Smbat Lputian
| Smbat Lputian | |
|---|---|
 Lputian in Heraklion, 2007 | |
| Full name | Smbat Gariginovich Lputian |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1992) Armenia (since 1992)[1] |
| Born | 14 February 1958 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1984) |
| FIDE rating | 2574 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2640 (January 2005) |
| Peak ranking | No. 17 (January 1989)[2] |
Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (also transliterated as Lputyan; Armenian: Սմբատ Լպուտյան; born 14 February 1958) is an Armenian chess grandmaster.[3]
Chess career
He was first at the tournament in Berlin in 1982,[4] shared first place at Athens and at Irkutsk in 1983,[5] first at Sarajevo in 1985 and at Irkutsk in 1986,[6] shared first at Hastings in 1986–87,[7] and first at Dortmund in 1988.[citation needed] He won the Armenian Championship in 1978, 1980, 1998, and 2001.[8] In 2006, he won a team gold medal (together with Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Karen Asrian, Gabriel Sargissian and Artashes Minasian) at the 37th Chess Olympiad.[9] Smbat Lputyan has been the founder-president of Chess Academy of Armenia since 2002.[10]
Lputian earned the International Master (IM) title in 1982 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1984.[3]
In December 2009, he was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia".[11]
On the July 2009 FIDE list, his Elo rating is 2574. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "SM".[12]
References
- ^ "FIDE rating history :: Lputian, Smbat G." OlimpBase.
- ^ "FIDE Rating List :: January 1989". OlimpBase.
- ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 257. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
- ^ Felice 2022a, p. 172.
- ^ Felice 2022a, p. 315,351.
- ^ Felice 2022b, p. 64.
- ^ Felice 2022b, p. 195.
- ^ "All Champions of Armenia". Armchess.am. Retrieved 16 December 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Olympiad R13 Armenia and Ukraine take Gold". ChessBase. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "Chess Academy of Armenia". www.chessacademy.am.
- ^ "High Titles of Olympic Champions". Armchess. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "SM". Internet Chess Club. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
Bibliography
- Felice, Gino Di (25 August 2022a). Chess Results, 1981-1985: A Comprehensive Record with 1,508 Tournament Crosstables and 205 Match Scores, with Sources. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8402-4.
- Felice, Gino Di (11 October 2022b). Chess Results, 1986-1988: A Comprehensive Record with 843 Tournament Crosstables and 130 Match Scores, with Sources. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8404-8.
External links
Media related to Smbat Lputian at Wikimedia Commons
- Smbat G. Lputian rating card at FIDE
- Smbat Lputian player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Smbat Lputian at Grandmaster Games Database (redhotpawn.com)
- Smbat Lputian Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Interview with GM Smbat Lputian at Chessdom.com (24 March 2010) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-03-28)
