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Babujian, Levon
GM🇦🇲FIDE 13301993· Male· Armenia· Born in 1986
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Levon Babujian, a 40-year-old Armenian Grandmaster, is rated 2337 and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 9 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Grand-Open in "Galeria", Final, 12th Beirut International Open Chess Championship 2025, and 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(A). Also played 1 rapid (including Armenian Rapid Chess Championship 2026) and 7 blitz events (including Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 2518 was reached at age 23 (Jan 2009); he also reached Armenian #12 in Oct 2013.
Awarded GM in 2010 (age 24) and IM in 2006 (age 20). At junior level, he reached World #62 in U20 and World #66 in U18.
Current rating
2337
Standard
Rpd2434·Blz2286
All-time high
2518
−181 pts below
Jan 2009 · age 23
Jan 2009 · age 23
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#3,008 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2019
1,000 career games
at age 33
Feb 2019
2013
Peak Armenian rank: #12
at age 27 · rated 2510
Oct 2013
Re-crossed 2500
at age 27
Aug 2013
2012
Re-crossed 2500
at age 26
Oct 2012
2010
Re-crossed 2500
at age 24
Sep 2010
500 career games
at age 24
Sep 2010
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+5
2332 → 2337
Tournaments
5
45 games
Score
30/ 4566.7%
26W8D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #39 | 2291 | -7.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/9 | #5 | 2203 | -2.5 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2341 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #12 | 2276 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7.5/9 | #3 | 2511 | +19.7 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHovik HayrapetyanGM
🇦🇲ARM·2412
+7 −4 =11
22 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsSamvel Ter-SahakyanGM
🇦🇲ARM·2613
+4 −9 =5
18 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsGevorg HarutjunyanGM
🇦🇲ARM·2342
+5 −6 =4
15 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsTigran L. PetrosianGM
🇦🇲ARM·2522
+4 −8 =1
13 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsRobert HovhannisyanGM
🇦🇲ARM·2629
+4 −8 =1
13 games·last met Feb 2021
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Rankings
/
Armenia
#44
out of 863 players
Europe
#1,963
in continent
World
#3,008
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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