Artur Chibukhchian, born in 1979, [1] [2] is an International Master, Grandmaster, and FIDE Trainer from Armenia. [3] He has played 183 chess games from 1994 to 2019. [4] He is regarded as a specialist in aggressive openings like the King's Indian Defence and Sicilian Defence. [5] [6] [7]
He started with a FIDE rating of 2250. [4] He obtained the International Master (IM) title in 1998 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2009 after his highest achieved FIDE rating of 2502. [8] [6]
Year | Opponent Players | Tournament | Game | Notes |
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2009 | Andrei-Mihai Bonte | European Championship | Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense | [9] |
2017 | Fier | Tsaghkadzor Open | An instructive strategic win in the Queen's Pawn Game | [10] |
2019 | Levon Babujian | 12th Asrian Memorial | Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation | [11] [10] |
2022 | Bizhigitov | Almaty Academy Dec IM | Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch | [10] |
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