FM (2011); IM (2012) and GM (2012).
Gabuzyan's IM norms stemmed from his results at the Aeroflot Open B in February 2011, the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in June 2011 and from the 2nd A. Margaryan Memorial in January 2012.* He scored a 20-game GM norm at the European Championship (2012) with his score of 5.5/11, all of his opponents being GMs, and a 9-game norm at the Albena Open (2012) when he scored the requisite 6.5/9.** He came 2nd in the 2012 European U18 Championship, adding enough points to his live rating by round 8 to bring it up to 2500, thereby meeting the final requirement for his GM title. Placed =2nd at the 6th Karen Asrian Memorial 2013 and 2nd at the European U18 Championship 2013 behind Vladimir Fedoseev. Armenian Champion in 2017.
Other notable events:
2018: Champion at 7th Annual Washington International.
2018:First at 2018 U.S. Masters,
2018:Winner in UTRGV chess team at Texas Collegiate Superfinals 2018,
2018:Champion at Fall Chess Classis B 2018, Saint Louis,
2018:Winner at Kings Island Open 2018
2019:Champion at 10th Annual Southwest Class Championship 2019, Dallas TX,
2019:Champion in UTRGV Chess Team at Final Four College Chess 2019, President's Cup, New-York,
2019:Second at 28th Annual Chicago Open 2019,
2019:Second at 2019 National Open, Las-Vegas,
2019:Second at 2019 Summer Chess Classic B, Saint-Louis,
2019:Second at 14th Poti N.Alexandria Cup,
2019:First at 2019 U.S. Masters,
2019:Second at 85th Annual Southwest Open,
2019:Champion at 29th Annual North American Open, Las-Vegas,
2021:Champion at Armenian National Championship, Highest League
Wikipedia article: Hovhannes Gabuzyan
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