| Smbat Lputian | |
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Smbat Lputian, Heraklion 2007 |
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| Full name | Smbat Gariginovich Lputian |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | February 14, 1958 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2574 (No. 275 on the July 2009 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2640 (January 2005) |
Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (sometimes transliterated as Lputyan; Armenian: Սմբատ Լպուտյան; born February 14, 1958 in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.[1] He was first at tournament in Berlin 1982, shared first at Athens 1983 and at Irkutsk 1983, first at Sarajevo 1985 and at Irkutsk 1986, shared first at Hastings 1986-87 and first at Dortmund 1988. He won the Armenian Championship in 1978, 1980, 1998, and 2001.[2] 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.[3]
Lputian earned the International Master (IM) title in 1982 and the GM title in 1984.[1]
In December 2009, he was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia".[4]
On the July 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2574. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "SM".[5]
He has three children he lives with, but also has one daughter who is now living in the United Kingdom with Smbat's first wife. Ani Lputian born on 19/08/92, during the height of Smbat's career.