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)
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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