakhstan Cup Final.[9]

References
  1. Levon Babujian Archived 2018-07-01 at the Wayback Machine at Woo Chess
  2. Application for the International Master title
  3. Application for the Grandmaster title
  4. "VASYLYSHYN Memorial - 2008". World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  5. "International Istanbul Chess Festival November 2009 Turkey". FIDE. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  6. "81st Yerevan Ch. Final". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  7. "4th Karen Asrian Memorial". Chessdom.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  8. "Hrant Melkumyan becomes Armenia's Chess 960 champion of 2012". PanArmenian.net. 2012-01-28. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  9. "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.


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