Levon Babujian

Levon Babujian
Levon Babujian, 2013
Full name	Լեւոն Բաբուջյան
Country	Armenia
Born	(1986-05-08) May 8, 1986 (age 38) Yerevan, Armenia
Title	Grandmaster (2010)
Peak rating	2518 (January 2009)

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

Babujian was born in Yerevan.^[citation needed] 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]

Tournaments

• 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. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. 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.

External links

• Levon Babujian player profile and games at Chessgames.com