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Levon Babujian – Armenian Chess Grandmaster

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Levon Babujian is a Chess Grandmaster from Armenia with Elo ratings exceeding 2500 from FIDE, making him one of the best Armenian chess players in the world.

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Full name: Levon Babujian

Title: Grandmaster (2010)

International Master (2006)

Place of birth: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Born: May 8, 1986

Federation: Armenia

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    • Artur Chibukhchian vs Levon Babujian – Armenian Championship, Round 4 – Yerevan, Armenia – May 02, 2005
    • Hans Tikkanen vs Levon Babujian – World Junior Championship (Boys) Round 5 – Istanbul, Turkey – November 13, 2005
    • David Baramidze vs Levon Babujian – World Junior Championship, Round 10 – Yerevan, Armenia – October 13, 2006

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World ranking: 2408

Rapid: 2500

Blitz: 2367

Classical: 2373

Peak rating: 2518

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Biography

Levon Babujian is an Armenian Chess Grandmaster born in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 8, 1986. Babujian was awarded the title of Grandmaster (2010) and  International Master (2006). As of January 2009, his Peak rating was 2518.  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.

The Beginning

Babujian began playing chess at a junior age. In 2013, Babujian was the runner-up in the Armenian Championship. From 2001 to 2021, Babujian played a total of 218 games. Babujian’s overall performance record in the 218 games includes; 73 wins, 44 draws, and 95 losses, resulting in a percentage score of 44.8.

At the 4th Yerevan Open A 2022 tournament held on October 10th, 2022, Sergei Lobanov triumphed with a score of 7.0 points. David Paravyan and Aleksey Goganov became runners-up with a score of 6.5 points. Babujian achieved a score of 2.5 points and came 19th on the tiebreak. In June 2022, the 13th Asrian Memorial 2022 tournament was held at Jermuk, Armenia, and Shant Sargasyan scored 7.5 points to emerge victorious. Babujian came in 12th place on the tiebreak with a score of 2.5 points. Before then, Babujian had participated in the Andranik Margaryan Mem IM tournament held in Yerevan, Armenia, in January 2022. Norayr Torosyan scored 7.0 points hence becoming the winner, while Babujian placed fourth with a score of 4.5 points.

Some of the notable tournaments Babujian played include; the Armenian Championship (2005),  Asrian Memorial (2019), World Junior Championship (Boys) (2005), World Junior Championship (2006), European Championship (2005), Chigorin Memorial Open (2009), and European Championship (2014).

Notable Achievements

Babujian came first at the 2019 Kazakhstan Cup Final on a tiebreak with a score of 6.5 out of 9 points.

Babujian emerged victorious at the 81st Yerevan City Chess Championship in 2011

In 2011, Babujian shared 2nd to 6th place in the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk

Babujian came third at the Armenian Chess960 Championship in 2012

In 2008, Babujian shared 2nd to third place at the Vasylyshyn Memorial tournament.

Notable Games

Artur Chibukhchian vs Levon Babujian – Armenian Championship, Round 4 – Yerevan, Armenia – May 02, 2005

Hans Tikkanen vs Levon Babujian – World Junior Championship (Boys) Round 5 – Istanbul, Turkey – November 13, 2005

David Baramidze vs Levon Babujian – World Junior Championship, Round 10 – Yerevan, Armenia – October 13, 2006

Did you enjoy reading about Levon Babujian? If you did, you might also be interested in reading about other players such as Hikaru Nakamura, Emanuel Lasker, and Paul Morphy.

Sources

  1. https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=17030
  2. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=93765
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