Artur Gabrielian

Artur Gabrielian (born 26 December 1982) is a Russian chess player. Since 2009, he holds the title Grandmaster.

Biography Artur Gabrielian was born in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku during Soviet times, but his family moved to the city of Hrazdan in Armenia a year and a half later. There, under the guidance of child trainer Arnold Hakobjanyan, Gabrielian began to play chess at the age of 8.

In 1994, his family moved to the city of Georgiyevsk in Russia. There, he repeatedly won the Stavropol Krai championship. Gabrielian later studied at the Russian State University of Sport in Moscow. In 2002 he reached the final of the Moscow championship, but lost to Vladimir Malakhov. In the same year he received the title of International Master. In 2004, Gabrielian reached the final of the internet competition Dos Hermanos, and in 2008 he came in third at the Moscow championship. In 2009 he won the Rector's Prize BelGU and in the same year he achieved the title of Grandmaster.

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