Hovhannes Gabuzyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Գաբուզյան, born May 19, 1995, in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012.[1] He won the 77th Armenian Chess Championship in 2017[2] and 81st Armenian Chess Championship in 2021.[3]

Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Country Armenia
Born (1995-05-19) May 19, 1995 (age 28)
Yerevan, Armenia
TitleGrandmaster (2012)
FIDE rating2579 (April 2024)
Peak rating2622 (July 2019)

Achievements edit

  • 2010: Olympic Champion U-16 in the Armenia National team,[4]
  • 2011: Second in Armenia National team at U-16 World Youth Chess Olympiad,[5]
  • 2011: Second at European Youth Chess Championship (U-16)
  • 2012: Second at European Youth Chess Championship (U-18)
  • 2012: Became Chess Grandmaster at the age of 17.
  • 2012: Second at World Youth Chess Championship U18, Maribor, Slovenia.[6]
  • 2013: Second at European Youth Chess Championship,[7]
  • 2013: Third at Karen Asrian Memorial[8]
  • 2014: First at 75th Armenian Ch. 1st League,[9]
  • 2014: First at 2014 Grand Europe Cup Golden Sands,[10]
  • 2014: First at Varna Open[11][12]
  • 2015: Champion at Bulgarian Chess Summer 2015, Golden Sands A Tournament,[13]
  • 2016: Won the World University Chess Championship[14]
  • 2017: Champion at Armenian National Championship, Highest League.[15]
  • 2017–2018: Member of Armenian National Chess Team.
  • 2018: First in UTRGV Chess team at President Cup, Final Four tournament. New-York, US.
  • 2018: Champion at 7th Annual Washington International.[16]
  • 2018: First at 2018 U.S. Masters,[17]
  • 2018: Winner in UTRGV chess team at Texas Collegiate Superfinals 2018,[18]
  • 2018: Champion at Fall Chess Classis B 2018, Saint Louis,[19]
  • 2018: Winner at Kings Island Open 2018
  • 2019: Champion at 10th Annual Southwest Class Championship 2019, Dallas TX,[20]
  • 2019:Champion in UTRGV Chess Team at Final Four College Chess 2019, President's Cup, New-York,[21]
  • 2019: Second at 28th Annual Chicago Open 2019,[22]
  • 2019: Second at 2019 National Open, Las-Vegas,[23]
  • 2019: Second at 2019 Summer Chess Classic B, Saint-Louis,[24]
  • 2019: Second at 14th Poti N.Alexandria Cup,[25]
  • 2019: First at 2019 U.S. Masters,[26]
  • 2019: Second at 85th Annual Southwest Open,[27]
  • 2019: Champion at 29th Annual North American Open, Las-Vegas,[28]
  • 2021: Champion at Armenian National Championship, Highest League[29]

References edit

  1. ^ "List of titles approved by the 83rd FIDE Congress". FIDE.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Hovhannes Gabuzyan named Armenian Chess Champion 2017". Panorama.am. 2017-01-21. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Hovhannes Gabuzyan and Susanna Gaboyan win Armenian championship". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  4. ^ "WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD - 2010". Chess-Results Server. 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  5. ^ "WYCO Under16 2011".
  6. ^ "World Youth Championships 2012 - U18 Open". Chess-Results Server. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  7. ^ Budva, http://chess-results.com/tnr106045.aspx?lan=11&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30
  8. ^ "GM Robert Hovhannisyan wins Karen Asrian Memorial 2013". Chessdom. 2013-06-25. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  9. ^ "75th Armenian Ch. The 1st League October 2014 Armenia FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  10. ^ "Grand Europe Cup Golden sands 2014 July 2014 Bulgaria FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  11. ^ "8th International Varna Open". Chess-Results. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. ^ "8th International Varna Open July 2014 Bulgaria FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  13. ^ "Bulgarian chess summer 2015, Golden sands a tournament July 2015 Bulgaria FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  14. ^ "Gabuzyan, Ni Shiqun top World University Chess". FIDE. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Hovhannes Gabuzyan named Armenian Chess Champion 2017 - Panorama | Armenian news". Archived from the original on 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  16. ^ "7th Annual Washington International - Masters September 2018 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  17. ^ "2018 U.S. Masters Championship September 2018 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  18. ^ "2018 Texas Collegiate Super Finals November 2018 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  19. ^ "2018 Fall Chess Classic - B November 2018 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  20. ^ "10th Annual Southwest Class Championship March 2019 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  21. ^ "2019 Final Four of College Chess May 2019 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  22. ^ "28th Annual Chicago Open June 2019 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  23. ^ "2019 National Open July 2019 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  24. ^ "2019 Summer Chess Classic - B July 2019 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  25. ^ "14th Poti N.Alexandria Cup (Open A) August 2019 Georgia FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  26. ^ "2019 U.S. Masters Championship September 2019 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  27. ^ "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes October 2019 FIDE Individual Chess Calculations".
  28. ^ "29th Annual North American Open February 2020 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  29. ^ "Hovhannes Gabuzyan wins Armenian Championship 2021". Chess News. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

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