Levon Babujian Explained

Levon Babujian
Birthname:	Լեւոն Բաբուջյան
Birth Date:	8 May 1986
Birth Place:	Yerevan, Armenia
Grandmaster (2010)
Peakrating:	2518 (January 2009)
Fideid:	13301993

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

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]

Notes and References

1. https://woochess.com/en/teacher/levon-babujian Levon Babujian
2. https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=13301993&title=IM&pb=11&reff=0 Application for the International Master title
3. http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=13301993&title=GM&pb=25 Application for the Grandmaster title
4. Web site: VASYLYSHYN Memorial - 2008. World Chess Federation (FIDE). 8 June 2011.
5. Web site: International Istanbul Chess Festival November 2009 Turkey. FIDE. 22 January 2012.
6. Web site: 81st Yerevan Ch. Final. Chess-results.com. 8 June 2011.
7. Web site: 4th Karen Asrian Memorial. Chessdom.com. 28 June 2011. 5 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014549/http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2011/karen-asrian-memorial. dead.
8. Web site: Hrant Melkumyan becomes Armenia's Chess 960 champion of 2012. 2012-01-28. PanArmenian.net. 29 January 2012.
9. Web site: The Week in Chess 1311. 2020-07-09. theweekinchess.com.