Artur Chibukhchian

Artur Chibukhchian, born in 1979,^[1][2] is a chess 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]

Artur Chibukhchian
Country	Armenia
Born	(1979-10-06) October 6, 1979 (age 45)
Title	Grandmaster (2009)
Peak rating	2500 (March 2010)

Career achievements

Chibukhchian 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]

Notable games

Year	Opponent Players	Tournament	Game	Notes
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]