About Smbat Lputian
Born 1958. Smbat Lputian is an Armenian chess player.
Smbat Garegini Lputian (also transliterated as Lputyan; ; born 14 February 1958) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. 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. Smbat Lputyan has been the founder-president of Chess Academy of Armenia since 2002.
Lputian earned the International Master (IM) title in 1982 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1984.
In December 2009, he was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia".
On the July 2009 FIDE list, his Elo rating is 2574. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "SM".
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Who is Smbat Lputian?
Armenian chess player
When was Smbat Lputian born?
Smbat Lputian was born on 14 February 1958 in Yerevan.
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Smbat Lputian is a chess player.
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Smbat Lputian is Armenian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Smbat Lputian. https://biography.guide/smbat-lputian/
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