- Smbat Lputian
Infobox chess player
playername = Smbat Lputian
caption= Smbat Lputian, Heraklion 2007
birthname = Smbat Gariginovich Lputian
country = ARM
datebirth = birth date and age|1958|2|14
placebirth =Yerevan , Armenian SSR, USSR
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2633
(No. 89 on the July 2007 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating =Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (sometimes transliterated as Lputyan; born
February 14 ,1958 inYerevan ) is anArmenia nchess Grandmaster. He was first at tournament inBerlin 1982, shared first atAthens 1983 and atIrkutsk 1983, first atSarajevo 1985 and at Irkutsk 1986, shared first at Hastings 1986-87 and first atDortmund 1988.Lputian earned the
International Master (IM) title in 1982 and the GM title in 1984.citation
last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
publisher=McFarland
isbn=0-7864-2353-6
page=257]On the
October 2008 FIDE list hisElo rating is 2588.References
External links
*fide|id=13300024|name=Smbat G Lputian
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* [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/gkc40mwe.html OlimpBase]
* [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=13300024 Rating data]
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